Comrade Lennon

http://billrandles.wordpress.com ^ | 12-08-10 | Bill Randles

[pastorbillrandles]

Because it is the thirtieth anniversary of the tragic murder of John Lennon, much nostalgia will be summoned up for Lennon, the Beatles and the times they lived in. The glory days of sixties idealism and “innocence” will be recalled with misty fondness by aging baby boomers, and those who came along later.

But were the Beatles merely innocent, mop headed,peace loving idealists? As we looked at last week in our previous article, Lennon;Whose Minstrel Was He ?, Lennon was an effective musical evangelist of the sexual revolution, which has wrecked untold millions of lives, in broken health, broken families, illegitimacy, abortion, sexual confusion, etc.

Lennon was also an avid proponent of the drug movement , for which the cost has been incaluculable.Through his music, lyrics, example, and influence it became fashionable to “get high with a little help” from various friends. Albums such as “Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” have been described as “drug saturated”.

Too often it is ignored or under appreciated that Lennon also was a minstrel for Marx amd Lenin. Through songs such as “Working Class hero”, “Angela”, a paeon to Communist revolutionary ,Angela Davis, “Back in The USSR” Lennon lent his God given talents to Atheistic Marxism.

“I really thought that Love would save us.But now I’m wearing a chairman Mao badge, that’s where its at. I’m just beginning to think he’s doing a good job.” John Lennon (Jan Wenner,Lennon Remembers New York , Fawcett popular library,1971)

As “Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” promoted the drug culture, so the 1972 album,”Sometime in New York”became the definitive Communist tract for the Beatles. A January 1981 RollingStone review called it “Agitprop”, and “Sloganeering”.

The songs “Sisters O Sisters”, “Angela”, “Woman Is The N****r of the World” evoke communist and feminist anger consciousness. “Attica State” calls for revolution in view of a true bloody prison uprising. “Bloody Sunday” denounced “Anglo(s) pigs”.

“In a 1971 Rolling Stone interview Lennon said “Working Class Hero” his contribution to the revolution and that Chairman Mao was his hero.”(The Legacy Of John Lennon, David Noebel, Nelson publishing,pg 76).

Apparently Lennon’s admiration of Mao wasn’t enough for him to want to live in Mao’s paradise. Even England’s high taxes were too much “wealth sharing” for John and Yoko, they moved to that evil, oppressive ,capitalist Babylon, the USA and spent some of their large fortune staving off attempts to be deported.

Lennon called for the “abolition of all money, police and government” yet at hs death he was worth 275 million dollars(1980 value), he owned 25 percent of Apple records,dairy farms in upstate New York, a herd of registered Holstein cattle worth 66 million, several houses, and a 62 foot yacht.

The 1960′s and 1970′s Cold War, was the apex of the “twilight struggle” between truly oppressive, atheistic Marxism and the free capitalist world.

Marxism, had reduced half of the world to serfdom, and aggressively sought to enslave the rest of it. The capitalist world, in spite of its flaws offered a degree of freedom and upward mobility unparalleled in history.

Lennon, the Beatles, Rolling Stones and a host of other fellow travelers, clearly took the side of Atheistic Marxism, of course from the safe and prosperous confines of the UK and America.

When asked about His radicalism in the early 1970′s, Lennon remarked;

“the radicalism was phony, really, because it was out of guilt.I’d always felt guilty that I had made money, so I had to give it away or lose it.I don’t mean I was a hypocrite, I mean when I believe, I believe right down to the boots…But (what I was doing) fighting the American government just because Jerry Rubin couldn’t get what he really wanted,- a nice cushy job”.(Newsweek,Sept 29,1980)

When America unilaterally “gave peace a chance” the Communist heroes Lennon had championed, slaughtered Vietnamese and Cambodians by the millions.

Hundreds of thousands of others risked their lives on leaky boats trying to get over to this evil oppressive place, that Lennon denounced, so that they could live in freedom. Hmmm, I wonder if the Beatles wrote any songs about that?

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.(proverbs 30:11-14)

[pastorbillrandles]

you are right, my bad, I should have said, “for the ex Beatle”-

[pastorbillrandles]

I don’t blame Viet Nam on him, I am only saying that when the USA unilaterally acquiesced to the leftist movement for which he was an advocate, it resulted in wanton slaughter.

[pastorbillrandles]

what do you mean ?

[Mariner]

There you go with the "influence" thing again.

I am not influenced by Lennon nor have I ever been.

I just admire his amazing talent and can't figure out why anyone, pro or con, would take anything he had to say seriously.

[pastorbillrandles]

Well I agree,in fact their influence is vast, but are they not of the post WW2 baby Boom?

[pastorbillrandles]

Wow, that is powerful and wonderful, I hope it is true- God loves everyone, and is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance

[pastorbillrandles]

Zuriel, I don’t care either how famous a person is, I am interested in any saint or sinner God puts in my path, But Lennon still influences a generation , therefore “Wisdom cries out in the streets”. John the Baptist wasn’t un interested in ordnary sinners, but it was Herod whom he called out about his adultery, why? Because as a visible leader he was an example for evil.

[pastorbillrandles]

I believe you Mariner, when you say you aren’t influenced by him, I am glad to hear that and true I enjoy Bach,Mozart and Beethoven and haven’t been influenced by them in any way that I know of either- I get that. But Lennon did influence millions, with his Atheism, Nihilism, Amoral approach to marriage and sexuality, and hid drug promotion, and as a minister I have a responsibility to adress this from a God centered perspective. Thanks for the comments

[Mariner]

What about the 100's of other famous people who believed the same, or worse?

Wagner as an anti-semite?

The perverse sexuality of all the female singers of any decade since 1980?

Ozzy Osbourne?

Will you be taking on these folks too?

I'm asking you, directly, why only Lennon?

Do you believe his influence was more than all of theirs combined? Really?

[pastorbillrandles]

Listen I am not singling Lennon out, in fact I know I am just as much a sinner as him, Ozzy, grace slick or any of the rockers. But as a teachable moment, when the Beatles are prominantly being featured to yet another generation, as a christian minister I feel the responsibility to adress this. One of the posters on this thread actually posted a very hopeful article which implied that Lennon may well have become a christian before he died. I hope so! ,

[ansel12]

I am only saying that when the USA unilaterally acquiesced to the leftist movement

That never happened, the Vietnam war was about the incompetence and liberalism of the adult generations running America from the 1930s to the 1970s.

[ansel12]

The Beatles, The Doors, William Ayers, John McCain, Jane Fonda, Janis Joplin, etc, were born of the “Silent Generation”, 1925-1945.

John Lennon’s son Julian, and Sarah Palin, are boomers.

[5thGenTexan]

Don't blame Vietnam and Korea on a rock star, blame them on the people in government, and the military and the voting booths, especially blame the 45 to 65 year old leaders.

I think his point was to show that the Communist Utopia Lennon hoped for would not work and was not good for the people living under it - not that Lennon caused it.

[patriot08]

Whatever..but what great music they made:

Yesterday
Something
Let it Be
In My Life
Twist and Shout

[Infidel Heather]

He did not die instantly, I think-— he may have had time to repent, make his peace with Christ, and then welcomed into Heaven.

I sure hope that is what happened—only the Lord knows. :)

[Augustinian monk]

Greetings Pastor,

You took some flak on this one LOL! I enjoy your articles but I’ve come to the conclusion that the whole America lost her innocence in the sixties theme is a myth. I believe the Sixties was the culmination or fruition of the direction the country had been on for some time. America had already drifted from core principles of the protestant reformation(High view of Christ, high view of Scripture, low view of man). Of course I am speaking of the population in general. America began to flirt with the occult/ cults and false teachers( “restoration movements/ mormonism/ jehova witnesses). Also the social gospel became popular in the 1800’s after the Great Awakening. BY the beginning of of the 20th century once faithful seminaries and university founded by bible believing Christians had already been polluted by liberals and unbelievers. We reap what we sow.

[pastorbillrandles]

I would agree with you , but the sixties are a point of contact of communication for this generation, a definite crystalization of the various trends you mentioned. BTW did you see the post abut the possible Lennon conversion to Christ? Interesting. Thanks for the comments and I am glad you like the threads-stay in touch- Pas Bill

[pastorbillrandles]

Thanks-

[pastorbillrandles]

So do I infidel H- did you see the post on this thread that implied this? We can only hope and pray-Thanks for the comment- Pas Bill

[Augustinian monk]

I don’t know if he truly converted but I did read that he became interested in the teachings Oral Roberts and Pat Robertson. I thought the Oral Roberts connection was especially interesting because he was also dabbling in eastern religion in that same time period. I wonder if he found common thread with Word of Faith teachers?