CULT CATALOG OF THE "OTHER" JESUS

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Ahmadiyya Movement - Founder: Hazat Mirza. "Jesus was not a prtner in the

Godhead, as was not Jacob. Both of them were beloved prophets of God" (True

Christianity and How it Leads to Islam).

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American Atheist Center - Founder: Madalyn Murray O'Hair. "There is no God,

thus Jesus is not the Son of God."

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Ananda Marga Yoga - Leader: Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. Jesus is considered God,

but there is no Trinity. "Be constantly absorbed in the thought of God and you

too will become God." (Baba's Grace-Discourses of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti).

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Anthroposophical Society - Leader:Rudolf Steiner. "According to Steiner, Jesus

of Nazareth was just an ordinary man until, at the age of thirty, he received

the Christ-Essence during his baptism at the Jordan" (Spiritual Counterfeits

Project in Berkeley,

CA : Letter, Feb, 1977) Steiner was an occult medium who interpreted the Bible

through clairvoyance.

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Arica - Leader: Oscar Ichazo. "The point of Arica is enlightenment, man's

transcending from the state of ego into what's known as the void. This is a

state of consciousness . . . Its not God. It's God Consciousness." Aricans

blend physical exercise and m editation. God is formless, thus Christ cannot be

God (Awakening Ways to Pyscho-Spiritual Growth, C. William Henderson).

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Assemblies of Yahweh - "John 2:19) is sometimes presented as evidence that

Yahshua is the Almighty, that He is co-equal with His Father, and that He had

the power to resurrect Himself. This, of course, is a false, trinitarian

concept" (The Sacred Name Br oadcaster, Lincoln Frost). "We find the

trinitarian doctrine to be foreign to the Inspired Scriptures" (Doctrine #5).

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Baha'i World Faith - Baha'i, an independent world religion based on "a unique

revelation of God," traces its roots to an early division within Islam. God,

called by different names, is one but unknowable. Christ was a "manifestation"

of God and a way to God, but not the ONLY way to God.

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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship - Leader: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen. "God is a secret and

a mystery, but man is also a mystery. Only God can see God. So if man is to see

God, he must become God. Man becomes God, and God becomes man. Its no big

deal," says Bawa (Psy chology, April,1976).

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Black Muslim - Leader: Wallace D. Fard (Allah-God) and Elijah Poole (Elijah

Muhammad - Fard's prophet). Also called "The Nation of Islam." Elijah Muhammad

said that Jesus was "only a prophet and not the equal of Moses and Muhammad,

and His religion was I slam, not the Christianity of the Pope of Rome"

(Pittsburg Courier, 1959).

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Buddhism (Hinayana Buddhism and Mahayanna Buddhism) - "In Hinayana Buddhism

there is no god as we conceive of God . . . The followers of Mahayanna Buddhism

tend to deify Buddha. Their idea of God; However, has no such comphrehensive

attributes as has the

Christian God" (Religions in a changing World, Howard F. Vos) This eliminates

the possiblity of Jesus as a diety.

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Cabala (Kabbalah) - Cabala is a system of Jewish Mystical thought which

originated in Southern France and Spain in the 12th and 13th centuries. The

Cabala doctrine of deity recognizes only two deities - the hidden god, the

infinite great divine Nothing; and the dynamic god of religious experience

(Spiritual Counterfeits Project).

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Center for Spiritual Awareness - Leader: Roy Eugene Davis. Also called:

Christian Spiritual Alliance. Buddha, Sri Krishna, and Jesus were enlightened

souls. "The second coming of Jesus is a fanciful hope. The awakening of

individuals to the realization o f their own Christ-nature is what will

liberate man and transform society" (Darshan: The vision of Light, Roy E.

Davis). Jesus was a man who reached Christ-consciousness and was on earth to

share the truth of this consciousness.

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Children of God - Leader:David Brandt Berg (Moses David). Started as a

fundamentalist counter-culture ministry, but degenerated into belief in the

occult, reincarnation, and sexual permissiveness. The COG believes that Berg is

the ONLY end-time prophet;

that the COG IS the remnant church of the last days; that its authority is

absolute; and in the use of blasphemy, profanity, vulgarity, and pornography

(Moody Monthly July/August 1977).

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Christian Scientist - Founder: MAy Baker Eddy. Jesus was a mere man who

demonstrated the Christ (i.e. a divine idea). It doesn't matter whether Christ

ever existed, and His blood doesn't cleanse from sin (Science and Health with

Key to the Scriptures, Th e Firts of Christ Scientist and Miscellany, both by

Mary baker Eddy).

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Church of the Living Word - Leader: John Robert Stevens. Also called:THE WALK.

"Jesus Christ came to participate in humanity and make the bridge of

communication so that God could communicate himself into our very beings. What

He is, we become" (The Word

Became Flesh, a Living Word Publication). According to Stevens, this begins

with contemporary revelations which make the the Living Word (Christ) to the

World. Although some acknowledgement is made of the inspiration and authority

of the Scripture, in p ractice the source of teaching is current revelation,

not the Bible. Stevens considers himself God's chief intecessor.

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Church Universal and Triumphant - Leader: Elizabeth Claire Prophet. Also

called: Summit International or Summit Lighthouse. The Church Universal and

Triumphant is a mixture of eastern religions, Theospohy, Christianity, and many

other things. Elizabeth i s recognized as one of the two witnesses of

Revelation 11. Her late husband and founder, Mark, is considered a man that had

the Christ Consciousness within him. He was one of many who achieved the "God

self" witness.

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Dhyana-Mandiram - Leader: Pandit Usharbudh. "God is esentially formless . . .

God may manifest Himself-Herself-Itself in any form, at any time, at any place,

on any planet . . . Jesus may be accepted as one of the many incarnations of

God" (Hinduism: An Introduction, Pandit Usharbudh and Yorke Crompton).

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Divine Light Mission - Leader: Guru Maharaj Ji. Guru Ji is the Living Perfect

Master. Jesus was the Perfect Master of His time, but Ji has replaced Him. Ji

claims the world needs the knowledge of Reality, and he claims to be the source

of that knowledge and of peace in the world, according to David J.

Hesselgrave, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

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ECKANKAR - Leader: Sri Darwin Gross. ECKANKAR says it is the wellspring and

essence of all religions, philosophies, and sacred doctrines. It claims to be

the way to God-realization via the "ancient science of soul travel." ECKANKAR

makes the biblical God

into a demon who as creator is responsible for the evil in the world and

defines Christ as "god as all men are god" ("Eck World News, December, 1978,

page 13).

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Findhorn Foundation University of Light - Leaders: Peter and Eileen Caddy. "The

Devic (Deva is a being of light) would emphasize that man has to do one thing

to reverse the trend of events on the planet: he has to recognize within

himself the Divinity an d wholeness of which he is a part" (The Magic of

Findhorn, Paul Hawken). They separate Jesus and Christ and appear to be

panthiestic. The group, a form of spiritism, became famous because the Findhorn

community in Scotland has a producing garden near the Artic Circle which is

supposedly taken care of by plant spirits.

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Freemasonry - ". . . We tell the sincere Christian that Jesus of Nazareth was

but a man like us" ("Morals and Dogmas" by Albert Pike in How to Respond to the

Lodge).

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Hare Krishna - Founder: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Also called: International Sciety

of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). To the Krishnaite, the world is not real;

its illusion. Salvation comes by chanting the name of their god, Hare Krishna,

at least 1,728 tim es daily. They believe in the literal interpretation of the

Hindu scriptures, but they also accept the Bible as one of the scriptures. They

consider Jesus one of their gurus.

CATALOG OF THE CULTS - PART B

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"I AM" MOVEMENT - Leader: Guy Ballard (Pen Name: Godfrey Ray King). Jesus, a

man, developed the I AM/GOD SELF within himself. This almighty I Am presence is

a pure reservoir of energy stationed over the head which can be drawn on at

will. Jesus is seen a s one of the many Ascended Masters. They do not recognize

the Trinity. This cult is an off-shoot of the Theosophical Society. It modern

form is called the Summit Lighthouse or Church Universal and Triumphant.

However, the "I Am" movement still exist as an

independent organization (The 'I Am' Discourses, Saint Germain Press).

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Iglesia Ni Cristo - Leader:Felix Manalo. "We believe in Jesus Christ, but we do

not believe that He is True God. We believe in only one true god, the god of

creation. Jesus Christ is a great savior and was commissioned by God to be the

savior" ("Research

Center Bulletin," Far East Broadcasting).

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Inner Peace Movement - Leader: Rev. Francisco Coll, DD. A form of spiritualism

and spiritism combining ESP, astro-projection, psychic phenomena,etc., they

introduce seven levels of consciousness. Christ consciousness is the highest.

Jesus had reached Chr ist Consciousness and taught this while on earth. Jesus

was a man. They separate Jesus and Christ. God is impersonal and spoken of as

The All, The Cosmos, and The Universe (Every Wind of Doctrine, Hobart Freeman).

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Integral Yoga Institute - Founder: Swami Satchidananda. "There are not many

gods; there is only One. And that One has no name, no form, no place. (Thus

Christ is not God.) He is everywhere-in actuality, neither he, nor she, nor it

. . . The two sides are

positive and negative, light and shade. Evil is also God." says the Swami (The

Youth Nappers, James C. Hefley).

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Islam - Christ was a prophet of Allah, but was superseded by Muhammad's

teachings and authority.

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Jainism - Founder:Mahavira. "Jainism begins by denying the existance of an

external supreme being, creator, or Lord, who is the mainstay of the universe.

(Thus,no Christ.) For these non-theistic humanist, there is no need to assume a

First cause" (Religi ons in a Changing World, Howard F. Vos)

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Jehovah's Witnesses - Jesus is a created being, Michael, the first creation of

Jehovah and the "Son of God."

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Laymen's Home Missionary Movement - Leader:Raymond J. Jolly. Similar to the

Jehovah's Witnesses, they deny the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. "John

4:24-God is a Spirit. Luke 24:39-A Spirit hath not flesh and bones . . . In the

first place, God d irectly tells us that Jesus is now a spirit being" (Epiphany

Studies in the Scriptures). "Trinitarians have grossly mistranslated and

miscapitalized this passage to read their trinitarianism into it, as they have

done in other cases. The proper translatio n shows that Christ is not Jehovah .

. . He is Jehovah's appointed Savior for the world, not Jehovah Himself"

(Epiphany Studies in the Scriptures-Series 1).

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Liberal Catholic Church - Leaders:Charles W. Leadbeater and Vincent M.

Matthews. "Obviously, God is not and cannot be a person. (Thus, no divine

Christ.) The persons of the Holy Trinity are representatives or masks for the

One God who is beyond individua lity; is unlimited; eminent; and transcendent"

(The One Existance, E.M. Matthews). The LCC is independent of the Roman

Catholic Church and blends elements of theosophy and pantheism (These Also

Believe, Charles Samuel Braden).

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Megiddo Mission - Founder:Rev. L.T. Nichols. "Christ, Emmanuel, 'God with us,'

is not the eterenal God but the Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born

of a virgin, but wholly human in his nature -Matthew 1:23,Hebrews 2:16,17 . .

."(History of the Megiddo Mission, published by Megiddo Mission Church).

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Mormons-Founder:Joseph Smith, Jr. Also Called: Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-Day Saints. Jesus is a pre-existant spirit, also the Father, one of many

gods. Christ was God-man, and men can be just like him (Mormon Doctrine, Bruce

McConkie).

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Nichiren Shoshu Soka Gakkai - Soka Gakkai substitutes Gautama Buddha and

Nichiren for the True God and repleces the Bible with the Lotus Sutra, a false

scripture. Soka Gakkai translates to "Value Recreation Society" ("Views on

Christ," John Weldon).

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Peace Mission Movement - Leader: Father Divine (George Baker). Baker

distinguishes between Jesus and Christ. "I say B.J. not B.C. because it was

before Jesus yet, in my opinion, it was not before Christ" (The New Day,

September 1,1945). "Jesus, he (Baker

) seems at times to regard as merely the temporal and physical embodiment of

the Christ" (These Also Believe, Charles Samuel Braden). Baker has claimed to

be God and the Holy Spirit. There are also references in Baker's writings to

indicate that Jesus is God (Kingdom of the Cults, Walter Martin).

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:::::::::::::::::: Psychiana - Leader: Frank B. Robinson. "At no time has God,

nor will God, manifest Himself on this earth or anywhere as a person . . .

Jesus was no more than a human acting out the God-power" (They Have Found a

Faith, Marcus Bach).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Radha Soami Society - Leader: Charan Singh. God is

seen as attributeless, formless, and impersonal without personality and name,

although they give "him" the qualities of love, grace, wisdom and power. The

Society asserts that there are countless gods and

goddesses, lords, rulers and governors in the universe (The World of Gurus,

Vishal Mangalwadi), thus Jesus Christ is not Lord of Lords.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Rajneesh Meditation Centers - Leader: Bhagwan

Shree Rajneesh. "But God (thus, Christ) is not a person. God is the process . .

.Existance is without cause . . .In the beginning, there is no cause so in the

end there can be no purpose" (Beyond and Beyond, A charya Rajneesh).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Rosicrucianism - Jesus was a reincarnated man, the

highest luminary possible. The Christ spirit in Him was amanifestation of the

cosmic Christ ("Rays from the Rose Cross," December, 1978).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Ruhani Satsang - Leader: Kirpal Singh. "Jesus

Christ was essentially a man of the East, and his teachings are imbued with

oriental mysticism. It is even speculated that he spent many of his early years

in india and learned from the Yogins and Buddhist mon ks" (The Crown of Life,

Kirpal Singh).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sacred Mushroom of the Cross - Leader: John

Allegro. Christ was a mushroom (Sacred Mushroom of the Cross, John Allegro).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sanatana Dharma Foundation - Leader: Yogeshwar

Muni. (also called Kayavarohan). Jesus is a man who achieved a divine state

through meditation. Sanatana Dharma is considered the eternal path to truth

leading to fulfillment and divinity. "Thus men, for the first time on Earth,

could achieve the God level not only in concept, but in physical manifestations

as well" (Vishvamitra Newsleter).

::::::::::::::::::::::::: Satanism - The introduction to the satanic bible

says, "What amuses us most is that you indicate that a mere command to Satan in

Jesus' name is sufficient to dismiss him. The Prince of Darkness regards both

God and Jesus Christ a figments of man's more in fantile imagination, at least

insofar as their supposed power is concerned. God is dead, and Christ was but a

man" (Every Wind of Doctrine, Dr. Hobart Freeman).

::::::::::::::::::::: Scientology-Founder: L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard claims to

have found the spiritual technology to dispense the one "true way" to man. It

is a process working through levels of self-knowledge and knowledge of past

lives to awaken the primordial diety within un til a person is able to regain

total godhood. Christ is a man "who achieved a 'state of clear' but not the

higher state of 'Operating Thetan" ("Certainty" magazine, Vol 5, No 10).

::::::::::::::::::::::::: Self-Realization Fellowship - Leader: Paramahansa

Yogananda. Group also called "Yogoda Satsanga Society." Separates Jesus and

Christ. Jesus was indwelt by the Christ Consciousness. "Let the omniscient

Christ Consciousness come to Earth a second time and b e born in you, even as

it was manifested in the mind of Jesus" (Metaphysical Meditations, SRF

Publishers_.

::::::::::::::::::::::::: Shintoism - "Diety is spirit, without form,

unknowable . . . changeless, eternal, existing from the beginning of Heaven and

Earth up to the present, unfathomable, infinite . . ." (Source of Japanese

Tradition, Vol 1, editor William Theodore De Bary).

::::::::::::::::::::::::: Shree Guru Dev Siddha Yoga Ashram - Leader: Swami

Muktananda Paramahansa. Also called: "Sidha Yoga Dham." This is a self

realization group whose leader claims to be god. "This is the praise of the

all-pervasive, formless, unmanifest, Absolute Being who ma nifest Himself in a

thousand forms . . . Above all, you will receive Divine Grace and finally

realize your own divinity." Rejects God manifesting Himself in Jesus Christ

(Songs of God, Guru, Self - Kabiraj).

:::::::::::::::::::::::: Sikhism - Founder: Nanak. Sikhism developed an

abstract and mystical monotheism. God is formless, soverign, unknowable and

absolute. However, a righteous person can call upon the grace of Sat Nam - God.

If a person reaches salvation, which is by works, he

absorbs into God. rejects the idea that God revealed in a Person of Jesus

Christ (Cults, World Religions and You, Kenneth Boa).

::::::::::::::::::::::: Sivananda Yoga Vedenta Centers - Leader: Swami

Sivananda. Also called "Internatioonal Sivananda Yoga Society." God (or Christ)

is not a person or spirit, but Consciousness. He is sometimes reborn as a man,

other times as an animal, plant, or even inanimat e object. (The World of

Gurus, Vishal Mangalwadi).

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Foundation. - Leader: Sri Satya Sai Baba. Jesus Christ is seen as an "Avatar,"

a diety descended to earth in bodily form. Sai Baba is Jesus Christ who was

returned. Man, according to Baba, is Atman - Self or God. Ma n is under an

illusion so that he forgets that he is God. Baba also teaches that God is

ultimately without attributes (The World of Gurus, Vishal Mangalwadi).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship - Founder: Arthur

Ford and others. "There was no Christ 2,000 ago. There was a man 2,000 ago

through whom the Annointed One was able to manifest. The man died, Christ

lived, and as the Holy Spirit has been helping . . . The Divine Mind or the

Concept of God has within himself all the faculties or qualities of both male

and female. There can be no creative expression, there can be no life without

these two qualities. So God is neither man nor woman." Ford, a former Christian

minister, made these comments during a seance March 18, 1965 (Unknown but

Known, Arthur Ford).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Spiritualist - Jesus was an outstanding Jewish

medium (Kingdom of the Cults - Wlater Martin).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sri Chinmoy Centers - Leader: Sri Chinmoy. God

is seen as Consciousness and Light. Realize the divinity within you. "It is not

because of his (Jesus') miracles that he is worshipped, but because he brought

down the eternal Consciousness, the infinite Cons ciousness" (Kundalini: The

Mother Power, Sri Chinmoy).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Still Point Institute - Leader: Sujata. Christ is

an evolutive god, a cosmic Christ. A heavy influence of Zen Buddhism negates

the personal God (The Still Point, William Johnson).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Subud - Leader: Muhammad Subuh (Bapak). God is a

"Great Life Force that flows through everything and everyone. It is

impersonal." (Thus no divine Christ.) God is felt through "latihan" which is an

inner vibration. The objective is Subud is to become passi ve so that you can

experience and feel latihan (New Gods in America, Peter Rowley).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sufism - Leader: Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat

Khan. God is an "Abstract Sound" which is the creative life principle in all of

nature. "The goal of Sufism is union with God in this life." Because of its

link with Islamic philosophy, it would not consider Je sus as God (Awakening

Ways to Psycho-Spiritual Growth, C.William Henderson).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Swedenborgism - Founder: E. Swedenborg. A form of

spiritism which also denies the person of the Holy Spirit. He is called an

efficiency or sanctifying influence. "We ought to have faith in God the Savior

Jesus Christ, because that is faith in the visible God in Whom is the

Invisible; and faith in the visible God, Who is at once Man and God, who enters

Man" (True Christian Religion, E. Swedenborg).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Taoism - Greatest philosopher: Chuang Tzu.

"There is no personal Creator-God" (Cults, World Religions and You, Kenneth

Boa).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Tarotology - The most serious form of

cartomancy (divination by cards). It has been linked with magic, numerology,

astrology and other cults. For all the languages about God, Spirit and the

Truth of Gpd, the God and Truth of Tarot are in no way those of J esus Christ.

It is an idolatrous system (Dennis Hesslegrave, Trinity Evangelical Divinity

School).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Farm - Leader: Stephen. An eastern mysticism

commune in Summertown, TN. Jesus, a teacher, was a good man indwelt with Christ

Consciousness. "In the telepathic medium of the Holy Spirit, Christ

consciousness, Buddha consciousness, call it what you will

, exist all the time. ... You don't have to call it Jesus or Buddha or Krishna,

it's 'the consciousness'"(Hey Beatnik! 1974).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Foundation Church of the Millenium - leader:

Father John. Denies the diety of Jesus Christ. It is an off-shoot of or the

front for the Process Church of the Final Judgement (below) although they deny

affiliation. They were both founded in September, 1 966; began in Xtul, Mexico;

listed their midwest address as 1529 N. Wells Street, Chicago, IL; and have

both since moved.

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Holy Order of MANS - Leader: Earl Blighton.

Holds the occult-eastern view that Jesus was a great teacher, but merely a man

who attained an impersonal kind of "Christ Consciousness." They separate Jesus

and Christ. They believe all can attain Christ-Co nsciousness (Spiritual

Counterfeit Project, Berkeley, CA).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Himalayan International Institute of Yoga

Science and Philosophy. - Founder: Swami Rama. "In order to become true members

of the Church of Christ, a person must know not who Jesus was, but what Christ

is. Christ, Ishvara, is the very personal force pe rvading the universe that

guides and illuminates every aspirant. . . It is not an embodied person, but

rather a force in which all individual beings are divine sparks. .

."(Meditation in Christianity, Dr. Pandit Arya). Swami Rama has said, "Jesus

Christ w as perhaps the greatest of all Yogis."

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Process Church of the Final Judgement -

Founder: Robert De Grimston. Jesus is a mere man. "The Processeans believe in

three gods: Jehohvah, Lucifer, and Satan" (Sata's Devices, Kurt Koch).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::: The 3 HO Foundation - Leaders: Yogi Bhajan and Guru

Ram Dass. The 3 HO means Happy, Health and Holy. "What is God?... He is cosmic

energy... He is yin-yang; He is positive an negative. He is male, female...

When you say cosmic consciousness, you mean God.

.. You are God... God is you. Man has never realized he is God... God is a

stick... God is a cup.... God is a woman" (The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan,

Bhajan).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Unification Church - Leader/Fonder: Sun Myung

Moon. Moon states that God has dual qualities - spirit and energy. God is a

personal being with consciousness, intelligence, love and purpose. Salvation

can come only through the Messiah who achieves perfectio n, marries, and has

perfect offspring. Christ, Moon says, was to do this, but He failed because he

died before he could marry. Because He was resurrected, Moon says, Jesus did

redeem man spiritually. The physical redemption of man will happen through a se

cond Messiah, but not Christ. The implication is that Moon is the second

Messiah. (Moody Monthly, July 1977).

::::::::::::::::::::: The Way International - Leader: Victor Paul Wierwile. A

very close counterfeit of Christianity. They believe in God, the Bible, Jesus

Christ, salvation, and eternal life, but not the Trinity. Jesus is NOT God, and

the Holy Spirit is a synonym for God (Jes us Christ is Not God, Victor Paul

Wierwille).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Theosophist - Christ took the body Jesus, a man,

to become a teacher. Eventually all men become Christ.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Transcendental Meditation - Leader: Maharishi

Mahesh Yogi. Also called "Spiritual Generation Movement," "Student's

International Meditation Society," "TM." Maharishi says the reason for creation

and individual life is the expansion of happiness. This is d one by expanding

one's consciousness through seven levels of consciousness. Jesus is considered

an Enlightened One. Leaders have attempted to claim that TM is not a religion,

but courts have ruled that it is, and the nature of its initiation rites prove

t hat it is Hindu derivative. (Meditations, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi).

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Unitarians - Jesus was a man who believed in One

God, not the Trinity.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Unity School of Christianity - Jesus was a

perfect man, indwelt by the Christ Consciousness, present in every human being.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Vedanta Society - Founder: Swami Vivekananda.

Also known as "Ramakrishna Order." "They (gods) are human beings with

extraordinary, original powers and entrusted with a Divine commission. Being

heirs of Divine power and glories, they form a class of their own. To this

class belong the incarnations of God, like Christ, Krishna, Buddha, and

Chaitanya and their devotees of the highest order" (Hindu View of Christ. Swami

Akhilananda).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Witchcraft - "Down through the centuries, many

witches and sorcerers consider God and Satan as merely symbols of power, with

no real existance as personalities" (Kingdom of Darkness, F.W. Thomas). Some

witches may see Jesus as a wizard who was able to mas ter natural and occult

forces.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Worldwide Church of God - Leader: Hurbert W.

Armstrong. Jesus is a part of the godhead (God is a family) and men can become

like Jesus and part of the God family - Sons of God. They do not believe in a

closed godhead (TRINITY). The Holy Spirit is not cons idered a person, but the

Father and the Son work through it. (Derivate cult - International Church of

God. Leader: Son of Herbert, George, was disowned by his father and started

this group that believes the same but claims that the Wordlwide Church lost i

ts authority when Herbert divorced his wife.)

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Zen Buddhism - "Since Zen does not affirm the

existance of the living God, it is not only absolutely destitute of the special

revelation of God in His Word, but is wholly alien to the God of revelation."

says Lit-Sen-Chang (The Kingdom of the Cults, Walte r Martin).

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Zoroastrianism - Founder: Spitoma Zoroaster.

This is one of the first monothesistic religions in the world, and adherents of

this religion are thought to have been the originators of the Wise Men from the

East who searched out Jesus when He was born. This

cult doesn't recognize a personal God. Their god, Ahura Mazda, is impersonal

and has no physical nature (Cults, World Religions and You, Kenneth Boa).

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