Imagine

[santa claus]

A John Lennon masterpiece, but is it about atheism?

[TheAnimus]

i imagine so.

[Agent]

Wasn't there an edited version of this to change a certain section to include 'god' in America?

[chicken]

Yes, he's saying imagine a world without religion where people live for people, not for a god.

[TheAnimus]

Wasn't there an edited version of this to change a certain section to include 'god' in America?

I thought it was the "no religion" changed to "one religion"

[Agent]

I thought it was the "no religion" changed to "one religion"

Yeah, something like that

[ryandeean]

is it about atheism? I don't understand at all.

[iranu]

Here are the lyrics. I wouldn't say it's 100% to do with atheism, but atheism is obviously part of the idea. See first verse. No religion, no countries, no possessions, sort of seems that getting rid of all the things that the human race fights over would make it a better world.


Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

[SiM]

The guy sounds like a communist nutter...

[TooNice]

^ Good point

[JPreston]

I thought it was the "no religion" changed to "one religion"

That's correct - "...and one religion too".

What a horrible bunch of theocratic (insert own expletive here)s they are

[Steven W]

People, in general, live by the rules of their religion and fight under the banner of their religion. Without religion there would be peace. Is that what he's saying?

[Zak33]

The guy sounds like a communist nutter...

and what, pray tell, is wrong with communism?

Scarily, the more you read about it, the more right it becomes.

Community-ism. The ability for a community to work to a common good.

Shame that it's linked so heavily to Russian history in the English language really.

Communism needs a new name. HEXUS-ISM there...sorted

/back on topic

Santa, I'm glad you turned out to be a normal person and not a troll. Very good post...again

[SiM]

Nothing is wrong with being a communism... but everything is wrong with being a nutter...

Remember Communism will never work for economic reasons anyway...

[MadduckUK]

Santa, I'm glad you turned out to be a normal person and not a troll. Very good post...again

i like a lot of his posts

[TooNice]

Scarily, the more you read about it, the more right it becomes.

If you are talking about the ideology, then there are people who'll share your opinion. But how many people still think it *works* - the more they read/think about it?