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childrens, Christianity, judaism, kabbalah, kids, meditation, ministry, mysticism, transcebdental
If you’re in children’s ministry, things may be about to get tougher in the near future. Looks as if transcendental meditation as well as kabbalah has finally made it’s way into the public school systems….at least in Arizona. Is your state next? “Ommmm…”
Worldmag reports:
A George Washington University study released in late 2008 showed that Transcendental Meditation (TM) may be a safe and effective drug-free way to treat attention deficit disorder. That’s one reason the Tucson (Ariz.) Unified School District adopted a Transcendental Meditation program last year.
The Tucson program is one of at least three developed in public schools in the last 12 months that have their roots in sectarian religion. U.S. courts have consistently held that religious instruction, if conducted during school hours, must take place off school grounds. But while decades of jurisprudence have virtually stamped out school-based religious instruction in three major world religions—Christianity, Islam, and mainstream Judaism—some schools have allowed the introduction of auxiliary programs rooted in less familiar sectarian faiths, which the faith groups themselves say are rinsed free of religion.
How in the world can they say that TM in schools has been “rinsed free of religion” when TM is based in Eastern religion? That’s very contradictory. TM is sold to unsuspecting people (Christians can be in this group) on the basis of science (metaphysics). In Bryant Reeve’s book “The Advent of the Cosmic Viewpoint”, pg. 260 he says, “Metaphysics can be taught in highly religious terms, or it can be taught as a pure science, without any religious connotations whatsoever.”
When its presented in this way its possible for unsuspecting people to accept it as merely science and not attach a religious influence to it. This is exactly what they have done here, and have used the ploy of “help for A.D.D.” to work it into the school system. School administrators and child psychologists are supposed to know more than parents about these higher learning issues and their children. Couple that with the fact that they’ve tried everything else in the book to try and get their child to behave and pay attention in school. I can see this being offered in more schools and parents will be screaming for it, especially when they hear from other parents that it’s working wonders for their children.
These are just my thoughts, so please don’t hold me to being an expert in the field. ; )
They can say it that way, because they are lost, and are blinded to the truth as it is in Jesus Christ. And you are absolutely right. – JT