11.02.10 - 9:00AM
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Chris Menning

Who's Bigger Than Jesus on the Internet? Only Two Celebrities and a Pet

It's been over 44 years since John Lennon's claims of being bigger than Jesus caused parents and church groups to burn Beatles albums.

In 1966, this may have been true, but we didn't have the popularity metrics that we have today. People across the globe, young and old, still find common ground in the music of The Beatles, but how do they compare in 2010? And for that matter, what about Steve Jobs? Kanye West? Oprah? Snooki?

I used Google Insights to compare the relative volume of search terms for 23 of the biggest celebrities I could think of (dead or alive), Jesus, and the word "cat" over the course of the last 12 months.

Truth be told, I only put the cat in there because I was struggling to find someone to put between Jesus and Justin Bieber. Why am I reading this in the voice of Kenny Powers as I write it? I don't know. Maybe I'm feeling delirious. I stayed up all night putting the finishing touches on this. Do me a solid and stick this on your fridge or something. Enjoy.

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11.02.10

By manuel

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lady gaga and cats are not going to save your soul or the world for that matter!!!!!!!! only through jesus can save the world and your soul. people need to wake up and smell the roses,and need to be more concerend about thier souls and not the world, cause the world is going to do what the world wants to, so you should worry more about your soul then any other thing in this world. thank our loving and careing lord jesus for dying for us and paying the price of sin for us so we wouldnt have to. thank lord jesus very much for giving us a way out of payment for our sins. thank you jesus so very much, and may the lord watch over us all. amen

11.02.10

By mindlessinthedark

Highest Rank

I just threw up a little in my mouth

12.04.10

By Ben

Neutral

lmao silly little ignorant fool. there is no god. wake up smell the roses. all religions make no sense. what makes yours any better than anyone else's? it's all equal bs. "religions are like farts, yours is good but everyone else's stinks." people like you confirm this. you are a pathetic contribution to the human race and hold us back as a society. i am personally a humanist because i believe in doing good. i believe there is no god. i do good without the fear of sin or the expectation of a reward driving me to do so. read up on some Kurt Vonnegut. maybe your religious brainwashing will break upon reading his work. the man is a genius and will never be forgotten.

11.02.10

By Unknowned

Highest Rank

People these days are stupid.

11.02.10

By Elena

Lowest Rank

Well I'm not surprised at all. The only rebellion left in this world is God's rebellion, people who read the word of Jesus and live it. I mean who wants to be part of God's rebellion? Who wants to be an outcast, your life at stake, ridiculed, misunderstood? The ways of the world are foolish but God is the way, the truth, and the life. Lady Gaga isn't there when I'm in trouble, hurt, need inspiration, or need healing. The best role model is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Whether people believe he exists or NOT, he's still IAM!! SELAH!!!!

11.02.10

By Allons-y!

Lowest Rank

Jesus is better than Bieber and Gaga combined times a billion.

Cool article though.

Allons-y!

11.02.10

By mojo

Lowest Rank

you got to be kidding right? Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the light. nobody sees God the Father except through Jesus. there is a short story that i wouls see in the newspapers on Christmas Eve, i can't recall the name , but it was wriiten by a canadian. it starts with Him being born among animals in a stable, mentions parts of His life . then ends with the words very close to this , And noone has affected the world more than this single solatary Man so have fun with your lists , in fact enclose them in the most fire resistant substance known to man, tell it quickly to your fellow spirits because it will burn to a cinder in a nano-second. you fools don't know who you're offending, because if you did this would never appeared in print

11.02.10

By MxDem

Highest Rank

Chill man... Zombie Jesus is coming for your flesh soon enough =D

11.02.10

By Mike

Highest Rank

Um, you left out Britney. She's right up there with Lady Gaga.

11.02.10

By Barry Hersh

Lowest Rank

Is the world this sick. I cannot believe that God can look down upon His Creation and be very happy. We wonder why our nation and world is changing? This is all the proof that we could need.

Jesus is coming back and there are many that will hear those terrible words "Depart for I never knew You)!

11.09.10

By fraggle

Highest Rank

You Jesus friend sounds like a real judgmental jerk. The Jesus my mom worships told people to love one another, and not to judge others or they would be judged. I don't think we're talking about the same person at all.

11.02.10

By Barb

Neutral

Howard Stern rules!!!! He is the BEST!!!

11.04.10

By adam carolla

Neutral

howard stern is an emaciated has been he peaked in 1995.he was always way over rated and juvenile!!!

11.02.10

By krktoday

Lowest Rank

who does the voting. I didn't see any poll anywhere. I think the result's are totaling fabricated

11.03.10

By Anon

Highest Rank

There wasn't any voting involved. As the author of this article clearly stated, he used Google Insights to get the volume of searches related to certain keywords.

11.02.10

By Cherie Prior

Neutral

One of the most powerful responses to Lennon's outlandish statement was a mid-90s song by Audio Adrenaline called "Never Gonna Be As Big As Jesus." I urge the author of this post to look up the lyrics. They admit that we're never going to be as big as Jesus, but then they go on to say that "That, that's allright, okay with me." This is the attitude we should all have. He must increase, I must decrease.

11.02.10

By ghost21

Highest Rank

That's hilarious. I guess free will does exist. Praise Jewish carpenters!

11.02.10

By johnnyrebel21

Highest Rank

hmmm, the holy land literally is somewhere near Isreal or Palestine, according to the bible, that's actually where Nazareth is, so technically Jesus was either Jewish or Arabic in birth, especially if the timeline of our calender is right, it started exactly 2010 yrs ago, the calender started with Jesus' birth...AH SALAM AH LENKA Jesus!!!!

11.11.10

By crashoverride21

Highest Rank

Praise kitties, become one by their cute adorableness.

11.03.10

By Google

Highest Rank

uuh... Jesus is coming, Jesus is coming, Jesus is coming, Jesus is coming, Jesus is coming............

I wonder what the hell he's been doing these 2 thousand years...
probably watching young people touch themselves at night
And you know, it's always night on one part of the world, he's been fapping endlessly since then...