Explore how New Age beliefs reject a personal God, challenging core Christian values and teachings.
How the New Age Rejects God and Redefines Divinity
In her latest video, Teresa Yanaros dives into the challenging topic of how New Age and New Thought movements reject the concept of God as a personal divine authority.
She explains how these modern spiritual movements challenge traditional Christian beliefs, often reducing or redefining God in ways that conflict with core Christian values. Here’s a summary of Teresa's insights into how the New Age rejects God, breaking down some of the core issues and differences with Christian theology.
In this Faith Under Fire video, Teresa reveals how New Age beliefs on self-divinity and truth conflict with the Christian faith.
Understanding New Age Beliefs: A Rejection of a Personal God
Teresa opens her video by highlighting that the New Age movement, along with New Thought teachings, often rejects the notion of a personal God. Instead, they tend to promote a pantheistic view, which essentially blurs the line between God and the universe, suggesting that God is not distinct but rather present in all things.
This interpretation contradicts the Christian view of God as a personal, transcendent being who desires a relationship with each individual.
In her analysis, Teresa points to the foundational Christian texts, such as Isaiah and the letters of John, which reinforce the belief in a distinct, sovereign God who exists outside of creation, unlike the New Age's more diffuse view of God as an energy or cosmic principle.
How the New Age Emphasizes Self-Divinity Over Divine Authority
One of the most significant ways the New Age rejects God, Teresa explains, is through its concept of self-divinity. Many New Age teachings assert that individuals can achieve a godlike status through personal development and enlightenment. This concept of self-deification undermines the importance of a personal relationship with God by emphasizing human capabilities over divine authority.
Teresa explains that New Thought, a close relative of New Age ideology, also promotes self-divinity. This teaching posits that individuals possess a divine nature that can be realized through practices such as positive thinking and affirmations.
She cites the temptation of Adam and Eve in Genesis as a cautionary reminder of the consequences of pursuing divinity for oneself. By promoting the idea that individuals can unlock their own divine power, New Age teachings drift further from traditional Christianity, which focuses on building a personal connection with a transcendent Creator.
The New Age Rejects God by Denying Absolute Truth
Another way Teresa highlights that the New Age rejects God is through its relativistic view of truth. Both New Age and New Thought movements commonly teach that truth is subjective, with spiritual knowledge and moral values varying from person to person.
In contrast, Christianity maintains that God is the source of objective truth, revealed through scripture. Teresa emphasizes that the Christian faith teaches that this truth is unchanging, as evidenced by passages in Deuteronomy and John, which speak of God’s word as the ultimate truth.
In Teresa’s view, the New Age approach to truth challenges traditional beliefs by encouraging people to define their own moral standards. This philosophy often leads to the blending of various spiritual teachings, creating a patchwork belief system based on personal preference rather than adherence to any singular, divine authority. Such relativism contrasts sharply with Christianity's understanding of God as the foundation of objective truth.
How Christianity Counters New Age Views of God
To counter these modern distortions, Teresa underscores the importance of a personal relationship with God as revealed through Jesus Christ. She explains that Christianity reconciles the idea of God as both transcendent and deeply personal, involved in the lives of believers.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, she notes, stresses that God is a loving Father who desires a close relationship with each individual, which starkly contrasts with New Age’s more abstract and impersonal view of divinity.
By recognizing God as a personal, guiding presence, Christianity offers a framework that balances both divine authority and intimacy, which Theresia argues is essential for true spiritual growth. In this way, the Christian faith stands in contrast to New Age and New Thought, advocating for a relational, rather than self-centered, approach to spirituality.
Teresa's discussion in this video shines a light on the fundamental ways the New Age rejects God by redefining divinity, self, and truth in ways that depart from Christian teachings. For those navigating modern spirituality, she encourages viewers to stay grounded in traditional faith, stressing the importance of staying true to a personal relationship with God rather than adopting an impersonal, relativistic view of the divine.
ABOUT TERESA YANAROS
Teresa Yanaros, a degreed journalist and devout Catholic, is dedicated to exposing occult deceptions and upholding the truth of Christ. Raised Catholic, Teresa's path led her through new age and occult beliefs after straying from the faith in college, which she explored in a book reconciling these beliefs with Catholicism (spoiler: they don’t). After a transformative deliverance experience from occult bondage, she now coaches Christians transitioning from the new age to faith in Jesus and teaches Catholics how to best minister to and reform ex-newagers. Through SpiritSanctified.com, Teresa offers resources on occult bondage, deliverance, and spiritual warfare. Her YouTube channel, with a global reach, provides insights into spiritual warfare and occult traps in media. Teresa has attended seminary classes, continues ongoing research, and conducts workshops to help Catholics understand their personal stories and maximize their impact through online ministries.
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