Heretics Among Us: EDS Wants to Illumine Your Christianity

Lectures on comparative religion don’t bother me.  Guided meditations by a non-Christian do.  In his essay, he says, <font face=“Arial” size=“2”>“Put another way, the Dharma is the communication of the unconditioned through a Buddha’s mind and body, imparting practices by which others’ minds and bodies may be similarly opened to the unconditioned, so as to communicate the way to freedom afresh, again and again, from the Buddha’s time to our own.”  I’m not exactly sure what that means, but I’m wondering if he is going to guide our future priests through a Buddha’s mind and body.  </font>
<font face=“Arial” size=“2”>Jesus said, I am the door.  </font><font face=“Arial” size=“2”>We see through a glass darkly.  My concern is whether being guided through another door steers one off the narrow path.  These students would know better than to inject some unknown drug into their bodies.  Why open one’s spirit to some unknown spiritual force?</font>
 

Freakin hippies.  What are ya gonna do?
 

The good news is that, following each meditation, EDS students will actually be exposed to some Scripture.  This may well be a first for some, at least during their time at EDS.

Will those seminary students let his karma run over their dogma?

Let's face it, if you're in seminary there, you're a lost cause . . .

“The study of comparative religions is the best way to become comparatively religious.” -Ronald Knox
According to scholars of comparative religion, “Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism.” -G. K. Chesterton

Buddhism has no analogy to grace as expressed by our Savior Messiah Jesus since Buddha was only a man and could not be "the propitiation for our sins…" (I John 2:2) And Jill W. is absolutely right to warn that these students are opening themselves up to another spirit, since they are listening to the preaching of another Christ.  It is hard to know how to pray for these blind guides and those they are leading astray…

"will read brief, selected passages from the Gospels, Letters of Paul, 1st Letter of John, and other Christian resources…"<div>
</div><div>Selected passages?  ECUSA is a master at selective scriptures.  I bet they won't include any that happen to mention tha Jesus is the only Way, the only Truth, or the only Life.</div>

And I'm sure Matthew 24:4-5 will not be on the selected passages list: And Jesus answered and said to them, "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name saying, 'I am the Christ' and will deceive many.

'children tossed to and fro,blown round by every shifting current of teaching,tricked with loaded dice by cunning men right into their snares .'(Eph.4:14) .Adapted from Conybeare's Epistles Of Paul
 and Ephesians:an Exegetical Commentary by Harold Hoehner

This is so EDUSA/TEC "trendy" and with it. The students would be better served by a study of Christian mystics such as Brother Lawrence, Julian of Norwich, etc. rather than being taught and coaxed into New Age Spirituality.
There is a place for the Christian mystic, but EDS is not one of them. Just another example of how the ECUSA seminaries have lost their way and consequently have been indoctrinating and creating classes of "blind guides" to lead our parishes and missions.  It is no wonder that ECUSA is in such a mess!
 
 

I am a missionary to the Tibetian Buddhists and I can assure you that contrary to the common Western understanding; Buddhism, particularly the tantaric school of Tibet, is very dark and demonic.  Look at Marku Tsering's book "Sharing Christ in the Tibetian Buddhist World".  Kindest people on earth but they have nothing to offer us as Christians in understanding "love and wisdom".

ohhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy!
 so we in the US have Buddhist Episcopalians, and per the Times of London, the Brits have a Hindu C of E priest. 
I could say more, but it would be way too politically incorrect.  

"In this way, a deep dialogue of mutual illumination, Christian and Buddhist, can unfold."
Where does the mutual part come in?

Syncretism by any other name,yuck
 

On reflection, I think it can be best summed up with this—our God is a jealous god.  It is a mistake to seek supernatural gifts or knowledge from other sources, even if the seeker wishes to use the gifts in an altruistic way. It is a kind of idolatry.