Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

[JennyD]

New Age belief systems, like Oprahism, have a few things in common:

• Some form of spiritualism, though not necessarily a "personal God";
• Introspection to learn who you are or want to be;
• Self-empowerment and valuing of the self; and
• A focus on helping others achieve similar self-empowerment.

Let's compare those New Age systems with Christianity. True Christians™ have:

• A personal God, who watches and records every thing we do;
• A book to tell us who we should be (no need for silly introspection);
• Recognition that we exist to serve God, not ourselves;
• A focus on helping others enter into eternal servitude to our Maker instead of eternal damnation.

So, what's so bad about the New Agers, you ask? Don't they help people to "be all they can be"?

While they are certainly building an army, they are steering people in completely the wrong direction! They are teaching people that they are "special", not servants! They are telling them that they should put themselves above God! They teach people that they should decide whom to be, not ask God for His direction!

Let's do a little thought exercise.

Let's pretend God speaks to us from Heaven today and says that He will let the New Agers into Heaven too, if they follow their "religion" and its rules.

What damage would you expect New Agers like Oprah to do to society, if given free rein?

I don't mean passing laws mandating homosexual "marriage" or requiring women to have abortions. That's Obamaism!

I mean the actual harm to individuals of this self-empowering, introspective lifestyle, with its ridiculous rituals and bizarre beliefs.

[David Goldman]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

Let's pretend God speaks to us from Heaven today and says that He will let the New Agers into Heaven too, if they follow their "religion" and its rules.

What damage would you expect New Agers like Oprah to do to society, if given free rein?

I don't mean passing laws mandating homosexual "marriage" or requiring women to have abortions. That's Obamaism!

I mean the actual harm to individuals of this self-empowering, introspective lifestyle, with its ridiculous rituals and bizarre beliefs.

Indeed! I shudder to even think of it.

Can you imagine the chaos in Godly circles: with all those "well meaning people" forming encounter groups for self revelation, offering "common man's" advice to Holy ordained ministers, trying to tinker and improve upon God's divine plan, and updating the Bible to make it gender neutral and minority friendly and politically correct?

That would kind of like eliminate the whole point and purpose of Christianity. Praise God that we have a LORD who is rock-steady and immutable, and doesn't shift with the wind.

[Bobby-Joe]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

Let's do a little thought exercise.

Let's pretend God speaks to us from Heaven today and says that He will let the New Agers into Heaven too, if they follow their "religion" and its rules.

What damage would you expect New Agers like Oprah to do to society, if given free rein?

I don't mean passing laws mandating homosexual "marriage" or requiring women to have abortions. That's Obamaism!

I mean the actual harm to individuals of this self-empowering, introspective lifestyle, with its ridiculous rituals and bizarre beliefs.

You are almost certainly get to get a group of people behaving like the rules don't apply to them and justifying there anti-social behaviors with their privileged beliefs. Fortified compounds of these religious radicals would spring up across the land from which they would only emerge to pressure the government for more privileges for their beliefs.

The airways would be cluttered with spokesmen for the New Age pushing their quack beliefs for money while attacking rational thought at every turn. The New Agers would pressure school board to modify school programs to eliminate curriculum that contradicted or disproved New Age beliefs.

America would slowly be on the path to becoming a third world nation as our skills in science and technology gave way to superstition and self absorption.

PRAISE Jesus this will never happen!

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

The airways would be cluttered with spokesmen for the New Age pushing their quack beliefs for money while attacking rational thought at every turn. The New Agers would pressure school board to modify school programs to eliminate curriculum that contradicted or disproved New Age beliefs.

America would slowly be on the path to becoming a third world nation as our skills in science and technology gave way to superstition and self absorption.

I think you're right, Bobby-Joe! We must fight this superstitious nonsense and irrationality!

I wonder what atheists think about the New Agers, with their "live and let live" philosophy.

Would atheists consider them a target, too?

Would the atheists continue their advertising campaigns, only change to tell the New Agers to let go of their silly superstitions instead of telling Christians to pretend there's no God?

Would atheists keep trying to stack school boards to eliminate New Age teachers, the way they try to get rid of Christian teachers? Would they try to outlaw public expressions of New Age religion, like public meditation?



What if the "scienticians" said that meditation was good for your blood pressure? Would the atheists attack the Surgeon General for promoting religion?

[GLORYless troll]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

JennyD, you try to play yourself off as a true Christian, but truly you are a hypocrite. You have a disgustingly revealing picture of yourself in the profile picture. You are tempting me to want to perform loathsome acts with you. You should be stoned for your harlotry.

[Levi Jones]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

JennyD, you try to play yourself off as a true Christian, but truly you are a hypocrite. You have a disgustingly revealing picture of yourself in the profile picture. You are tempting me to want to perform loathsome acts with you. You should be stoned for your harlotry.

What a train wreck of a first post. Attacking a True Christian™ right out of the gate, I see.

[GLORYless troll]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

And why the need to TradeMark it? You're coming off as a Jew, putting legality and officiating something that should be reserved solely for God to decide.

[Levi Jones]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

And why the need to TradeMark it? You're coming off as a Jew, putting legality and officiating something that should be reserved solely for God to decide.

Son, I'm no Christ Killer. Landover does retain a team of them to sort out legal matters. Want to post your name and address so they can send you a cease and desist letter for stalking a True Christian™ lady?

[angels]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

JennyD, you try to play yourself off as a true Christian, but truly you are a hypocrite. You have a disgustingly revealing picture of yourself in the profile picture. You are tempting me to want to perform loathsome acts with you. You should be stoned for your harlotry.

Point 1. JennyD is a true Christian lady, and does NOT set out to tempt you.
Point 2. You are the one thinking vile thoughts actually, not Jenny.
Point 3. Take a cold shower Sir, and calm down .
Point 4. Not a great start to the forum is it really?.

[sr korgul]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

JennyD, you try to play yourself off as a true Christian, but truly you are a hypocrite. You have a disgustingly revealing picture of yourself in the profile picture. You are tempting me to want to perform loathsome acts with you. You should be stoned for your harlotry.

I fail to understand why do you blame Miss D for the fact you are a lustful pervert capable of drooling and falling into the most awful desire just by looking some chaste pixel?

[GLORYless troll]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

Son, I'm no Christ Killer. Landover does retain a team of them to sort out legal matters. Want to post your name and address so they can send you a cease and desist letter for stalking a True Christian™ lady?

I would absolutely love to see you try. I didn't stalk anyone, and I would really like to see you waste your money trying to prove a case you cannot prove. I am merely noting the hypocrisy of the Original Poster, and how according to your beliefs, she is a temptress. Why else feel the need to put her body on the internet, just like a girl from a pornographically explicit video?

And, indulge me, what's her name and address?

[angels]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

I would absolutely love to see you try. I didn't stalk anyone, and I would really like to see you waste your money trying to prove a case you cannot prove. I am merely noting the hypocrisy of the Original Poster, and how according to your beliefs, she is a temptress. Why else feel the need to put her body on the internet, just like a girl from a pornographically explicit video?

And, indulge me, what's her name and address?

So, now you are saying Sister Jenny is pornagraphic.

What's wrong with you Sir. Did you forget your meds today?.

[GLORYless troll]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

I noted on the hypocrisy of her being affiliated with a group that condemns women who openly display their bodies. I believe there was a post, saying that women who were raped deserved it from the way they displayed themselves, from another True Christian. I think perhaps there are some sick people on the internet, and if she is married (Which you all agree she should be,) her husband shouldn't let her roam free, displaying her picture to everyone. I have no intention, nor have made any veiled threat or innuendo about some imaginary desire to rape her. Just a disclaimer, I know you guys will nit-pick every little thing you can to try and avoid the actual matter at hand.

[angels]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

I noted on the hypocrisy of her being affiliated with a group that condemns women who openly display their bodies. I believe there was a post, saying that women who were raped deserved it from the way they displayed themselves, from another True Christian. I think perhaps there are some sick people on the internet, and if she is married (Which you all agree she should be,) her husband shouldn't let her roam free, displaying her picture to everyone. I have no intention, nor have made any veiled threat or innuendo about some imaginary desire to rape her. Just a disclaimer, I know you guys will nit-pick every little thing you can to try and avoid the actual matter at hand.

There is a big difference. Sister Jenny is covered and is extremely respectable.
Women who have their bits on display, are asking for trouble.
Why would you class our dear Sister like that?.

[Bobby-Joe]

Re: Why are New Age beliefs harmful?

I would absolutely love to see you try. I didn't stalk anyone, and I would really like to see you waste your money trying to prove a case you cannot prove. I am merely noting the hypocrisy of the Original Poster, and how according to your beliefs, she is a temptress. Why else feel the need to put her body on the internet, just like a girl from a pornographically explicit video?

And, indulge me, what's her name and address?

Hogwash sinner. Here you are slobbering over our virtuousness sister like a dog in heat.