More Popular Than Jesus

Text on the meme

We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first, rock ’n’ roll or Christianity.

What it means

A crude three-panel stick-figure comic shows a Jesus-like figure claiming that “we’re more popular than Jesus,” while the surrounding figures react skeptically. In the next panel, one figure shoots him with a revolver, and the final panel shows him fallen over. The joke satirizes the controversial John Lennon quote about The Beatles being more popular than Jesus, exaggerating the backlash as absurd violence. EN: A crude three-panel stick-figure comic shows a Jesus-like figure claiming that “we’re more popular than Jesus,” while the surrounding figures react skeptically. In the next panel, one figure shoots him with a revolver, and the final panel shows him fallen over. The joke satirizes the controversial John Lennon quote about The Beatles being more popular than Jesus, exaggerating the backlash as absurd violence.

Who

Jesus Christ (Иисус Христос)John Lennon (Джон Леннон)

Objects

stick figures / человечки Jesus-like face / лицо, похожее на Иисуса long hair / длинные волосы beard / борода glasses / очки revolver / револьвер muzzle flash / вспышка выстрела fallen figure / упавшая фигура white background / белый фон speech text / текст