New Age vs Christianity
|
Naturalism |
New Age |
Christianity |
|
| God | God does not exist; belief in God results from superstition | Pantheism: God is impersonal; is above good and evil; everything is God | God is the triune, eternal, personal, almighty, sovereign, all-knowing, loving, just and holy Creator |
| Metaphysics | The natural order is eternal, self-sufficient and uncreated. It is ultimately matter/energy | The world is divine | The world was created by God |
| Epistemology | Human sense experience; the scientific method | Truth lies within every human; it is attained through states and mystical consciousness | Truth has objective standing; it is independent of human desire; functional view of truth is false. Humans can know because God created them as rational creatures |
| Ethics | Ethics is relative | Ethics is relative | Ethics is not relative. The moral law grounded in the being of God |
| Humans | Humans are highly evolved animals | Humans are spiritual beings who are gods | Humans are creatures made in the image of God |
| Basic Human Problems | Superstition and ignorance | Ignorance of our true human potential | Sinners in rebellion against God |
| Solution to the Human Problem | Scientific advancement and technology | Transformation of consciousness | Salvation by faith in the finished work of Christ |
| Death | The end of human existence | An illusion; the entrance to the next life | The end of our earthly life; eternal life for the believer and eternal wrath for the unbeliever |
| Jesus Christ | A merely human teacher | One of many gurus or master teachers from history | The unique incarnation of God; the only Lord and Savior |
Taken from Worldviews in Conflict by Ronald H., Nash, pages 139 & 140; slightly modified.
Christ Alone Wyoming 
Reblogged this on Shattered By Grace.
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see article “Letter to a new ager on spiritual deception” at http://www.1prophetspeaks.com
I read new age books for 10 years before becoming a Christian. I am Jewish.
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