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Originally Posted by n david
Aquila doesn't care. You can find all the evidence you want showing it's rotten at the core, he'll just claim they were looking our way. Because, per him Pentecostals have always been mystics and performed contemplative and centering new age and occult junk.
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Actually, I do care. I think I just have a different perspective.
There is a difference between the term "mystic" as used in Christian history and "mystic" as used in the New Age. They are two TOTALLY different things. Those who confuse the two are only showing that they don't know what they are talking about.
The New Age certainly does contain counterfeit experiences, practices, etc. But a counterfeit is not a counterfeit unless it is attempting to duplicate the real thing. For example, "clairesentience" as described by many in the New Age is nothing more than a counterfeit of the "gift of knowledge". That doesn't mean that those with the gift of knowledge are witches or New Agers.