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the problem with the new age is it assumes a gradual enlightenment and positivism transforming the earth to a heavenly state, based on personal recognition of the inner teacher.
the only exception is a minority that teach that the hold-outs (ie religious fundamentalists, or even rustic uneducated types who don't get it) will die-off in some unspecified calamity, which is seen as a mercy killing. very distasteful concept coming from the supposed enlightened new-age!
anyway. so the majority believe in a progressive path
but that's not how things happen in our world. things change only in times of upheaval and chaos. the new-agers have a problem because they don't see it coming, which for all it's followers faults Christianity has always proclaimed rock solid.
the new age has some good ideas and not all bad, but it's a mess. So is Christianity also a mess. The inner teacher hasn't been fully realised but partially and in places. Christians have to hold on to the Holy Spirit like crazy, there will be some genuine points of contact with new-agers on some issues which will be good, but Christianity itself is gonna be challenged like everyone else is. interesting times.
if you see an evangelical in the white house, run for the hills :)
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