" 'Faux Paul'...........at 55??"

 There's a new wrinkle to the theory that the REAL Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966, and was replaced by a man I've nicknamed "Faux Paul." (Note: I did NOT get this new theory from the current magazine shown above, I've heard about it in a two-part VIDEO a very good friend suggested I watch!! The mag above mentions 1969's "Paul Is Dead" hysteria, but gives it no credibility).

Here's that Theory. The videos I referenced say that Paul didn't just DIE in November 1966...he was MURDERED by the VATICAN. Supposedly, the Vatican was mad that, a few months earlier, Beatle John Lennon arrogantly said the group was "more popular than Jesus" and so they decided to punish and WARN him to cease such blasphemy by having his best friend / bandmate James Paul McCartney brutally SLAIN. 

Then, (the Theory continues) the REAL Paul was replaced by "Faux Paul" who changed the group's musical direction and helped them put out "Sgt. Pepper," the "White Album," and "Abbey Road" before Lennon got sick of "living a lie" (letting the world think that "Faux Paul" was the REAL Paul) and leaving clues about the REAL Paul's death in their final albums. Supposedly it was HE who broke the group up in 1970, and everyone then went solo.

Now, as one who's written a book about CATHOLICISM and one who wrote a book about LENNON, I feel qualified to blog about this Theory. (So what follows is MY opinion).

If the Vatican DID want to punish and silence Lennon from FUTURE blasphemies, it didn't work.

His first two solo albums AFTER the Beatles' breakup were FILLED with blasphemous lyrics that John penned. His THIRD one had a song which MOCKED THE POPE, saying he "smoked dope every day." I'm sure the Vatican considered THAT to be blasphemy!! If the Vatican killed PAUL, why didn't the Vatican have JOHN murdered for that...or YOKO...if they were truly behind killing "the REAL Paul" to punish John for ONE blasphemous statement??

And when Lennon HIMSELF was tragically murdered in 1980, no one in the world (to my knowledge) said the VATICAN was the culprit. 

In fact, about  30 years after his death, the Vatican PARDONED Lennon for his 1966 declaration!!

Now, I'm not saying it's impossible that the Theory is true. I'm just saying I see no smoking gun...just a Theory. And as much as I, a former Roman Catholic, am in disagreement with the Catholic church now I can't believe they'd add murdering McCartney to their list of sins, without absolute proof of it.

In conclusion, the "Faux Paul" Theory is a very interesting one, granted...but I do believe that the man who's churned out hit after hit for the past 50 (!!) years now is the REAL Paul McCartney. Yes, he EVOLVED as a musician!! In Summer of '71, his songs "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" and "Too Many People" showed TREMENDOUS growth over his Beatles days, and that pattern has continued. 

But that, to me, only means that the real Paul McCartney has GROWN as a musician....not that a "Faux Paul" is 55.