Comments on: The New Age Movement – A Christian Perspective http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/ Dissecting What You Choose to Ignore Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emilia Liz http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-754 Emilia Liz Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:41:50 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-754 To Shannon and Daniel, Thank you for responding. I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree on whether the New Age movement is dangerous (as you seem to believe) or just silly (as I do). However, as all of us three are practising Christians, perhaps a question we can all agree that needs to be asked is why are so many people turning from Christianity (and for that matter from other traditional religions, like Judaism) and embracing the New Age. Is it because, as Donna LaFramboise says, it offers all the rewards of organized religion without the duties? Or is it because many people for whatever reason feel alienated from traditional religion? The question is worth asking. To Shannon and Daniel,

Thank you for responding. I suppose we’ll have to agree to disagree on whether the New Age movement is dangerous (as you seem to believe) or just silly (as I do). However, as all of us three are practising Christians, perhaps a question we can all agree that needs to be asked is why are so many people turning from Christianity (and for that matter from other traditional religions, like Judaism) and embracing the New Age. Is it because, as Donna LaFramboise says, it offers all the rewards of organized religion without the duties? Or is it because many people for whatever reason feel alienated from traditional religion? The question is worth asking.

]]> By: Daniel http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-753 Daniel Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:51:42 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-753 The physiatrist dr. Paul Meier explains in one of his books that unforgiveness is one of the mayor causes of clinical depression. Now imagine what damage the devil and his associates can do to you if you participate in New Age or any other ocultic rituals. The physiatrist dr. Paul Meier explains in one of his books that unforgiveness is one of the mayor causes of clinical depression. Now imagine what damage the devil and his associates can do to you if you participate in New Age or any other ocultic rituals.

]]> By: shannon http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-752 shannon Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:19:27 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-752 I too see it as dangerous. Just today listening to the radio, someone was promoting the "fun" in going to a psychic. I always go back to how God dealt with King Saul for basically going to a psychic, and you have to read why Saul went in the first place (1 Samuel 28). Do I believe that people can speak to the dead, or tell the future with "psychic" powers, absolutely.... but from where do these abilities come from is the question, and who or what is whispering in their ear. Some people will disagree, but Lucifer, now Satan is not wearing a pitch fork and saying "Boo", he comes as an angel of light meaning he comes in what seems good. You have to read the word, and be humble before the true Lord, if not its very easy not to see the deception in front of us.... and to think there is truly nothing wrong with a dabble or two. Our God and Father is a gentleman and does not require us to serve him, he lets us get in our own messes in hope that we repent and accept his Son as the penalty for our sin. Its just that simple and easy. (we make things way to complicated). God bless. I too see it as dangerous. Just today listening to the radio, someone was promoting the “fun” in going to a psychic. I always go back to how God dealt with King Saul for basically going to a psychic, and you have to read why Saul went in the first place (1 Samuel 28). Do I believe that people can speak to the dead, or tell the future with “psychic” powers, absolutely…. but from where do these abilities come from is the question, and who or what is whispering in their ear. Some people will disagree, but Lucifer, now Satan is not wearing a pitch fork and saying “Boo”, he comes as an angel of light meaning he comes in what seems good. You have to read the word, and be humble before the true Lord, if not its very easy not to see the deception in front of us…. and to think there is truly nothing wrong with a dabble or two. Our God and Father is a gentleman and does not require us to serve him, he lets us get in our own messes in hope that we repent and accept his Son as the penalty for our sin. Its just that simple and easy. (we make things way to complicated). God bless.

]]> By: Emilia Liz http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-751 Emilia Liz Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:36:40 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-751 Hello, Daniel, sorry to be somewhat delayed in responding. I must reiterate again that I'm not convinced that dabbling in the occult is harmful per se. I looked over your PDF file, and I really can't find any proof that satisfies me beyond a shadow of a doubt that many of the actions supposedly caused by evil spirits (like the woman who pushed the scientist in front of the train) were due to anything other than faulty neural wiring. Or regarding Jim Jones having been involved in the occult, well,so was former Canadian Prime Minister MacKenzie-King, and King never founded a cult whose members committed mass suicide. So while I understand that the occult may go against some parts of the Bible, I can't see it as a real powerful force in itself. Hello, Daniel, sorry to be somewhat delayed in responding. I must reiterate again that I’m not convinced that dabbling in the occult is harmful per se. I looked over your PDF file, and I really can’t find any proof that satisfies me beyond a shadow of a doubt that many of the actions supposedly caused by evil spirits (like the woman who pushed the scientist in front of the train) were due to anything other than faulty neural wiring. Or regarding Jim Jones having been involved in the occult, well,so was former Canadian Prime Minister MacKenzie-King, and King never founded a cult whose members committed mass suicide. So while I understand that the occult may go against some parts of the Bible, I can’t see it as a real powerful force in itself.

]]> By: Daniel http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-750 Daniel Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:52:02 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-750 http://www.ankerberg.org/Articles/_PDFArchives/new-age/NA2W0505.pdf "But even dabbling on the “innocent fringes” of occultism may carry a heavy price tag, at least for some people. Perhaps several hundred deaths have now been connected to imaginative games that role-play occult realities, such as Dungeons and Dragons.14 Dungeons and Dragons alone has sold some ten million sets and has led many teenagers and adults into active occult practice.15 Further, “There is many a psychiatrist who will testify to having to work with disturbed children whose trouble began with a fascination aroused by such fantasy games.”16" http://www.ankerberg.org/Articles/_PDFArchives/new-age/NA2W0505.pdf
“But even dabbling on the “innocent fringes” of occultism may carry a heavy
price tag, at least for some people. Perhaps several hundred deaths have now
been connected to imaginative games that role-play occult realities, such as
Dungeons and Dragons.14 Dungeons and Dragons alone has sold some ten
million sets and has led many teenagers and adults into active occult practice.15
Further, “There is many a psychiatrist who will testify to having to work with
disturbed children whose trouble began with a fascination aroused by such
fantasy games.”16″

]]> By: Daniel http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-749 Daniel Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:03:19 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-749 Hello Emilia, In perspective the New Age is just one of many ways our attention can be diverged from having a wonderful relationship with our saviour Jesus Christ. One thing that you should know about the New Agers is that they will never call what they do New Age. Their practices has been shown to be occult of nature and I cannot see how contacting spirits and the dead for advice can be safe in any manner. Hello Emilia,
In perspective the New Age is just one of many ways our attention can be diverged from having a wonderful relationship with our saviour Jesus Christ.

One thing that you should know about the New Agers is that they will never call what they do New Age. Their practices has been shown to be occult of nature and I cannot see how contacting spirits and the dead for advice can be safe in any manner.

]]> By: Emilia Liz http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-748 Emilia Liz Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:53:14 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-748 I'm afraid I'll have to agree to disagree on whether the New Age movement is dangerous or just silly. I suspect the woman who started hearing voices telling her to kill herself probably had a chemical imbalance. On the other hand, if you do think the New Age movement is dangerous, you have every right to warn people about what you think is harmful. Now I will say that New Age practitioners who charge their clients tons of money and basically dupe them are a social evil. But you can say the same for other industries that bilk people of their money, like the lotteries (remember the recent scandals when it was found that retailers won a disproportionate share of the jackpots?). So I don't know whether the New Age movement is really better or worse than any other dubious outfit. I’m afraid I’ll have to agree to disagree on whether the New Age movement is dangerous or just silly. I suspect the woman who started hearing voices telling her to kill herself probably had a chemical imbalance. On the other hand, if you do think the New Age movement is dangerous, you have every right to warn people about what you think is harmful. Now I will say that New Age practitioners who charge their clients tons of money and basically dupe them are a social evil. But you can say the same for other industries that bilk people of their money, like the lotteries (remember the recent scandals when it was found that retailers won a disproportionate share of the jackpots?). So I don’t know whether the New Age movement is really better or worse than any other dubious outfit.

]]> By: Daniel http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-747 Daniel Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:15:49 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-747 I would think that the best inoculation to any movement that promote any anti-Christian ideas would be to ensure that you read the Bible from cover to cover and work on your relationship with Jesus. At least you will have an idea where to start to look for the truth when faced with a lie. I would disagree that their ideas are only silly, it is extremely dangerous, contacting evil spirits do not seem to be safe under any circumstances in my books. Have you heard about a book called "Conversations with god". The book is a prescribed book in many schools across the globe. In the book the author pretends that he accidently started with automatic writing, but from reading about him I found that he is well known for being a New Age guru. Automatic writing is one of the New Age practices, considered the equivalent of playing the Ouija board. We cannot stop the book from being distributed and do not believe we should. We should strengthen our relationship with Jesus and teach the truth about him rather than fighting the lies. Consider read the following: http://www.ankerberg.org/Articles/_PDFArchives/new-age/NA2W0405.pdf Except from the PDF document: "thoroughly confused, divided between faith and doubt, attempted to apply the mediumistic practices she had learned during the séance. She began to write automatically and suddenly heard voices demanding that she take her own life." I would think that the best inoculation to any movement that promote any anti-Christian ideas would be to ensure that you read the Bible from cover to cover and work on your relationship with Jesus. At least you will have an idea where to start to look for the truth when faced with a lie.

I would disagree that their ideas are only silly, it is extremely dangerous, contacting evil spirits do not seem to be safe under any circumstances in my books.

Have you heard about a book called “Conversations with god”. The book is a prescribed book in many schools across the globe. In the book the author pretends that he accidently started with automatic writing, but from reading about him I found that he is well known for being a New Age guru. Automatic writing is one of the New Age practices, considered the equivalent of playing the Ouija board.

We cannot stop the book from being distributed and do not believe we should. We should strengthen our relationship with Jesus and teach the truth about him rather than fighting the lies.

Consider read the following:
http://www.ankerberg.org/Articles/_PDFArchives/new-age/NA2W0405.pdf
Except from the PDF document: “thoroughly confused, divided between faith and doubt, attempted to apply the mediumistic practices she had learned during the séance. She began to write automatically and suddenly heard voices demanding that she take her own life.”

]]> By: Emilia Liz http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-746 Emilia Liz Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:23:47 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-746 I have to agree that many of the New Age ideas are silly, but I don't really see them as harmful. But I do agree that much of it goes against traditional Christian belief. But I don't think the greatest threat to Christianity comes from either the New Age movement or atheism but from some Christians who make the whole religion look bad (ex. Reverend Fred Phelps). And I don't really see the New Age movement siphoning off Christians to join their (the New Age's) ranks. I have to agree that many of the New Age ideas are silly, but I don’t really see them as harmful. But I do agree that much of it goes against traditional Christian belief. But I don’t think the greatest threat to Christianity comes from either the New Age movement or atheism but from some Christians who make the whole religion look bad (ex. Reverend Fred Phelps). And I don’t really see the New Age movement siphoning off Christians to join their (the New Age’s) ranks.

]]> By: Daniel http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-745 Daniel Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:15:38 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/10/29/the-new-age-movement-%e2%80%93-a-christian-perspective/#comment-745 Hi Emilia, While we are keeping ourselves busy with what the other side (unbelievers and devil) is doing to bring down the Kingdom of Jesus, our relationship with Him will suffer. I think first and foremost ensure that you spend priority time with the King so that you may know a lie if you see it. Here are my idea why the New Age movement is so dangerous. Some drugs like nicotine is weak but continual exposure to it does cause tremendous damage to the body in the long run, while other stronger drugs will kill you within days or weeks. Atheism is like the strong drugs, easy to see and you know you should keep away, but the The New Age religion is like the nicotine type of drugs that seems harmless and so beautifully packaged. Please consider reading the article at the following link: http://www.ankerberg.org/Articles/_PDFArchives/new-age/NA2W0404.pdf "Almost all forms of meditation lead to the development of psychic abilities." "Because New Age meditation develops psychic powers, it is proper to classify New Age meditation as a form of occult practice." Hi Emilia,

While we are keeping ourselves busy with what the other side (unbelievers and devil) is doing to bring down the Kingdom of Jesus, our relationship with Him will suffer. I think first and foremost ensure that you spend priority time with the King so that you may know a lie if you see it.

Here are my idea why the New Age movement is so dangerous.
Some drugs like nicotine is weak but continual exposure to it does cause tremendous damage to the body in the long run, while other stronger drugs will kill you within days or weeks.
Atheism is like the strong drugs, easy to see and you know you should keep away, but the The New Age religion is like the nicotine type of drugs that seems harmless and so beautifully packaged.

Please consider reading the article at the following link:
http://www.ankerberg.org/Articles/_PDFArchives/new-age/NA2W0404.pdf
“Almost all forms of meditation lead to the development of psychic abilities.”
“Because New Age meditation develops psychic
powers, it is proper to classify New Age meditation as a form of occult practice.”

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