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This is a little old, but so what.

Imagine No Religion: It’s Coming True in Nine Countries:

When John Lennon sang “Imagine there’s no heaven” in 1971, rock critics called the song “utopian.” But forty years later, researchers have found that religion is indeed disappearing in nine countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.

The researchers failed to note that the Beatles played live concerts in five of the nine: Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. And they filmed part of Help! in a sixth, Austria. 

The scientific study, reported by the BBC, was based on historical census figures from countries where citizens were asked about their religious affiliation. The research, published online by Cornell University, does not consider the influence of the lads from Liverpool. Instead, according to the authors, it is based on “perturbation theory.”

"The idea is pretty simple," researcher Richard Wiener of the University of Arizona told the BBC. "It posits that social groups that have more members are going to be more attractive to join, and it posits that social groups have a social status or utility.”

I'd like to think that there are even more people imagining today.

Musician Of Note - John Lennon

John Lennon was a peace activist killed by a gun in an act of violence.

Imagine the Second Amendment to the Constitution being about the automobile rather than the right to bear arms. We would have no laws and regulations regarding the automobile because it would infringe on the rights granted to us by the founders of this nation. You could drive as fast as you wanted to. You wouldn’t have to stop at red lights or stop signs. You could go both ways on a one way street. You could drive on the left side of the street. You wouldn’t need a driver’s license. You wouldn’t need automobile insurance. How many people would die because of this senselessness?

Nowhere in the Second Amendment does it say that Congress can not make laws to regulate the use of guns. The right to bear arms is not infringed with licenses, insurance (car owners must have it, why not gun owners) and regulation. Imagine gun regulation in place at the time of John Lennon’s death. Maybe he would still be alive today.