{"id":1640,"date":"2009-11-24T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2009\/11\/because-%e2%80%9cnew-age%e2%80%9d-will-soon-be-old-hat-revisited\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T19:17:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T00:17:32","slug":"because-new-age-will-soon-be-old-hat-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2009\/11\/because-new-age-will-soon-be-old-hat-revisited.html","title":{"rendered":"Because \u201cNew Age\u201d Will Soon Be Old Hat, Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Following my post of Monday evening<\/a> about her article in Catholic Exchange<\/a>, \u201cNew Age: Still With Us and Still Dangerous, Part I,\u201d Cheryl Dickow e-mailed me, \u201cPlease make sure you read part II today and reconsider your perspective\u2014allowing people to feel lax about the New Age doctrine can indeed be dangerous.\u201d I did read part II, and so can you<\/a>. It doesn\u2019t change my thinking. In fact, it makes this old mule even more obstinate.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Part II is mostly an interview with a New Age debunker, Sharon Lee Giganti. Giganti has made it her mission to reveal the worst tragedies associated with New Age thinking.<\/p>\n

I had such a tragedy in my distant family. True story: A New Ager got sick with cancer and her New Age husband decided against traditional medical care, opting instead for prayer. He and his wife both agreed that, if they could just eliminate negative thoughts from their lives, healing would flow naturally. The wife died painfully. The family was shattered, emotionally and literally (some still don\u2019t talk to others).<\/p>\n

The name of the New Age \u201creligion\u201d in question here? It\u2019s not so new at all. Christian Science. The picture is a hint: CS founder Mary Baker Eddy. Looks pretty New Agey to me.<\/p>\n

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