For background on my post, you will have to go to this webpage on Emergent Village.com.
Oprah, who appears to be attempting to start her own religion flooded with the same old humanistic new age mumbo jumbo through the teachings of Eckhart Tolle the author of "A New Earth."
Tolle apparantly had a "spiritual experience" (along with every other David Koresh; Jesus-wanna-be) that changed his life for the good.
What troubles me is not that there is a new wack-o (and that is the technical label) running around spouting off new religious beliefs, but that Christians are now trying to glean truth from falsehood.
Now some may argue that it can be beneficial to sit at the feet of Tolle as Jenell Paris does in the article linked to above, by trying to say it would be something similar to sitting through a biology class taught by an atheist. Truth is truth they might say.
Well, I certainly agree (and I doubt any emergent would bank to hard on the statement 'truth is truth') that truth is truth, but my point is simply this: while truth is truth, falsehood is still falsehood. In other words while you might learn in biology the process of photosynthesis (truth) you might also learn about evolution (no, I'm not interested in debating this issue, just stay focussed with me) which is false. Easily distinguised.
However, what Tolle is teaching is not some true & some false. His whole religion is based upon a lie... namely that Jesus Christ is not the way, the truth, and the life and anyone can get to God, enlightment, heaven, nirvana, etc. anyway they please.
Lets get back to some Deuteronomy 13:1-3; Matthew 5:19; and Matthew 7:15!
I think it's called Universalism. Get ready church, it will seek to lead more people away from the absolute truth that is Christ!
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I agree.
I think the Emergent Church has really just turned into one more form and articulation of modern liberalism, and the article by Jenell Paris (which was posted by Steve Knight) demonstrates that. Paris's espousal of hyper-individualism, rabid dualism, and ecclesial confusion are red-flags all over the place for me.
Tolle is a Gnostic who denies the reality of suffering and ultimately of the entire physical/material world . . . it's all in our minds. If Jenell Paris thinks that a heterodox, Gnostic, pagan should be teaching us authentic theology (who God is like), so be it. The church historically, however, hasn't believed such nonsense: which goes back all the way to the orthodoxy/orthopraxy requirements for teachers/leaders in Scripture.
I think Christianity has enough resources within its own tradition to deal with issues of grief and mourning; it doesn't need to utilize or appropriate "resources" (particularly theological resources) from other religions.
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