Hillsong United Praises the Beatles

Hillsong United proclaims their undying love for the Beatles by titling a 2014 remix of their most popular songs The White Album in honor of the 1968 Beatles album popularly known by that name. Hillsong United’s press release states, “... stealing its title as a respectful ode to arguably one of the greatest albums by perhaps the greatest band of all time (and no, we certainly aren't comparing our little remix project to The Beatles), but we are however inspired by the way they, like many others artists over the years have pioneered the sound of music for generations, defining culture along the way.” This proves the worldly taste and unscriptural thinking of one of the most popular and influential contemporary worship groups. The Beatles have wielded one of the most godless, wicked influences on modern society. The White Album that is so effusively praised by Hillsong United was produced after the Beatles visited the Hindu guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India and while the band members were heavily involved with hallucinogenic drugs and should be called “The Beatles’ Demon Possessed Album.” The Beatles’ involvement with drugs and Hinduism paved the way for large numbers of young people to pursue the same soul-destroying paths. I was one of those thus influenced when I dropped out of society, became a drug user and seller, hitchhiked across America, and joined a Hindu meditation society in the early 1970s. When I won $70 from a slot machine in Las Vegas I thought it was an answer to prayer. I wanted to play Beatles songs like George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord,” an ode to the Hindu god Ram. In his 1965 book, A Spaniard in the Works, John Lennon called Jesus Christ many wicked things that we cannot repeat, and he blasphemed the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In Lennon’s song “God” (1970), he sang: “I don’t believe in Bible. I don’t believe in Jesus. I just believe in me, Yoko and me, that’s reality.” Lennon’s extremely popular song “Imagine” (1971) promotes atheism. The lyrics say: “Imagine there’s no heaven … No hell below us, above us only sky … no religion too/ You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one/ I hope some day you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.”

(Friday Church News Notes, March 14, 2014, www.wayoflife.org [email protected], 866-295-4143)

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