Deepak Chopra Comments on Evangelical Manifesto

[Sing4Him]

Deepak Chopra Comments on Evangelical Manifesto

Evangelical Manifesto will have far reaching effects and will further marginalize traditional Bible believing Christians.

Calling the new Evangelical Manifesto "conciliatory," New Age leader and author Deepak Chopra says in a Washington Post commentary that "the writers quickly declare that their purpose is 'not to attack or exclude.'" He sees the Manifesto as a type of spiritual handshake by these numbered evangelicals who signed the document last week, who he says, want to stop being so "intolerant." "If you want to save the planet, it helps not to attack the bulk of humanity that worships a different God," Deepak says. "To redefine the evangelical movement, it takes two parties, one to offer the new definition, the other to accept it." Chopra finds this move by these more tolerant evangelicals admirable, but he says that the fundamentalists (those against abortion and homosexual practice) "will irrationally dominate their agenda." :ohno:tsk

Chopra is a prominent proponent of mantra meditation and believes that the christ-consciousness (God) is in everyone. This is why he finds the traditional Christian "intolerant," because he believes that God is separate from humanity, that God is holy and man is sinful, and that it is only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ that this sin can be atoned for. The fact that Chopra finds the Evangelical Manifesto to be hopeful is not a good sign for evangelical Christianity. In his commentary, Chopra says that "any attempt at reconciliation is welcome." But the New Age "reconciliation" does not mean living peacefully with people of different faiths - it means being willing to lay aside the belief that there is only one way to God, (specifically Jesus Christ). Ultimately, this line of thinking concludes that all paths lead to God, and we can be reconciled to God through any faith. The reason this reconciliation can take place is because every human being already has a christ-consciousness or Divinity within him and its just a matter of realizing this. Based on Chopra's teachings, he would not favor biblical reconciliation to God, which is only through the Lord Jesus Christ. Click here to read the commentary by Deekpak Chopra: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/deepak_chopra/2008/05/the_new_evangelicalism_not_to.html



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[eaglegreen]

I've learned that if he agrees with something, it's something to be run away from.

These days, praying "Even so, Lord Jesus, come" (Rev 22:20) takes on more and more meaning as these days are getting pitch midnight black dark inside and outside the church.

[Glory in print]

I've learned that if he agrees with something, it's something to be run away from.

Your absolutly right.

[FaithContender]

I've learned that if he agrees with something, it's something to be run away from.
:runhills

[billiefan2000]

anything that Deepak Chopra and "pastors" John Ortberg and Mark Batterson all support

automatically shows it is bad





http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=44807


has BTW the list of folks supporting this Manifesto

[billiefan2000]

http://christianresearchnetwork.com/?p=5063

Deepak Chopra Praises Evangelical Manifesto
Published May 22nd, 2008 by Editor in General
Deepak Chopra Praises Evangelical Manifesto, ‘New’ Evangelicalism


Contact: Ingrid Schlueter, Crosstalk Radio Talk Show, SliceofLaodicea.com, 414-881-5852

MEDIA ADVISORY, May 21 /Christian Newswire/ — The signers of the controversial Evangelical Manifesto have gotten the attention of one of the world’s leading promoters of New Age spirituality, Deepak Chopra, and he likes what he sees.


Chopra’s latest book, The Third Jesus, is the most lucid portrayal of the cosmic counterfeit Jesus as has ever been written.


In his commentary of May 19, he praises the Manifesto’s tone and message:

The strikingly new note in the Evangelical Manifesto is that it intends to be conciliatory.


In affirming that they totally identify with their faith, the writers quickly declare that their purpose is "not to attack or exclude."


This seems to reverse the very impulse that brought the religious right to power politically.


By erasing the line between faith and the voting booth, evangelicals absolutely excluded anyone who believes in a secular

Constitution and its separation of church and state.


They also vehemently attacked candidates who didn’t share their viewpoint.



What’s changed? We get a clue in another phrase — "the global era" — which points to the promotion of environmental issues among younger evangelicals,

who see themselves as stewards of God’s creation.


If you want to save the planet, it helps not to attack the bulk of humanity that worships a different God.


Beyond that, the manifesto reflects a willingness to be less intolerant.


That’s good news from a sector of the American public that made intolerance their marching banner in the past.

See related articles:

Decoding The Evangelical Manifesto’s Call For Global Ecumenism

The Evangelical Manifesto: Poison In The Pot

Latest on “The Evangelical Manifesto”

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[billiefan2000]

http://www.christianworldviewnetwork.com/article.php/3541/By_Ingrid_Schlueter


Deepak Chopra Praises Evangelical Manifesto, New Evangelicalism

(article by Ingrid Schlueter


Deepak Chopra Praises Evangelical Manifesto, New Evangelicalism

The signers of the Evangelical Manifesto have gotten the attention of one of the world's leading promoters of New Age spirituality, Deepak Chopra, and he likes what he sees. Chopra's latest book,

The Third Jesus, is the most lucid portrayal of the cosmic counterfeit Jesus as has ever been written. In his commentary of May 19, he praises the Manifesto's tone and message:


The strikingly new note in the Evangelical Manifesto is that it intends to be conciliatory.


In affirming that they totally identify with their faith, the writers quickly declare that their purpose is "not to attack or exclude."


This seems to reverse the very impulse that brought the religious right to power politically. By erasing the line between faith and the voting booth,

evangelicals absolutely excluded anyone who believes in a secular Constitution and its separation of church and state. They also vehemently attacked candidates who didn't share their viewpoint.


What's changed? We get a clue in another phrase -- "the global era" --


which points to the promotion of environmental issues among younger evangelicals, who see themselves as stewards of God's creation.


If you want to save the planet, it helps not to attack the bulk of humanity that worships a different God.


Beyond that, the manifesto reflects a willingness to be less intolerant.


That's good news from a sector of the American public that made intolerance their marching banner in the past.


For those Christians who were deeply concerned by the message of the self-proclaimed Evangelical Manifesto,


the approval of one of the world's leading New Age authors should be one more reason to


take a second look at what the signers are actually proposing.



Regarding his latest book on the cosmic Jesus, Chopra writes:


There is not one Jesus...but three.


First, there is the historical Jesus, the man who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian theology and thought.


Next there is Jesus the Son of God, who has come to embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a priesthood, and devout believers.


And finally, there is the third Jesus, the cosmic Christ,

the spiritual guide whose teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built in his name.


He speaks to the individual who wants to find God as a personal experience, to attain what some might call grace, or God-consciousness, or enlightenment."
-–Deepak Chopra on Chopra.com



As doctrinally vacuous evangelical churches grow more interested in mysticism

and New Spirituality through the influence of emergent church radicals, the overlap between the two worlds is growing.


Those who believe in Biblical truth should be duly wary of what the signers of the Evangelical Manifesto are proposing.


If the promoter of the counterfeit "Third Jesus" finds it helpful to his agenda, what exactly does that say?


http://www.christianworldviewnetwork.com/article.php/3541/By_Ingrid_Schlueter