Can’t tell you how much I loathe that song. Lennon must have love explaining those lyrics to God. And Gods reply;
” John You said your group was bigger than me, and you imagine me not existing. Let me send you to where your imagination wanted to go....oh, better get one last drink of cold water!”
Research... Jesus would have dined with Lennon precisely because he was a sinner. And Lennon would have heard the message and submitted precisely because he was a truth-seeker. Of all of the Beatles (ignoring their impact is perilous) he was the one who always refused to submit to political correctness. Wrong often, but honest always. I’d say that’s betted than what we have today in popular culture.