WAS JOHN LENNON ATHEIST OR CHRISTIAN or something else?

Question

Read article I typed from the September 2008 Guideposts magazine:

http://www.praize.com/cgi-bin/members/clubforums.cgi?forumid=9990189702127&postid=9980297246618&action=messages&threadid=9980297246618&start=&

Answer 1

Atheist.  Big time.

Believe it or not, McCartney has always been very religious.  The members of the Beatles did not get along very well at ALL.  But I suppose it was enough to make some outstanding music.  =]

Answer 2

He did dapple with Buddhism for a short while.  Many Buddhists are atheists.

Answer 3

God is a concept

By which we measure

Our pain

I'll say it again

God is a concept

By which we measure

Our pain

I don't believe in magic

I don't believe in I-ching

I don't believe in Bible

I don't believe in tarot

I don't believe in Hitler

I don't believe in Jesus

I don't believe in Kennedy

I don't believe in Buddha

I don't believe in Mantra

I don't believe in Gita

I don't believe in Yoga

I don't believe in kings

I don't believe in Elvis

I don't believe in Zimmerman

I don't believe in Beatles

I just believe in me

Yoko and me

And that's reality

The dream is over

What can I say?

The dream is over

Yesterday

I was the Dreamweaver

But now I'm reborn

I was the Walrus

But now I'm John

And so dear friends

You'll just have to carry on

The dream is over

Answer 4

It would seem that at this time, Lennon was actually open and could be reached. We see he had an open mind.

Unfortunately, often times people will judge Christianity-and God-by how we as Christians are.

I suspect Lennon simply closed off and went to humanism, BUT we cannot know if in his last day or minutes of life, he did not call out for the Lord. We cannot say how his heart was, how his standing with God was, before he passed away.

Denominational membership matters little. Knowing Christ, THIS is what is important.

And just like that one thief hanging on the cross next to Jesus, it may be in his last minutes he found out who Jesus really is.

Answer 5

Mainly he was a pacifist during the Vietnam war. Rent the DVD "US vs John Lennon" some time to better understand the details.

All he was saying, was give peace a chance.