Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Dr. Ben Witherington Writes about Deepak Chopra's New Book

Dr Ben Witherington, on his blog, has posted some information about Deepak Chopra's new book The Third Jesus. Witherington explains that its a Buddhist and pantheist view of Jesus. Not all of his comments are about the book but they are extremely helpful for those attempting to speak to a society enmeshed in new age thinking that includes foggy and wild ideas about God. For instance he writes:

"Jesus did not, and does not come to take us to a higher spiritual plane, so that we might better get in touch with the little bit of God that is in us all or our own God-consciousness. Indeed, he seeks to lead us to have a relationship with the God he called Abba who is wholly other, and who urges us to recognize the Creator Creature distinction. We are not God, nor is God inherently in us or a part of our being. The end result of navel gazing is that we may well get more in touch with 'our inner child', but we do not get more in touch with the 'outer' God who created the universe and all that is in it. The former sort of spirituality is a form of narcissism, or at its worse, self- worship. The latter form of spirituality reinforces the Creator/creature distinction and leads to worship of the one true God." More:

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