New Age???

[ChristGrl]

Im just curious but whats sooo bad and dangerous about new age if it is?

Thanks
Lu

 

[Aldebaran]

Im just curious but whats sooo bad and dangerous about new age if it is?

Thanks
Lu

The term "New Age" is something I remember being used all the time when I was first saved. All kinds of things were being labeled with that term. Movies, music, TV shows, etc. I would be listening to some relaxing instrumental music and then be told by a fellow believer that I shouldn't be listening to New Age music. I never saw a problem with that, although it's possible the term was being misused.

 

[ViaCrucis]

Im just curious but whats sooo bad and dangerous about new age if it is?

Thanks
Lu

The new age movement is basically a continuation of 19th century spiritualism, theosophy, new thought (etc), and is problematic for all the same reasons those things are problematic. Esotericism doesn't have a place in Christian practice and spirituality.

Magickal thinking (the idea that we can influence the world around us directly by our thoughts or by using our will or words) is antithetical to Christian thought; for one because Scripture and Christian teaching specifically condemns "sorcery" which could be understood as anything by which we try and bend the world to our will either by things such as divination or what can broadly be described as "magick". The Christian position is that God is the Sovereign over the universe and that while creation is broken on account of sin and death, ultimately all things are within His will, and the Christian life isn't about exerting our will over the universe, but in living in the world as faithful servants of God in Jesus Christ toward our fellow man and God's creation.

The new age movement presents a form of what we might call the old lie, that is the same lie which the serpent told Eve, "You will be as gods". Like spiritualism and theosophy before it, the new age movement tends to have a cosmological system of a hierarchy of spiritual beings, and through enlightenment we can ascend to god or god-like status. One aspect of new age is a kind of eschatological notion that there are ages of spiritual awakening and spiritual stagnation, and that the world is on the verge of of one of these spiritual awakenings, a supposed "Age of Aquarius" based on astrological symbols and astrology (also condemned in Scripture).

Though at the end of the day, the inherent danger of new age is that it is a load of nonsensical woo that stands in stark contradiction to the historic orthodox teaching of the Christian Church; there's simply no way to reconcile the two and going down that road will shipwreck your faith.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[danielmears]

 

[Dave G.]

New age is spiritualism but not with powers from the God of the Trinity and not from the indwelling Holy Spirit or from Jesus Christ. The spiritualism and the powers within it are thought to be energy from the universe. It smacks of Kundalini and eastern cultural spiritualism just with a new twist.. It's also very real but if you think about if this energy is not from God with a capital G then who does that leave that it could be from then ?

Now I will say this. Within New Age music they took a lot of open chord work to make those pleasing sounds. I do that myself at the piano, so do many of today's worship artists and also country artists. So you can make sounds much like new age piano music and not tap from their so called energy source. And does the artist you are listening to do that ? There is a man who is a piano soloist and has written countless songs with a new age bend and taken old hymns and made them solo pieces. Some of those solo pieces he wrote with an open bible at his piano at 3 am. His music by style could best be described as new age but he certainly does not practice those philosophies, he is a bible reading church going Christian.

 

[danielmears]

I did not mean to post the picture of the
book, I was trying to paste some dialogue that I had in my documents. I did recently release a book, my eyewitness account of my father's literal illumination. A golden light very much like that of a soft sparkler flowing from his body as he moved throughout the room in the dark. This light stayed with him for decades and moved him to return to the ministry. It first came when he was actually thinking thoughts of love, a pure love, and mentally enveloping people in this love as he felt Jesus would do. Then one day he felt a great peace in harmony with all while he was working on a new house he was constructing for him and mom. Some sort of breakthrough occurred and that night when he shut off
the light to go to bed he was illuminated with the light. When I came home on leave from the Army I saw my mom crying in their room so I asked what was wrong and my dad explained they were tears from being emotionally moved not from sadness and told me about the light... so I asked if I could see this. He turned off the light and I saw what I described, a lovely light but with no noise. So I had first only told my children about the light but decided it would not be right to take it to the grave without telling others so I wrote it all down and just recently released it. Our thoughts do matter, this could be construed as New Age but Jesus tells us this is indeed true in scripture. Our words also matter and this too is confirmed in the scriptures multiple times. The Bible also proclaims God is light, love and spirit! We are to walk as children of the light loving one another and the Father with all of our being then we will be truly be living as we should. Jesus did not say we were limited, on the contrary he said we could do all things with God, that all things are possible, to ask believing we receive. So I believe it is more dangerous to put God in a box limiting what is possible. May you be blessed and test all things with scripture. I could go into the Word and the knowledge of God, being doers of the Word and not being dismayed by calamity but utilizing it as an opportunity to invoke God's power but that is a whole other subject. With love to all of my brothers and sisters, Daniel Mears






































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[dreadnought]

Im just curious but whats sooo bad and dangerous about new age if it is?

Thanks
Lu

The Lord said there are two great commandments, that we love the Lord with all our hearts, minds, and souls, and love our neighbor as ourselves. Is that what new age teaches?

 

[Tolworth John]

Im just curious but whats sooo bad and dangerous about new age if it is?

Thanks
Lu

A question for you.

What do you think is right about 'new age' believes?
To ask your question you will heard something about what 'new age' belief and practises are.

 

[Shempster]

Looking at history and current social morays, I would not worry a whole lot about any "new age" of peace, safety and enlightenment happening any time soon.

 

[WannaWitness]

Here are some articles about the New Age movement from the Christian perspective, as well as an article about how we as Christians can share the truth of the Bible with a New Ager or one who is dabbling in it. I hope they can be an encouragement in that there is hope for these people who just happen to not understand God the way we as Christians do (and I say this out of pure love and concern, and with my own imperfections in mind) and that these blinded eyes will be open to the real truth that can only be found in Jesus Christ, the one and only Son of God to whom all authority and power belong.

What is 'New Age' Religion, and Why Can't Christians Get on Board?

http://www.equip.org/article/the-new-age-movement-what-is-it/

Sharing Bible New Agers

I choose not to debate.

 

[FireDragon76]

Does being interested in acupuncture and Chinese medicine make one a "New Ager"?

I have always been a bit of a hippy. I was a vegatarian most of my 20's. And I have gone to get acupuncture and take Chinese herbs when I am not feeling well. I often take a Chinese herbal formula to help me sleep at night. It's something I can take and it isn't addictive like other sleeping pills, it just helps burn off stress or the effects of too much caffeine during the day.

I still do yoga postures sometimes because I have dealt with problems due to stiffness and fibromyalgia, and I wonder how I should feel about it. Years ago I did yoga more, when I was not a churchgoer, and it is something I miss. There was a vague spirituality to the things I went to, but honestly I'm not sure how it's objectionable from a Christian standpoint. I just know alot of Christians have strong feelings about anything "eastern".

Years ago I also practiced qigong, but I'm not sure how I'd approach that as a Christian. It can involve visualization and some might consider it magic.

Recently I have gotten into alternative podiatry. I may even wear sandals to church eventually because my feet feel so much healthier not trying to cram my toes into shoes that "fit". I also got one of those Squatty Potties and if I had a house I would not have a western style toilet, half of my health problems were just due to using the regular "throne".

There's just alot of mainstream medicine I don't trust and I've become healthier avoiding going to the doctor for pills and trying to take care of myself. So I wonder if this is "new age"? I feel a culture conflict going to a church where many people pop pharma drug pills to fix their mental problems, something I stopped doing years ago.

 

[RickardoHolmes]

There is nothing inherently wrong with the New Age philosophy. What I have found, though, is that it has the same degree of charlatans and crooks as any other religion.
I knew one guy in California that was "All about the New Age movement" He eventually reached a point where he was convinced that First, HE himself knew everything, and second, as such, everyone else knew nothing, and thus it was a waste of his time to converse with anyone else as they could not contribute to his knowledge. Now to look at this guy, was to see a total joke.....broke, recovering alcoholic who drank a 6 pack of non-alcoholic beer he could not afford anyway every night. He was , in the end, a sarcastic excuse driven, failure. But he managed to CON a few others into thinking that he was this all -knowing guru. Some people, as Barnum said, are born suckers. And the New Age hucksters prey upon them.

I am not saying that ALL new Age people are hucksters, but my time spent in it revealed the same degree of hypocrisy and phoniness without any valid answers as any other religion.

 

[joshua 1 9]

Im just curious but whats sooo bad and dangerous about new age if it is?

There is nothing new about new age. It is the same old serpent that we read about in Genesis chapter 3.

 

[Desires Light]

Im just curious but whats sooo bad and dangerous about new age if it is?

Thanks
Lu

It all comes down to what's in our heads. What make's anything dangerous is what's in your head. You can use any belief system for or against anyone.

 

[danielmears]

It all comes down to what's in our heads. What make's anything dangerous is what's in your head. You can use any belief system for or against anyone.

New age encompasses a wide swath. What is new age to one person is simply looking at Christianity from a different angle. Jesus was a radical to the Jews but he came to show them the way. He spoke words of power and showed us too how to live a life filled with love, to live by faith not by sight. Glory to God! https://therealmby

It all comes down to what's in our heads. What make's anything dangerous is what's in your head. You can use any belief system for or against anyone.

New age could encompass many different things. Like you say it depends on what you think it is. Jesus was a radical to some Jews. He came speaking words of power teaching us that with faith all things are possible! Glory to God! The Realm by Daniel Mears

It all comes down to what's in our heads. What make's anything dangerous is what's in your head. You can use any belief system for or against anyone.

 

[amariselle]

Maybe some will find this resource helpful. The author and researcher is a former professional astrologist and New Ager.

Christian Answers for the New Age

 

[Dave-W]

New age encompasses a wide swath.

Indeed it does. It is everything from Wiccan Witchcraft to mystical Hinduism to Native American religions.

What is new age to one person is simply looking at Christianity from a different angle.

Not really.

New Age has multiple "gods" and most flavors focus on you yourself becoming "god" of your own reality.