"Give peace a chance" – who sang that? (Part 1)

A young Christian friend of mine for many years, David Duly, entered this post in his blog, www.wherethereisnovision.wordpress.com on the 30^th anniversary of the shooting dead of former Beatle, John Lennon on 9^th December, 1980.  This material is used with his permission.  He gave information about Lennon that is not widely known, either in the UK or in the USA.
 

“On this day [9^th Dec] thirty years ago, John Lennon was murdered as he left his home by an obsessed fan.  Shot in cold blood, the death of Lennon shook the music industry and his fans alike. Rightfully, people condemned the murder and tributes were sent across the world to Mr Lennon’s family. Thirty years later John Lennon is heralded as a man who cried out to the world that they “Give peace a chance” and pointed to as a man to emulate.

It is quite amazing how that if you are a celebrity, especially in societies that are intoxicated with celebrity status, you can say whatever you like publicly – either in word or in song – and the public will accept it without question.  Lennon’s great mantra, “Give peace a chance,” sounded the right note, but what exactly did he mean by these lovely words?  Let’s see.

“John Lennon was a die hard supporter of the IRA. In discussion with many Lennon fans they often claim that Lennon only supported the IRA after Bloody Sunday (seeing that this somehow justifies the murders and atrocities committed by them) however this is false.”

Did you know that?  The ‘champion for peace’ supported the organisation in Northern Ireland that murdered more people than the loyalists terrorists, British Army, RUC and UDR all put together, accounting for 60% of all deaths in its 40 year reign of terror in Northern Ireland, and elsewhere.  John Lennon, the man who claimed in August 1966 that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus” is the self-same man who gave practical and tangible support to those who murdered our family members, and destroyed many other families.