New Age religion?

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Whar are the dangers of the New Age Religion?
Is the New Age Religion Satanic, and if it is why?
What do you think of the New Age Religion?
 
THE AGE-OLD NEW AGE MOVEMENT EWTN Library Article
***"The New Age Movement is “the most dangerous enemy of Christianity in the world today,…more dangerous than secular humanism.” ***This is the knowledgeable opinion of Norman L. Geisler, professor of Systematic Theology at Dallas (Tex.) Theological Seminary.
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Many people have never heard of the New Age Movement. Its philosophy, however, has been around for a long time, and specific groups are now aligning with it. …
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Various symbols are used by the New Agers. … some of the most frequently used signs: “Rainbow, pyramid, triangle, eye in triangle, unicorn , yin-yang (two black and white comma shapes nestled together in a circle), goat head on pentagram, and even 666 worked into art.”
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The New Age mind-set has touched almost every area of life: education, culture, history, religion, politics, psychology, science and health…
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The Movement has no central headquarters; therefore, no leadership or membership lists are available. So we have no clear statistics that tell us how many people are followers. Some have sought to determine the number of adherents by other means , such as by finding out how many people hold to one or more of the major beliefs of the New Age…
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Although the words *“New Age” *could cause one to assume that these beliefs are new, little is new in the New Age Movement. The words “New Age” are derived from the idea that the world is about to enter a utopian age of Aquarius. Astrology – the belief that the heavenly bodies affect the mundane matters of humanity – gets a lot of attention from the New Agers. It is from astrology that the “age of Aquarius” is derived."
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The New Age. What is it?
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The New Age borrows from and synthsizes many views:
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Humanism - Man is inherently good.
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Relativism - There is no absolute reality or moral standard.
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**Subjectivism **- There is no absolute, objective external truth. Truth is based on personal experience and perception. ***** :eek:
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Pluralism - All spiritual beliefs are equally valid.
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**Adaptations of Eastern Religions:**Hinduism - All is one; one is all (monism). God is an impersonal force, part of the universe, and/or beyond knowing. Material reality is an illusion and is inferior to spiritual reality. Reincarnation: the soul returns to another body after death. Spiritual growth is the constant process of evolving.
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Buddhism - Suffering is caused by desire. Detachment from desire is practiced to end suffering. The self/identity does not exist. Spiritual insight is gained through meditation techniques such as centering and mindfulness.
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**Taoism **- One reality, the Tao, is split in opposite forces. These opposite forces are yin and yang. There is a life force, chi (or qi, ki). Health and spiritual growth come from balancing the chi (basis for most alternative healing).
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**Postmodernism **- Man is good; there is no objective truth; there are no absolutes and no authority.
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**Occultism and Paganism **- The earth/nature is exalted as the source and sustainer of life. There is one divine force or life force linking people, nature and the universe. Access to and manipulation of this force is possible. Divination techniques such as astrology, numerology, spell casting, tarot cards, and psychic techniques are usually practiced. Rituals are performed according to seasons and moon phases in the belief that this harmonizes one with nature. Taken from Christian Answers for the New Age
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**There is No Absolute Truth. **
This statement is making an absolute claim to truth. It defeats its own claim.
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Truth is Relative.
Does that include the statement that truth is relative? It would have to, making this statement invalid since no claim to truth can be made by this statement, including the claim that truth is relative.
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**You have Your Truth and I have My Truth. **
And if your truth and my truth are in conflict, what do we have? Can there be conflicting truths? If so, then how do you determine what is valid? If my truth is that there is no God, and your truth is that there is a God, does that really effect whether there is a God or not? Saying that we each have our own truth may make us comfortable but we would have to not care about truth to say this, because no matter what my experience or your experience tells us, the truth exists as it is.
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**Truth is within You. **
Seek truth within yourself and you are back to what your experience tells you or to what you want to be the truth. Your perception may affect you and be true to what you want to believe, but it does not affect what the truth really is. Your experience and belief could be telling you that something false is true. found Christian Answers for the New Age II
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From my own point of view, as someone who dabbled in New Age before my re-conversion, I would also now recognise it as being highly dangerous for the following reasons (among many others):
  • it leads the individual to believe they can be spiritual, without actually having God or Catholicism in their life. If God’s spirit is not involved in it, then we have to ask whose is…?
  • it is not Christ-centred, and is more egocentric - focussing on improving the self all the time
  • it disguises itself very well as a harmless, environmentally aware practice in many of its forms, however it often verges on and can easily lead into occult practices
My very brief tuppence worth.
 
trials said:
From my own point of view, as someone who dabbled in New Age before my re-conversion, I would also now recognise it as being highly dangerous for the following reasons (among many others):
  • it leads the individual to believe they can be spiritual, without actually having God or Catholicism in their life. If God’s spirit is not involved in it, then we have to ask whose is…?
  • it is not Christ-centred, and is more egocentric - focussing on improving the self all the time
  • it disguises itself very well as a harmless, environmentally aware practice in many of its forms, however it often verges on and can easily lead into occult practices
My very brief tuppence worth.
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“it disguises itself very well as a harmless, environmentally aware practice in many of its forms, however it often verges on and can easily lead into occult practices”
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I believe that parents should keep an carefull eye on Disney Channel’s early evening’s programming for teens. They are filled with a very seductive view of witchcrat, wizards and magic. Our children are been indoctrinated in our own livingrooms to invoke the four cardinal elements of ***water, earth, wind, and fire ***plus other enchantations normally used by the official church of Wicca.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/WizardsWaverlyPlace_V2.jpg

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRY0khafXs41sHuBRRiIFRJLUHfFh4Vzd9oCMVVQ6BqNEE-ygY_&t=1

The secret: People are more easily indoctrinated while they are being entertained!
 
Some Disney programs are also encouraging our children into channeling and getting in contact with dead children without informing their parents:



The secret: People are more easily indoctrinated while they are being entertained!
 
Edward_Henry said:
I believe that parents should keep an carefull eye on Disney Channel’s early evening’s programming for teens. They are filled with a very seductive view of witchcrat, wizards and magic. Our children are been indoctrinated in our own livingrooms to invoke the four cardinal elements of ***water, earth, wind, and fire ***plus other enchantations normally used by the official church of Wicca.
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I’m pretty sure a teen is of sound mind and doesn’t really believe that brooms allow you to fly.
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The secret: People are more easily indoctrinated while they are being entertained!
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I’ve watched stuff like that for over ten years. I’m not a Wiccan. :rolleyes:
 
Lost_Wanderer said:
I’m pretty sure a teen is of sound mind and doesn’t really believe that brooms allow you to fly.

I’ve watched stuff like that for over ten years. I’m not a Wiccan. :rolleyes:
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Wow, that is very commendable. 🙂 You must have a very profound spirituality.

Now, please allow us to protect our vulnerable children our way. 👍

To Jesus through Mary:thumbsup:
 
Hi Lost Wanderer,

Based on your previous posts, we gather that you are very committed anime writer from the beautiful country of the Philippines who dabbles and enjoys the world of fantasy heavy influenced by New Age spirituality, yet you are not a Wiccan. That is really commendable!

You have not been married so you *do not *have any children yet, but you are sure that they will not be affected by all that New Age fantasy, that is also commendable.

Now, do you think that we could agree that you will raise your future children without us neither interfering nor forcing our traditional values on you, and you will allow us to protect our present children our way?

Disney’s Programming is making Witchcraft seem very appealing to our teens:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/I9Z5D5fchJI/SOQqc8MGm7I/AAAAAAAAAps/0LxnGSe1Sls/s320/200px-Disney-_Halloweentown%5B1%5D.jpg



http://criticschoice.com/sean/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Sorcerer.jpg

http://disneyinfonet.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/sorcerers-apprentice-video-game.jpg
 
Edward_Henry said:
Now, do you think that we could agree that you will raise your future children without us neither interfering nor forcing our traditional values on you, and you will allow us to protect our present children our way?
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I’m just saying that just because you wanna do it your way, don’t think it gives you the right to promote it as the only way. I’m not saying this is your intention but I have seen too many of your posts on the subject to let you off my suspicions completely.

Besides, I don’t necessarily need to have kids to know that distinguishing fantasy from reality is a capacity required of every human being in order to be called sane.
 
Edward_Henry said:
Disney’s Programming is making Witchcraft seem very appealing to our teens:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/I9Z5D5fchJI/SOQqc8MGm7I/AAAAAAAAAps/0LxnGSe1Sls/s320/200px-Disney-_Halloweentown%5B1%5D.jpg

http://sharetv.org/images/sabrina_the_teenage_witch-show.jpg
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I’ll say this as many times as it takes. I’ve watched those many times. The only way a teen can get drawn to actual witchcraft from watching those shows is if that teen has a loose grip on reality.

You’ll find that such teens will have more problems you should be worried about, mental ones in particular.
 
Getting off the subject of the Disney Channel (which I doubt is harmful to someone who is a well formed Christian) , I would say the New Age beliefs or religion or mindset is satanic but not in that it directly promotes the worship of Satan. In fact, the people I know whom I would call ‘new age’, or who identify themselves as such, usually don’t even believe in Satan. And that’s an indication of the real problem with ‘new age’.

The New Age doesn’t need the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ. They don’t need a savior. Everything’s really okay if we just get in touch with ourselves, our higher selves, the power of the universe, and think positive thoughts. Most or all of the spirits or spiritual influences out there are good (they believe). It’s all a matter of becoming ‘enlightened’ and in tune with the universe and our inner selves. We are all basically good and have undreamed of powers within us. All ways lead to God; all rivers end in the sea; in the end we all will become enlightened.

The book Jonathan Livingston Seagull, now some 50 years old, and extremely popular then and now, is an example. The power to fly is within us, we just have to discover, use, and control it.

The ideas of conversion, surrender to God’s will, service to God and our neighbor, gaining our life by losing it, obedience to authority, taking up the cross daily, etc. are not part of the New Age beliefs. So yeah, I think it’s satanic.
 
Getting off the subject of the Disney Channel (which I doubt is harmful to someone who is a well formed Christian) , I would say the New Age beliefs or religion or mindset is satanic but not in that it directly promotes the worship of Satan. In fact, the people I know whom I would call ‘new age’, or who identify themselves as such, usually don’t even believe in Satan. And that’s an indication of the real problem with ‘new age’.
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Hi Claire,
I believe that the key term in your post is “a well formed Christian”
Unfortunatelly, some recent surveys have produced the following disappointing conclusions:
With the decline of Church attendance on Sundays by many Christian families,
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  1. a Large majority of western children are learning a great deal about witchcraft, spells, magical encantations and summoning of spirits before they ever learn their Catechism or the traditional Christian prayers.
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  1. Most western children are exposed (if fortunate) to a 15 min
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. homily or sermon a week versus 3 to 4 hours per day of magic filled programming.
  1. Television programs are presenting Christianity to them as a dull requirement from the adult world while presenting the New Age world of Magic as appealing and seductive.
  2. More children engage in library searches for materials on the Occult and witchcrat than they ever do on religion or lives of saints.
Conclusion, “Well formed” Catholics with strong faith foundation may underestimate the level of influence that such programming is having on our **poorly evangelized **children.
So it might not be harmful to us… but can we truly say that it is not affecting our young people? :confused:

Disney is now openning the HARRY POTTER WORLD
http://www.mydisneyblog.com/.a/6a00e54ef268ba8834010536c4c3cd970b-500wi

**People, adults as well as children, are more easily indoctrinated while they are being entertained! **

To Jesus through Mary 👍
 
Since the TV shows and movies are out there I think Christian parents can actually make use of them. Let your child watch a TV series if he wants to (NOT a steady diet or all of them) or read the Harry Potter books (which are good adventures) and then DISCUSS. Ask them what they think, what they see as real and imaginary, positive and negative, in the stories. And make sure they watch the Donut Man and read the Narnia series as well.

And for Lost Wanderer, of course teens know that brooms can’t fly. But as a school library media specialist I can tell you that satanism, witchcraft, and the occult are subjects many kids will choose as topics for their research papers if the teacher permits. And some of these kids actually practice satanism or experiment with the occult. Most are only interested and curious but some few are involved in it. I have known them. It is deeply disturbing. Teens as a group are just as stupid as adults about things like this.
 
Claire_from_DE said:
Since the TV shows and movies are out there I think Christian parents can actually make use of them. Let your child watch a TV series if he wants to (NOT a steady diet or all of them) or read the Harry Potter books (which are good adventures) and then DISCUSS. Ask them what they think, what they see as real and imaginary, positive and negative, in the stories. And make sure they watch the Donut Man and read the Narnia series as well.

And for Lost Wanderer, of course teens know that brooms can’t fly. But as a school library media specialist I can tell you that satanism, witchcraft, and the occult are subjects many kids will choose as topics for their research papers if the teacher permits. And some of these kids actually practice satanism or experiment with the occult. Most are only interested and curious but some few are involved in it. I have known them. It is deeply disturbing. Teens as a group are just as stupid as adults about things like this.
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Thank you Claire 👍
 
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