Similarities between Christian beliefs and Laws of Attraction

[childofGod31]

I thought it was interesting how there were parallels in these:

Christianity
God answers prayers

The Laws of Attraction
The Universe responds to requests

Christianity
Mat 7:7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.


The Laws of Attraction
Whatever you wish for you can receive


Christianity
Luk 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
1Th 5:17 pray continually;


The Laws of Attraction
If you want to receive something, keep thinking about it


Christianity
When you pray, be thankful to God and believe as though you already received your request
1Jn 5:15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
Php 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

The Laws of Attraction
Only think positive thoughts about your request, because negative thinking attracts negative results. Imagine it, as though you already have what you wish.

Christianity
Jas 1:6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Jas 1:7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;
Jas 1:8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

The Laws of Attraction
In order to receive a desire, you have to vibrate that desire. But if you start being pessimistic about it and you vibrate “I will probably never get it”, then that’s a different vibration. And the two are opposing each other. The universe can’t send you your request if you vibrate two opposing things.

Christianity
If you lack faith it won’t happen

The Laws of Attraction
Your desire (what you are asking for) has to line up with your belief (you need to believe that you will receive it). Otherwise it won’t come to you.


Christianity
Think only of good things.
Php 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.


The Laws of Attraction
Think positive things only about your health, life, and you will end up with a good life. (Because negative thoughts draw negative things to your life.)

Christianity
Praying for people and things as a group makes it happen. Praying for a person’s wellbeing helps the person


The Laws of Attraction
Collective meditating or focusing thoughts on some people or subject makes things happen
Thinking positive well being and well wishing thoughts about a person helps the person

 

[ViaCrucis]

Key difference: the "Laws of Attraction" is magick. Christian prayer is submitting ourselves and subordinating our will to the divine will of God. Christian prayer is not magick, we aren't manipulating the universe or God to get what we want; we are praying, "Thy will be done," in good faith that God is concerned with us and whatever may be is within God's good will and purposes--even if we find ourselves alone, hungry, thirsty, cold, naked and/or in prison.

"And he said, 'Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.'" - Job 1:21

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Patroklos]

So God faith does not move God?

Does gravity also not exist?

 

[ElijahW]

I thought it was interesting how there were parallels in these:

Christianity
God answers prayers

The Laws of Attraction
The Universe responds to requests

I'm not sure about the miracles in the NT should be understood as God answering prayers but instead the power of faith, that would be something akin to Thelema.

[FONT=&quot]Matt 17:19 [/FONT]Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them,"Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."*
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[eachallberg]

...we aren't manipulating the universe or God to get what we want; we are praying, "Thy will be done," in good faith that God is concerned with us and whatever may be is within God's good will and purposes--even if we find ourselves alone, hungry, thirsty, cold, naked...

Exactly. The laws of attraction don't parallel with the will of God. Prayer is not about what we want either...

"When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures."
(James 4:3)

Peace.

 

[SolomonVII]

A polytheistic univerise, such as existed for pharoah, is ruled by gods who are basically indifferent to man, but can be bought off with the correct rite or sacrifice.
Nature gods don't have any feelings for us, whether we love nature or not is of no importance, but it is all about snoke and mirrors, where creating favorable conditions here on earth through the proper rite will attract similar kind of events on the plane that the gods have powers in.. Do a little rain dance, create thunder with the pounding of your feet until the sweat pours off, and the heavens will respond in kind.

Morality is not required.

With God, prayer is a way of establishing a relationship of love with our Creator. When we love someone it becomes all about them, all about finding out what they want, and what pleases them, and giving it to them for their happiness is our happiness.
It is a mutual relationship, by definition. It introduces morality into the picture, for to love someone is to make sure that we do them no harm.

 

[DArceri]

The Laws of Attraction is self-centered narcissism. Believe in the power of YOUR words and recieve health, wealth, and happiness.


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[Patroklos]

Exactly. The laws of attraction don't parallel with the will of God. Prayer is not about what we want either...

"When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures."
(James 4:3)

Peace.

That's why I stopped asking God for anything. The point of praying for anything is a waste of breath and time, since God is just gonna do what he wants anyway. Who are WE, O men, to command Almighty God? We are but dirt and filth.

 

[Drax]

That's why I stopped asking God for anything. The point of praying for anything is a waste of breath and time, since God is just gonna do what he wants anyway. Who are WE, O men, to command Almighty God? We are but dirt and filth.

Hmm...

 

[SummaScriptura]

East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.

The Secret is monist. Christianity is monotheist. Nothing could be more antithetical than these two.

Monism assumes that we are one. Monotheism assumes God is wholly other.

The Secret makes us gods. Jesus said no one can even know God unless He (Jesus) reveals Him to them.

That the Secret seems to be saying similar things as the Bible is a testimony to how much we in the West have become inveterate syncretists. If they seem similar it is because our senses have been distorted by the world, the flesh and the devil's vogue.