Tag: religious science

Most of us would not consider ourselves Christian, because we do not see Jesus the Christ, as our Savior — instead, we consider Jesus as being our teacher

I won’t speak for all New Thought, but as a religious scientist, I see both Swedenborg and Mary Baker Eddy as believing themselves to be divinely inspired and having the true Christian belief.

Does the rationalist New Thought philosophy allow for ecstatic experiences that cannot be explained by the mind?

The answer is absolutely not. The Church of Scientology is based on the writings of L. Ron Hubbard and its practices are very secretive, closed and expensive.

We know there is truth in all religious paths. Just as different people speak different languages, so too do they have a different understanding of the path to God, enlightenment, oneness, heaven, whatever name that is put to the ultimate knowing.

Although the Unitarian movement began as a Christian movement, redefining Jesus as a prophet and God as a single power and releasing the concept of the trinity, the modern Unitarian Universalists have little resemblance to the initial beliefs of the 16th and 17th century Unitarians.

Most people are given a spiritual path or religion as children, based on their families and/or culture. As people mature, they quite often question the beliefs they were raised with and find new answers within their teaching or begin looking for something that speaks to their own personal beliefs more closely.