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To: redhead
Actually, NOWHERE did I "lump" Christians in this in any post. Those words cited are not mine but from the article. It seems to be saying that these can be part of cults designed to control and manipulate people. Christian meditative prayer and the Hesychast tradition (Greek ἡσυχασμός hesychasmos, from ἡσυχία hesychia, "stillness, rest, quiet, silence")are very different from what the authors are talking about - like nonsense mantras in non-Christian Eastern mysticism used as hypnotic devices in actual cults.

Unfortunately, the phenomenon of "speaking in tongues" is not always genuine and there are heretical groups, such as the modern charismatics, that exploit that. So not all groups claiming to be Christian are entirely without questionable cult practices, just as a matter of historical record. But I am a Catholic Christian so if you took offense or thought the quoted passages from the article applied to you that was not my intention. Whether the authors adhere to such opinions, I don't know. We have enough problems with the Obama cult which was the focus of my post. It's terrible how they are using Notre Dame to further the Obama cult.

Notre Dame's Kabuki Dance with Obama and the Culture of Death

15 posted on 05/16/2009 10:21:01 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

Points well taken. No attribution was given for the article. It’s easy to misunderstand things like tongues etc., and the presumption is nearly always that “different” equals “bad.” I hope you will forgive me for being a bit sensitive about these things, but my experience has always been that because I participate in them, I am crazy or worse. I hope you understand.


17 posted on 05/16/2009 11:11:58 AM PDT by redhead (Alaska: Step out of the bus and into the food chain)
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