Rosicrucian Fellowship
By: Dr. John Ankerberg & Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 The Rosicrucian Fellowship claims to reveal the superior “Western Wisdom Teachings,” as opposed to, for example, Eastern Theosophic teachings.. Contents 1 Rosicrucian Fellowship 2 NOTES Rosicrucian Fellowship Info at a Glance Name: The Rosicrucian Fellowship. Purpose: To help evolve man’s consciousness. Founder: Max Heindel. Source…
Swami Muktananda
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 Swami Muktananda claims to help people escape the delusion of duality through kundalini yoga. Swami Muktananda Info at a Glance Name: Swami Muktananda, Siddha Yoga Dham of America (S.Y.D.A.). Purpose: To help people through kundalini yoga to escape the delusion of duality. Founder: Muktananda Paramahansa. Source…
What is Eckankar?
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 Eckankar claims to be the most ancient religion known to man, and that it is the only path providing true salvation. What is Eckankar? Info at a Glance Name: Eckankar. Purpose: To help people directly experience God (the “Sugmad”) as sound and light in nonphysical states; to…
Swami Rudrananda
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 The Rudrananda Foundation offers spiritual enlightenment through psychic development. Swami Rudrananda Info at a Glance Name: Swami Rudrananda (Rudi), Rudrananda Foundation. Purpose: Spiritual enlightenment through psychic development. Source of authority: Swami Rudrananda. Examples of occult potential: Spiritism. Key literature: Spiritual Cannibalism. Attitude toward Christianity: Rejecting. Doctrinal Summary…
Swami Rama
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 Swami Rama claims to provide knowledge of the highest of all ways for attaining spiritual reality. Swami Rama Info at a Glance Name: The Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, Swami Rama. Purpose: To help unify religions and provide the path to and knowledge of…
Swami Kriyananda
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 Swami Kriyandanda seeks to spread the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda; to help people find the God Yogananda worshipped (Brahman). Swami Kriyananda Info at a Glance Name: Swami Kriyananda, Ananda Cooperative Village. Purpose: To spread the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda; to help people find the God Yogananda…
Sufism
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 Sufism seeks the union of God and man. Sufism Info at a Glance Name: Sufism. Purpose: The union of God and man. Founder: Uncertain. Source of authority: From one perspective the only authority is individual experience, but Sufi literature (a product of Islam, Hinduism and mysticism)…
Sri Chinmoy
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 Sri Chinmoy Centers claim to be the most rapid path to God-realization. Sri Chinmoy Info at a Glance Name: Sri Chinmoy Centers. Purpose: Achieving Hindu God-realization through the teachings of advaita Vedanta. Founder: Sri Chinmoy. Source of authority: The writings of Sri Chinmoy. Claim: To be…
Sikhism
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©1999 Sikhism claims to represent the teachings of the ten historic Sikh Gurus, and to foster universal brotherhood. Sikhism Info at a Glance Name: Sikhism. Purpose: To foster universal brotherhood. Founder: Guru Nanak. Source of authority: The Adi Granth (“the original book”), the Sikh Bible. Revealed teachings: Guru…
Sola Scriptura
By: James McCarthy; ©1999 Today, even as in the time of the Reformation, thousands of Catholics worldwide are leaving Roman Catholicism for biblical Christianity. And once again, the rallying cry of the sixteenth century, Sola Scriptura, Scripture Alone, is being heard. Roman Catholic defenders have responded to this challenge by going on the offensive. In…
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