Berit Kjos #fundie crossroad.to

5. Imagination
Applause broke out in the Olympic Stadium when Yoko Ono stepped to the podium to introduce "Imagine" -- John Lennon's popular song about an idealized new world order. Loved by New Agers, it mocks God's promise of heaven and denies the reality of hell. Then it continues with a few other suggestions:

...Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for, no religion too...

No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people sharing all the world...

The song ends with the hope that all will embrace this vision, so "the world will live as one."

These dreams may sound noble to those who are blinded to reality. But they bring darkness, not light. Man's myths, visions and dreams lead to deception and control, not truth and freedom. Lennon's global oneness can only be established through totalitarian measures that include universal behavioral modification, lifelong learning in new global values, continual assessments of compliance, and total loss of individual freedom

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