GENIUS is a chilling movie based on the life and tragic murder of John Lennon. It's chilling because it reveals what people will do for money. There are ordinary people out there who would kill you. All they need is the right amount of money and the belief that they won't get caught.
Just before he was murdered, John Lennon told Playboy magazine that he didn't want to die at 40. Ironically the famous singer was gunned down at the age of 40 by a man who killed him just because he wanted to become famous.
Many think that John Lennon was a musical genius. His music has crossed cultures and even generations--the Beatles have sold more than 2,303,500,000 record albums, and in June of 2012 they hit number one on iTunes. They are as big now as they ever were and they're half dead--with the tragic loss of Lennon and Harrison.
Dr. Reagan and I on our ministry's television show Christ in Prophecy had the pleasure of asking this question of our special guest Caryl Matrisciana. Caryl is a best selling author and filmmaker and is a recognized expert on Eastern religions, contemporary cults, paganism and the occult. She has been involved in the production of more than 60 documentaries over the past 30 years. Her biographical testimony Out of India explains how she grew up under Hinduism in India and lived it in England and the U.S. as a New Ager before accepted Christ as Savior. She joined us to share her story of how she escaped the clutches of Hinduism.
Caryl Matrisciana: The Beatles were very important in packaging eastern religion to be acceptable in the West. The Beatles of course were out of North England. They were a group of young kids who played their band in a garage in Liverpool. They were discovered by Radio Luxemburg and promoted by English titles that suddenly swept across to America.
The Beatles songs seemed so innocent at first. They were sweet little love songs. I think the point when they changed was when they got rich very quickly from a garage in Liverpool to suddenly having adulation worldwide. It can go to one's head. For example, John Lennon said that they were "more famous then Jesus." That was his quote.
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"Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll is all my brain and body needs" - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Many in this audience remember the Beatles and their rock 'n' roll group saying they were "more popular than Jesus." Some of you, I suspect, also remember the Saturday Evening Post article (July 1964) on the Beatles which contained the following: "It's incredible, absolutely incredible," said Beatles' press officer Derek Taylor. "Here are these four boys from Liverpool. They're rude, they're profane, they're vulgar, and they've taken over the world. It's as if they founded a new religion. They're completely anti-Christ. I mean, I'm anti-Christ as well, but they're so anti-Christ that they shock me, which isn't an easy thing."
Now forty years later, John Lennon and the Beatles are back in the headlines. ABC News and reporter Jonathan Karl featured on September 5, 2006 an exclusive interview with Yoko Ono entitled "Yoko Ono on John Lennon and the FBI" in which Yoko Ono hypes an upcoming film "The U.S. vs. John Lennon." According to ABC News "Yoko Ono cooperated with the filmmakers, opening her archives of rarely seen footage of the couple's fight for peace." One thing that brought us together, says Yoko Ono, "was the fact that both of us were rebels in so many ways." The film portrays Lennon's fight to stay in the United States after involving himself in pro-Communist activities and demonstrations (the FBI file on Lennon consisted of 300 pages of text). It will be interesting to see if the film mention's Lennon's pro-Communist song "Working Class Hero" which he dedicated to the Communist revolution.
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