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IS THERE A HIDDEN AGENDA?
(By Apologist expert; Elliot Miller)
Did such a promotion of the New Age agenda underlie the Parliament’s ostensible purpose of furthering interreligious dialogue? I suspected beforehand that this was the case, after noting that many prominent New Agers were involved at different levels with the organization of the event. As the week unfolded I became increasingly convinced: the occasion of the first Parliament’s centennial was being exploited by the present Parliament’s organizers, who wished to gather the world’s religious leaders and then win them over to their own cause.
Robert Müller: “Interfaith Understanding”
It seemed no accident that the first plenary address, “Interfaith Understanding,” was delivered by Robert Müller, a leading New Age political figure. His message was classic New Age: “There is one sign after the other, wherever you look, that we are on the eve of a New Age which will be a spiritual age. There is no doubt about it. There is now a convergence of religion and science,” he affirmed, pointing to the fact that scientists are now studying consciousness, meditation, prayer, and religious faith; and that the World Health Organization now recommends spiritual healing and spiritual practices.
Müller cited a report by the Carnegie Foundation which concludes that the absence of spirituality is the cause of the breakdown of Western civilization. At the heart of our present crisis is a spiritual anarchy and impotence. There are no compelling convictions to unite us. Since none of the ideologies presently controlling our societies can bring about an integration of the various spiritual traditions, “men everywhere are searching for a new universalism” (i.e., an approach to spirituality that can integrate existing approaches and thus bring the various religions together — which is what the New Age movement claims to do).
Müller affirmed that this search for a new universalism coincides with the fact that
….we are entering an age of universalism. Wherever you turn, one speaks about global education, global information, global communications — every profession on Earth now is acquiring a global dimension. The whole humanity is becoming interdependent, is becoming one.
The philosopher Leibniz said, when the age of reason and analysis came, humans will be so busy analyzing and dissecting everything they are going to make great discoveries, but at one point they will have cut up reality to such an extent that they would be lost in their complexity. And at that moment there will be an age of universal thinking where we have to put everything together and to understand our universal march in the evolution on this little planet. So we are on the eve of a new spiritual renaissance.
As a matter of fact, I even read in the Dalai Lama bulletin in the plane coming here that the astrologers are predicting that 1993 will be a turning point in human history. Apparently, every 171 years you have a conjunction of Uranus and Neptune in the sign of the Capricorn. And as a result of this in 1497 it was the Renaissance; in 1650 it was the Age of Reason; in 1821 it was the Industrial Revolution; and it is very likely that this Parliament and what is happening now in the world…is a renaissance, a turning point in human history. So even the astrologers begin to tell us that there will be a fundamental change.
Even the astrologers? In fact, it was astrological myth that provided the initial basis for New Age optimism (“This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius”). And so, of course, Müller could not resist citing astrological support for believing the Parliament would help usher us into the New Age.
Müller observed that the United Nations has gone from providing material aid to the nations to providing an ethical framework for international problems (e.g., human rights). “But the last stage has not yet been arrived at in [the] United Nations, and it is the stage which Sri Chinmoy [the Hindu “guru of the United Nations”] and so many of us in [the] United Nations have heralded; namely, we must add a last dimension to this, which is the highest, which is the greatest, which is the one which would put everything into place; namely, the spiritual dimension….This is why this Parliament is so vitally important. It comes at the right moment.”
Müller explained that in this post-Cold War era, as we prepare to enter the 21st century, the heads of state are wrestling with the question: “How are we going to govern this planet?” As they work on formulating the new political world order, it is being brought to their attention that we need a new spiritual world order as well. He advised that the conclusions and recommendations of the Parliament be submitted to the UN as a contribution to the thinking being done on the new world order. He proposed that another Parliament of the World’s Religions be held in the year 2000 to see where we stand, and — making his most important observation as a former UN official — he urged that a permanent institution be created:
What is needed is a place where you have a good number of people…work together on a daily basis. This is the miracle I have seen in [the] United Nations….And when you do this in the religions — if you create an international secretariat, or a permanent parliament, or a world spiritual agency — if you do this, everything will change….This is, in my opinion, the most important single result that could come out of this parliament — at least to have a recommendation that a preparatory committee should be established to come up with a proposal of a world spiritual institution which could then be approved by another parliament in a few years from now. And I would very much like to have this done by 1995 — the 50th anniversary of the UN — so that this would be the great spiritual contribution as we go towards the year 2000.
And so, Müller would like to see a world spiritual agency which has political clout — but one which is wedded to the “new universalism” of the New Age.
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Forgivenbadboys conclusion;
Sure, it's great to promote peace amongst all men
Events like this, might be a Great place for evangelist to teach people in False religions about the Way, The Truth & the Life which is Jesus, Gods only begotten son, sent to Fulfill the Law & the Prophets, then die on the cross as the only unblemished Lamb of God, able to take away your sin.
This event is another prelude to the prophesied one world religion and government coming that will be ran by Satan and his minions, They will seek out tre Christians after rapture where some realize their error (Perhaps Foggy Robin types) to Kill them along w/ others that won't accept the Mark of the Beast, "They" like Foggy Robin will see these Christians a Narrow minded for saying "Jesus is the ONLY WAY" & all other paths lead to Darkness & eventually HELL !
"Repent & be converted, that times of refreshing, may come from the Lord" ~ Acts 3:19
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