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Question: I am a fan of John Lennon and especially of his lyrics!. His philosophy is shared by many, but is it an!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!?
over simplification of humans and their existence, of life and Being!?
It's very sweet but idealism, and so in other words rubbish!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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If people don't grasp something, adding complexity rarely helps!. Therefore, as many people don't share his views, his statement of them is hardly an over-simplification!.

We use the term "idealism" for a couple of different things!. I have serious misgivings about the value of Plato's notions, but Lennon is "idealistic" in the sense of challenging people to live up to their own notions of what's right!. That's not something I'm willing to dismiss as rubbish; in fact, I regard it as necessary!.

Lennon's "Imagine" is one of the reasons I (as a Christian) have taken an interest in atheism in general!. Despite the generally anti-religious point of the song, he expresses values that are in many ways remarkably similar to those reportedly expressed by one Jesus of Nazareth (and, all too often, treated with contempt by modern Christian churches)!.
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depends on where you are sitting in your own point of view!.

Are they rubbish!? I don't know!. I would think that some might find his idealism or perhaps knowledge that we as a species can be much better than what we are, as rubbish!. No one wants to be told that they are wrong, or that what they were taught to believe is incorrect!. Look at America and you see this frequently!.

And yet, perhaps is this the catalyst for change, to question the perception of truth!.

Is this rubbish!? I don't know!. I can't answer that for you!.

Is war rubbish!? I believe it is!.

Can we be better as a species!? I think so!. But that's what I believe!. What you chose to believe is up to you!.

Is love the answer!? Could be!. Is this rubbish!. Might be, depending on where you are in your life!. But I think we could all use a little more love and lot less of the other stuff!.

Like I said, it's up to you to decide where you stand on this!. No one else can tell you what your truths are!. Oh they'll try, and they'll smile as they do it!. But you know your answers!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you look carefully, virtually all music is about love in some form of another!. So Lennon just has his own style!. Yeah, who doesn't want harmony and peace and love, but that's not the real world right now, ,and you are not going to beat the bad guys in the world with peace and love mantras!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Rubbish as most people blow it off and dont take it seriously!. Love is simple loving one another is too easy for some and too hard for others!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

It has value until one is ready to go on to more complexity!.


For example, to throw out all religion is to throw out the baby with the bath water!.Www@QuestionHome@Com