An interesting speculative idea by MZ - that the Holy Spirit vacated the scene
after the WWII Monte Casino bombing. MZ also questions, "Where is Jesus". ....
After some brief research on Christian "Awakenings" in the UK and the US, some
believe there's an approximate 50 yea pattern starting from Wales then
spreading to the American colonies around 1750. Then add 50 years from that,
getting to a major "Third Awakening" in the late 1840's with the initial
expansion of Methodism.
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Fast forward to the early 20'th century then the era around 1950 (think Billy
Graham). But then the question becomes: After that? and expecially - has the
Holy Spirit taken a vacation, and where is Jesus?
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Actually, (the first question), there is currently a major "Awakening" of
Latino Evangelicals in the Western Hemisphere, but they worship in private home
churches. Also, a similar Awakening has taken place in China.
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Therefore, in regard to the Evangelicals, the (about) 50 year rule holds; but
the more important questions remain: What about the future of Christianity as a
whole?
But most fascinating is the question of the impact between the Morphogenetic
fields: Christianity vs (all together - New Age teachings, Buddhism, and what
is called Hinduism.
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One solution to the apparent conflict between the two M-fields is that phonies
like 'Deepak Chopra and Eckhart Tolle simply paint "true" Christianity as
Gnostic, then go on to claim that the "Unified Field" unites the two camps.
This is pure bullshit.
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Getting back to MZ, he then asked (assuming one accepts Roman Catholocism as
one's religion), "What about the Impersonal Absolute". In other words, he's
recognized that the Personal Deity of mainstream Christianity (and the
Evangelicals); but not the Gnostic variants; offer irreconcialible differences
to the "New Age" camp - which is basically "Presence" oriented rather than
devoted to a Personal Deity.
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How these differences and possible conflicts get ironed out is a major source
of conflicts for a long time to come - perhaps centuries. And, we see hints of
the conflicts in this forum. Is that because the participants "make" the camps
conflicted or are there are inherent differences built into the basic world
views? I believe the latter, and the source of the conflicts involves real
questions of "truth" in each; such that if one statement if true , then a false
statement must apply to the other camp.
...Such irreconciliable differences begin with the major questions of
Philosophy and the means to attain "ultimate" Happiness. Are such means
through Jesus, the Personality?,....or through the Impersonal Absolute?