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From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: ECKANKAR; The Ancient Science of Soul Travel.
Message-ID: <1092@pucc-h>
Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 13:01:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: pucc-h.1092
Posted: Fri Aug 31 13:01:07 1984
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I hereby strongly disagree with Rsk's request to omit any "preaching" of
Eckankar.  What else is this group for, if not for presentation of various
types of religions?  I, for one, do not wish this group to be nothing
but a vehicle for Christian-bashing, or anybody-bashing.

However, now that I'm posting an article, I will say that I deplore the
practice of apologists for many non-Christian beliefs of taking some
Christian phrase(s) and/or concept(s) and giving them a meaning quite
unlike that understood by those who are well acquainted with the way
Christianity works.  Apparently the promulgators of Eckankar, like many
others, feel that, no matter how much their belief may differ from
Christianity, they have to give it some Christian flavor in order to
"sell" it in a society where Christianity is dominant.

Other than that, I thought it was a good article.  I don't intend to begin
following/practicing/whatever Eckankar, but I thought the article was a
decent capsule presentation of it.

-- 
-- Jeff Sargent
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"I may be rancid butter, but I'm on your side of the bread."