What did John Lennon believe about religion?

After the break-up of the Beatles, Lennon continued to reject religious teaching and organised religions. His 1971 single “Imagine” has been described as an “atheist anthem”.

Why did John Lennon say the Beatles were bigger than Jesus?

“More popular than Jesus” is part of a remark made by John Lennon of the Beatles in a March 1966 interview, in which he argued that the public were more infatuated with the band than with Jesus, and that Christian faith was declining to the extent that it might be outlasted by rock music.

What did John Lennon say about being more popular than Jesus?

What was John Lennon looking for in Jesus?

Only God knows the heart of every person. From reading what some of his biographers have noted, it appears Lennon was seeking for truth. Jesus described Himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life. Interestingly enough, Lennon wrote a song in 1971 that asked listeners to imagine there was no religion.

Why did John Lennon write the song Imagine?

And in the song that has become an anthem to atheism, “Imagine,” Lennon challenges us to imagine no religion or heaven—that the world would be a better place without faith in God. But his expressed atheism of 1970 and ’71 told only part of the story.

How did John Lennon become a born again Christian?

Five years later, in 1977, Lennon became deeply moved by NBC’s broadcast of the movie Jesus of Nazareth and told his friends that he had become a born-again Christian. A week after seeing the film, Lennon returned to church on Easter Sunday with his wife Yoko and son Sean in tow.

What did John Lennon say about being “bigger than God”?

In 1972, Lennon even took part in a written correspondence with Roberts, in which he apologized and further explained his statement about being “bigger” than God. The Beatles frontman, who had experimented with a variety of drugs and spiritual ideas wrote this to Roberts: “The point is this,…