Unity Church - New Age Religion :)

[Emese]

The ISSUE my friend is not “what is wise” [a secualr / humanistic commonality]; BUT seek WHAT IS THEE SINGUALR TRUTH that Christ preaced, demands and commands. And YES this IS a biblically provable position.

GOD IS ONE

GOD’S FAITH IS AND LOGICALLY CAN THEREFORE ONLY BE ONE

GOD’S CHOICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN JUST ONE CHOSEN PEOPLE & AND HE DID NOT WAIT FOR HENRY, LUTHER, CALVIN, SMITH OR ANYONE ELSE TO EXPOSE AND TEACH IT.

The red-hi-lighted comment is effectively AGAINST the singular truth.

ANY and ALL faiths that do allign with what the Cathoic Church teaches on FAITH & Morals, Do and ARE effectively opposed to and in competitation with Jesus Christ One TRUE Faith. Amen! That dear friends is GOD"S TRUTH.

I don’t think constantly stating that my religion is the “only true one” has ever brought anyone any closer to God. Instead, it fuels hatred, intolerance, and in extreme cases even suffering, murder and war.

 

[JHow]

I don’t think constantly stating that my religion is the “only true one” has ever brought anyone any closer to God. Instead, it fuels hatred, intolerance, and in extreme cases even suffering, murder and war.

While relativism masquerading as tolerance has been nothing but a joy for all concerned. “Where orthodoxy is optional, it will sooner or later be proscribed.”

 

[SteveVH]

I don’t think constantly stating that my religion is the “only true one” has ever brought anyone any closer to God. Instead, it fuels hatred, intolerance, and in extreme cases even suffering, murder and war.

To state that the Catholic faith is the one, true religion says more about Jesus Christ than it does any member of the faith. If the Church that Christ founded is not the one, true Church then what is?

 

[Emese]

While relativism masquerading as tolerance has been nothing but a joy for all concerned. “Where orthodoxy is optional, it will sooner or later be proscribed.”

Not orthodoxy, but religious extremism, yes, it should be discouraged for the reasons I described.

 

[IgnatianPhilo]

Not orthodoxy, but religious extremism, yes, it should be discouraged for the reasons I described.

Orthodoxy meaning right belief, implying there are heterodoxies, meaning wrong beliefs. I for one feel the world would be a better place if didn’t try to console each other with pandering but instead got to the gritty and dark truth.

 

[Emese]

To state that the Catholic faith is the one, true religion says more about Jesus Christ than it does any member of the faith. If the Church that Christ founded is not the one, true Church then what is?

No it doesn’t. A lot of churches say that theirs is the only true one…

 

[JHow]

Not orthodoxy, but religious extremism, yes, it should be discouraged for the reasons I described.

“Extremism” is vague. Orthodoxy is not. It consists in deciding the truth statements of a religion. It almost always sounds like “my religion is true”.

 

[Emese]

Orthodoxy meaning right belief, implying there are heterodoxies, meaning wrong beliefs. I for one feel the world would be a better place if didn’t try to console each other with pandering but instead got to the gritty and dark truth.

Yes “right” for those who conform.

“Orthodoxy (from Greek orthos (“right”, “true”, “straight”) + doxa (“opinion” or “belief”, related to dokein, “to think”),[1]) is adherence to accepted norms, more specifically to creeds, especially in religion” (wikipedia definitions)

There’s no pandering in true love.

 

[ProdglArchitect]

Can I ask what you read, where you read these?
Emptying the “self” in practice actually means getting rid of the selfish ego, which is the same as christianity’s teaching. I hope that clears the confusion about the idea of the “selfishness” of buddhism.
You also state: “the person who has become known as the Buddah reject the concept of God, the afterlife” Can I ask what do you mean by that? There is afterlife and there is One God in buddhism as well.

Siddharta Gautama (the man now known as the Buddha) was a dedicated anti-theist. He did not accept the notion of the afterlife, as indicated by his own writings. He also rejected hte notion of organized religion. I honestly imagine that he’d fine the concept of Buddhism quite distasteful.

As for where I derive my information; I read about it during college, and have read a few different tracts about it here and elsewhere.

 

[JHow]

Perhaps we should return to discussing the Unity Church? I fear the thread- ending authority of Mr. Hilbert if we stray too far off topic.

From what I know if Unity, it diverges very quickly from orthodox Christianity is positing an impersonal God. Dies that sound right?

 

[Emese]

Siddharta Gautama (the man now known as the Buddha) was a dedicated anti-theist. He did not accept the notion of the afterlife, as indicated by his own writings. He also rejected hte notion of organized religion. I honestly imagine that he’d fine the concept of Buddhism quite distasteful.

As for where I derive my information; I read about it during college, and have read a few different tracts about it here and elsewhere.

Yes, I can believe that he rejected organised religion, of course! But buddhism talks about nirvana and reincarnation, and that’s afterlife.

 

[RedFox0456]

Not orthodoxy, but religious extremism, yes, it should be discouraged for the reasons I described.

So wait. Having faith is now religious extremism? It’s okay to be Catholic as long as you don’t really believe it’s true? Do you just see religions as arbitrary moral codes?

 

[RedFox0456]

Yes, I can believe that he rejected organised religion, of course! But buddhism talks about nirvana and reincarnation, and that’s afterlife.

Reincarnation is a completely different teaching from the Church. Hence, they are contradictory. If they are contradictory, then they both can’t be correct. You really seem to be incapable of making sound logical conclusions.

 

[ProdglArchitect]

Yes, I can believe that he rejected organised religion, of course! But buddhism talks about nirvana and reincarnation, and that’s afterlife.

Emese, as JHow pointed out, we should really limit conversation to the topic at hand, lest the thread be closed. I will reference you to what RedFox said, because it’s basically exactly what I would have said; and then ask that we end this train of discussion.

 

[lovelyiswinter]

Hi Lovelyiswinter!
Thank you for writing about your Church! I would be interested to find out more about the 5 principles of unity you mentioned.

1. God is the source and creator of all. There is no other enduring power. God is good and present everywhere.
2. We are spiritual beings, created in God’s image. The spirit of God lives within each person; therefore, all people are inherently good.
3. We create our life experiences through our way of thinking.
4. There is power in affirmative prayer, which we believe increases our awareness of God.
5. Knowledge of these spiritual principles is not enough. We must live them.

 

[lovelyiswinter]

The Bible extracts you quoted state that you have to become someone like Him (Jesus) in order to achieve Oneness with God (=heaven). But becoming Christ-like also means becoming Buddha-like, etc. So do you “need” other religions? Not necessarily, but it might be wise not to dismiss the other teachings completely.

I guess I didn’t explain very well, but Unity sometimes incorporates other elements from other religions because we LIKE to. Not cause we have to.

Unity is apart of the New Thought movement.

 

[lovelyiswinter]

Is your “Unity Church” the one founded by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore?

Yeah that’s the one!

 

[lovelyiswinter]

My friend while this gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling it is critical to one’s salvation to understand:

[caps for emphasis, not shouting]
TRUE GOD IS SINGULAR

THEREFORE GOD’S FAITH CAN LOGICALLY [AND FACTUALLY] ALSO BE ONLY SINGULAR

GOD HAS WITH CONSISTANCY ALWAYS HAD ONLY ONE CHOSEN PEOPLE:
OT = THE HEBREW NATION’
NT = TODAYS CATHOLC CHURCH

SALVATION IS ONLY POSSIBLE GOD’S WAY [THIS IS SOLIDLY BIBLICAL]

God Bless you, and thanks for sharing

Thank you for sharing too!

 

[Emese]

Emese, as JHow pointed out, we should really limit conversation to the topic at hand, lest the thread be closed. I will reference you to what RedFox said, because it’s basically exactly what I would have said; and then ask that we end this train of discussion.

I agree. And may I suggest that if you have any further comments or questions regarding buddhism you ask those in the buddhism thread.
Let this be a Unity Church topic for those who are interested in learning more, so I’d encourage everybody to ask their questions about the UC, like I did for example ( comment no. 6), instead of passing judgements…

 

[Emese]

I guess I didn’t explain very well, but Unity sometimes incorporates other elements from other religions because we LIKE to. Not cause we have to.

Unity is apart of the New Thought movement.

I think you did! This is exactly what I was on about too. I think we are talking about the same thing…