Re: [asa] Sin, animals, and salvation

Some brief examples.

It is an attempt to reach the divine by ones own effort.

It is the same practice as transcendental meditation.

It promotes universalism.

Its origin is hinduism.

The focus is on the self, the divine within, not the god of the bible.

It is not scriptural.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Burgeson (ASA member)" <hossradbourne@gmail.com>
To: "Jack Syme" <drsyme@verizon.net>
Cc: "Christine Smith" <christine_mb_smith@yahoo.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] Sin, animals, and salvation

> On 11/19/08, Jack Syme <drsyme@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> There are similar dangers everywhere.
>> The eastern religions are creeping into the church in the forms of the
>> emergent church, centering prayer, lectivo divina, etc. These are also
>> dangerous practices.
>
> ??? Dangerous practices? Having encountered all these, I fail to see where
> they are in conflict with orthodox Xtianity.
>
> The faith does change over the years. Once women were 2nd class people and
> non-whites not people at all. That was part of Xtianity. But it was a
> false part, just as the current segregation of our gay and lesbian friends
> is.
>
> Orthodox Xtianity is a relationship with Christ. However that may be
> expressed.
>

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Received on Wed Nov 19 22:56:54 2008