A cynical, but honestly truthful response to john lennons "imagine" lyrics..
"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky"...You're right, then Jesus died for nothing and this life is meaningless; eat and drink for tomorrow we die(maybe, we don't know because we don't have answers)
"Imagine all the people
Living for today"...Hey great idea, we should all ignore the fact that our choices have very serious consequences for tomorrow and even the next generation. God says He punishes the sins of the wicked to the 3rd and 4th generation, but blesses the righteous to the thousands
"Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do"...It's very hard to do. Good luck ignoring all the different beautiful skin colors, cultures, people groups, nations, languages, clothing, art, skills and trades...The value of something is based on the uniqueness and diversity of those who appreciate it. In heaven those who are saved will come from all nations, tongues, and tribes to praise God, proving once for all that He is the most worthy thing in existence.
"Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too"...I'm not so thrilled that this means you're not willing to stand up for anything, except the belief that we shouldn't stand up for anything. Besides you can't live without religion. By the dictionaries definition it's a set of beliefs that orchestrate how you comprehend the existence of all things, what you value, and human origins. So by saying things like "I don't believe in God," "Heaven doesn't exist", "We should all live like this and such," is making your own "religious" statement. By the root meaning of the word it means to reconnect to something/someone. So whatever you reconnect to the most is your religion.
"Imagine all the people
living life in peace"...Think about your own worldview for a second, just one please...You can never achieve utopia through tolerance and acceptance because that would mean you'd have to accept and allow someone who believes that it's their right to kill, steal and do whatever they want without throwing a fit at them, and yet the reason you want peace is because awful sins like this happen. You're saying we want everything to exist, except you because you don't think or behave like us. At what point to you want the evil in the world to not exist. The war level, the murder level, the stealing level, the lying level, the swearing level, the thinking, the feeling, the motive level. You gotta be consistent, and as soon as you say you're not as bad as most people you've proven the Bible true when it says that our tongues and hearts are only wicked all the time by lying about it.
"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky"...You're right, then Jesus died for nothing and this life is meaningless; eat and drink for tomorrow we die(maybe, we don't know because we don't have answers)
"Imagine all the people
Living for today"...Hey great idea, we should all ignore the fact that our choices have very serious consequences for tomorrow and even the next generation. God says He punishes the sins of the wicked to the 3rd and 4th generation, but blesses the righteous to the thousands
"Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do"...It's very hard to do. Good luck ignoring all the different beautiful skin colors, cultures, people groups, nations, languages, clothing, art, skills and trades...The value of something is based on the uniqueness and diversity of those who appreciate it. In heaven those who are saved will come from all nations, tongues, and tribes to praise God, proving once for all that He is the most worthy thing in existence.
"Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too"...I'm not so thrilled that this means you're not willing to stand up for anything, except the belief that we shouldn't stand up for anything. Besides you can't live without religion. By the dictionaries definition it's a set of beliefs that orchestrate how you comprehend the existence of all things, what you value, and human origins. So by saying things like "I don't believe in God," "Heaven doesn't exist", "We should all live like this and such," is making your own "religious" statement. By the root meaning of the word it means to reconnect to something/someone. So whatever you reconnect to the most is your religion.
"Imagine all the people
living life in peace"...Think about your own worldview for a second, just one please...You can never achieve utopia through tolerance and acceptance because that would mean you'd have to accept and allow someone who believes that it's their right to kill, steal and do whatever they want without throwing a fit at them, and yet the reason you want peace is because awful sins like this happen. You're saying we want everything to exist, except you because you don't think or behave like us. At what point to you want the evil in the world to not exist. The war level, the murder level, the stealing level, the lying level, the swearing level, the thinking, the feeling, the motive level. You gotta be consistent, and as soon as you say you're not as bad as most people you've proven the Bible true when it says that our tongues and hearts are only wicked all the time by lying about it.
