New age Movement, Occult, or Humanism for a New Millenium
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The Secret and The Emergent/Emerging Church Lies Refuted
The Secret- by Rhonda Byrne
Lie 1) Promises a better life just by watching the DVD. Romans 8:2 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Lie 2) You can change what you don't like about your life through "The law of attraction" 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Lie 3) Man can learn to cope with and overcome any and all obstacles by going forth into the "Infinite Mind" Phillipians 1:27 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel.
Lie 4) There's a law in the universe that says whatever we focus on will expand. Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Psalm 47:7-9 For God is the King of all the earth;sing praises with a psalm! 8 God reigns over the nations;God sits on his holy throne.9 The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God;he is highly exalted!
Lie 5) Embraces Universalism. All religions are paths to God. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Citations: The word of God, ESV; "The Cult of the Secret" website article by Martin Taylor http://martintaylor.vox.com/library/post/the-cult-of-the-secret.html
The Emerging Church
lie 1) Authorship of the Scriptures- Brian McLaren ( chair of the board of directors for Emergent Village) who states, "Scripture is something God had 'let be,' and so it is at once God's creation and the creation of the dozens of people and communities and cultures who produced it" (McLaren, p. 162 Generous Orthodoxy, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004) 2 Timothy 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God [2] may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Lie 2)Only Way- Need of a new way to communicate the gospel At the heart of the “movement”—or as some of its leaders prefer to call it, the “conversation”—lies the conviction that changes in the culture signal that a new church is “emerging.” Christian leaders must therefore adapt to this emerging church. Those who fail to do so are blind to the cultural accretions that hide the gospel behind forms of thought and modes of expression that no longer communicate with the new generation, the emerging generation. (D.A. Carson, Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005], 12) John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Matthew 24:14 (continuity of the same gospel) And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Lie 4) Chanting, centering prayer, mantra's, labyrinth experiences, and other spiritual practices of many eastern religions are a means to experience God more fully. Deuteronomy 18:10b-14 anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the Lord your God, 14 for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this.
Lie 5)Salvation- Emergent church leader,speaker,and writerTony Campolo’s belief that you can be born again by experiencing a “oneness with God” while embracing the teachings of Ignatius Loyola the founder of the Jesuits. Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Citations:
The Word of God, ESV
2) & 3) Information summarizes from Commentary by Roger Oakland called Tony Campolo: On Being “Born Again” by Centering Prayer.
referenced from Writings by Ken Silva http://apprising.org/category/emergent-church/
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Scientology Lies Refuted
Scientology Lies Refuted
L. Ron Hubbard lies
Lie 1) Sin and Salvation-man is good," an immortal Thetan, able to create MEST. This tenet is consistent with the Dianetic belief that man is descended from the gods and may someday evolve to reclaim his Thetan potential. "Salvation" involves a process of working through levels of self-knowledge and knowledge of past lives (reincarnation) to awaken the pre-existent deity within and regain total godhood. As would be expected, the existence of an eternal heaven and hell is denied. Romans 3:10-12 10 as it is written:“None is righteous, no, not one;11 no one understands;no one seeks for God.12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;no one does good, not even one.” Romans 14:11 for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess[1] to God.” Deuteronomy 4:39 know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
Lie 2) Christ- He is merely a man. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Lie 3) Scientology is equally valid and can be used in cooperation with any other religion. Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
Lie 4) Scientology uses proven methods to show change in a Scientology users personality by giving them personality tests as they continue on in their learning. Jeremiah 17:9 9 The heart is deceitful above all things,and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Lie 5) You need Scientology therepy for all the bad things that have happened to you in this life and your past ones. Matthew 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Lie 6) Advanced Scientists can leave their body (exteriorize) and control MEST (Matter Energy Space Time) Deuteronomy 18:10b-12 anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord.
Lie 7) Earth is a Alien prison planet that souls were disposed of on trillions of years ago. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make man [8] in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Lie 8) Summary of Scientology Theology. In the beginning were the Thetans. These were to eventually create the MEST, which in actuality would not be the best thing they could have done. For when the Thetan, who inhabits the MEST, comes into conflict with other MEST, an engram is recorded in the reactive mind. This engram, whether it be remembered or not, due to unconsciousness which accompanies every engram, is stored in the reactive mind and causes the Thetan to believe false data [erroneous ideas]. It is the purpose of Scientology, through its auditing efforts, to rid the Thetan of all engrams so that in turn that Thetan, who now possesses a new educational perspective on reality, as a result of the auditing, may advance to a higher state of being or Clear. Once one reaches "Clear" (a 38-step process), there are 20 more steps before one reaches "OT," when one supposedly doesn't need a body to exist and is clear of all "engrams."Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make man [8] in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him; male and female he created
them.
Lie 9) The idea of religion was implanted false realities in our past existance to keep us from knowing the truth, this is still being used today. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Lie 10) Scientology can cure the body of many diseases like cancer and can rid the body of radiation.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Citations:(1-10) The Word of God, ESV.(1 & 8) http://theology.scientology.org/eng/pdf/scientology-09-fundamentals.pdf (1-10) Personal experience
L. Ron Hubbard lies
Lie 1) Sin and Salvation-man is good," an immortal Thetan, able to create MEST. This tenet is consistent with the Dianetic belief that man is descended from the gods and may someday evolve to reclaim his Thetan potential. "Salvation" involves a process of working through levels of self-knowledge and knowledge of past lives (reincarnation) to awaken the pre-existent deity within and regain total godhood. As would be expected, the existence of an eternal heaven and hell is denied. Romans 3:10-12 10 as it is written:“None is righteous, no, not one;11 no one understands;no one seeks for God.12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;no one does good, not even one.” Romans 14:11 for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess[1] to God.” Deuteronomy 4:39 know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
Lie 2) Christ- He is merely a man. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Lie 3) Scientology is equally valid and can be used in cooperation with any other religion. Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
Lie 4) Scientology uses proven methods to show change in a Scientology users personality by giving them personality tests as they continue on in their learning. Jeremiah 17:9 9 The heart is deceitful above all things,and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Lie 5) You need Scientology therepy for all the bad things that have happened to you in this life and your past ones. Matthew 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Lie 6) Advanced Scientists can leave their body (exteriorize) and control MEST (Matter Energy Space Time) Deuteronomy 18:10b-12 anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord.
Lie 7) Earth is a Alien prison planet that souls were disposed of on trillions of years ago. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make man [8] in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Lie 8) Summary of Scientology Theology. In the beginning were the Thetans. These were to eventually create the MEST, which in actuality would not be the best thing they could have done. For when the Thetan, who inhabits the MEST, comes into conflict with other MEST, an engram is recorded in the reactive mind. This engram, whether it be remembered or not, due to unconsciousness which accompanies every engram, is stored in the reactive mind and causes the Thetan to believe false data [erroneous ideas]. It is the purpose of Scientology, through its auditing efforts, to rid the Thetan of all engrams so that in turn that Thetan, who now possesses a new educational perspective on reality, as a result of the auditing, may advance to a higher state of being or Clear. Once one reaches "Clear" (a 38-step process), there are 20 more steps before one reaches "OT," when one supposedly doesn't need a body to exist and is clear of all "engrams."Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make man [8] in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him; male and female he created
them.
Lie 9) The idea of religion was implanted false realities in our past existance to keep us from knowing the truth, this is still being used today. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Lie 10) Scientology can cure the body of many diseases like cancer and can rid the body of radiation.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Citations:(1-10) The Word of God, ESV.(1 & 8) http://theology.scientology.org/eng/pdf/scientology-09-fundamentals.pdf (1-10) Personal experience
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