Here’s a strange thing to do at a church-going Christian’s funeral service: sing a song that begins “imagine there’s no heaven,” which later adds “and no religion too.” Or sing “imagine there’s no countries,” when the deceased is someone who served her country all her life. Yet that’s what Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks did at Rosalynn Carter’s funeral:

WATCH: Country music stars Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks perform a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine."

The couple shared a special friendship with the Carters through their work with Habitat for Humanity. https://t.co/RQUhmNcAEM pic.twitter.com/nl7Xp1WsBX

— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) November 28, 2023

The song was written by John Lennon and is, in his words, “virtually the Communist Manifesto.”

Whose idea was this and what were they thinking?

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A Communist Song at a Christian Funeral

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04.12.2023

Here’s a strange thing to do at a church-going Christian’s funeral service: sing a song that begins “imagine there’s no heaven,” which later adds “and no religion too.” Or sing “imagine there’s no........

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