The meaning of John Lennon's song - God

[darkwolf176]

What does John mean when he sings "God is a concept by which we measure our pain"?
I don't really get what he means.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3ic6OOXns

[Paul the Human]

My guess is that he was simply saying that people, when in pain (physical or emotional), wonder why god is doing 'this' to them, "What have I done to deserve this, Oh Lord?' The worse the pain, the more displeased god must be... and vice versa. That's my take on it.

[Ace Otana]

He probably ment fear of death or something along those lines but I would have to agree with Paul.

[fr0d0]

At the time Lennon was into i-ching and 'scream' therapy, dealing with the end of the Beatles era, and the death of his mum.

Lennon starts this song with the line, "God is a concept by which we measure our pain." He explained to Rolling Stone that, "pain is the pain we go through all the time," Then added: "You're born in pain. Pain is what we are in most of the time, and I think that the bigger the pain, the more God you look for."

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

John Lennon is dead.

At 17 I loved The Beatles uncritically and thought John Lennon was deep.

Today I think Lennon was a pretentious wanker and that he and his poseur wife Yoko deserved each other.

I still love a lot of the Beatles' music,but stopped navel gazing and finding ponderous explanations about 30 years ago.

[Scented Nectar]

John Lennon is dead.

At 17 I loved The Beatles uncritically and thought John Lennon was deep.

Today I think Lennon was a pretentious wanker and that he and his poseur wife Yoko deserved each other.

I still love a lot of the Beatles' music,but stopped navel gazing and finding ponderous explanations about 30 years ago.

You will love this video in that case.
[youtube]4JHrfq7h6CA[/youtube]

By Jon Lajoie (http://www.jonlajoie.com)
A recently discovered early demo
recording by Paul McCartney of what would eventually become
"Blackbird".

Don't hate me, Beatle lovers. I like them all a lot too, but this song is really funny.

[fr0d0]

John Lennon is dead.

At 17 I loved The Beatles uncritically and thought John Lennon was deep.

Today I think Lennon was a pretentious wanker and that he and his poseur wife Yoko deserved each other.

I still love a lot of the Beatles' music,but stopped navel gazing and finding ponderous explanations about 30 years ago.

I look at Lennon now and realise my life is based around some of those words. You may always have been shallow. You can't paint a generation with the same brush tho' I'm afraid.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

@SN
THAT is funny


Frodo,what's with the ad hominem? I didn't insult you.

You may always have been shallow.

You don't know me well enough to make that kind of assessment, so pull yer fucking head in.


PS: You have based your life on some of the adolescent drivel John Lennon wrote and have the chutzpah to call ME shallow? My irony meter just exploded.

:roflol:

[fr0d0]

Well that took a while to hit home

I don't know you well enough, but I know what you said conflicts with my understanding, and call you on that. To call Lennon's life work 'adolescent drivel' makes you look foolish. Yes, I'd say you're being shallow.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Well that took a while to hit home

Oh,the ad hominem was to provoke me.Congrats; that's called trolling.

My point was and is Lennon was overestimated in his intellectual depth and yes,I believe his ideas tend to be facile and adolescent..That is an honest assessment,whether you agree or not


I you disagree,no problem,attack my position.

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I have nothing more say to you on this matter.