I was surprised, if not shocked, when two A-list celebrities, country singers Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood, took the microphones at the State Funeral for Jimmy Carter yesterday and began performing “Imagine,” written by former Beatle John Lennon in 1971. The song is widely described as an “atheistic anthem” and incredibly is said to be one of the late 39th president’s favorite songs.
"Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try.
No hell below us
Above us, only sky. . .
Imagine all the people
Livin’ for today
Ah
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too"
To me, it sounds like a globalist woke anthem, as well. As Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies at Pitzer College, wrote in 2021, the 50th anniversary of “Imagine:”
It is purposely and powerfully irreligious. From its opening lyric, ‘Imagine there’s no heaven,’ to the refrain, ‘And no religion too,’ Lennon sets out what is, to many, a clear atheistic message.
Not only atheistic. Wikipedia has an entire page devoted to the song, the biggest selling single record of Lennon’s post-Beatle solo career and one of the most widely-adopted and influential songs of all time. The footnotes in the excerpt below link to a credible primary source for Lennon’s quotes about the song which he co-wrote with his wife and muse Yoko Ono, John Blaney’s 2007 book Lennon & McCartney: Together Alone – A Critical Discography of the Solo Work:
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"Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try.
No hell below us
Above us, only sky. . .
Imagine all the people
Livin’ for today
Ah
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too"
To me, it sounds like a globalist woke anthem, as well. As Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies at Pitzer College, wrote in 2021, the 50th anniversary of “Imagine:”
It is purposely and powerfully irreligious. From its opening lyric, ‘Imagine there’s no heaven,’ to the refrain, ‘And no religion too,’ Lennon sets out what is, to many, a clear atheistic message.
Not only atheistic. Wikipedia has an entire page devoted to the song, the biggest selling single record of Lennon’s post-Beatle solo career and one of the most widely-adopted and influential songs of all time. The footnotes in the excerpt below link to a credible primary source for Lennon’s quotes about the song which he co-wrote with his wife and muse Yoko Ono, John Blaney’s 2007 book Lennon & McCartney: Together Alone – A Critical Discography of the Solo Work:
Complete Article
Why was John Lennon’s atheist anthem ‘Imagine’ sung at Jimmy Carter’s funeral — at the late president’s request?
I was surprised, if not shocked, when two A-list celebrities, country singers Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood, took the microphones at the State Funeral for Jimmy Carter yesterday and began performing “Imagine,” written by forme...
