WHAT
DO THEY THINK OF CHRIST?
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AETHERIUS SOCIETY - UFO
group messages from "Master Jesus" in outer space.
AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT -
(Islam) Jesus a prophet only.
ALAMO CHRISTIAN
FOUNDATION -Correct doctrine on Jesus but cultish in
their denunciation of other Christians.
AMORC - (See
Rosicrucianism)
ANANDA MARGA YOGA
SOCIETY - Founder Maha-Guru is an incarnation of
God.
ANTHROPOSOPHICAL
SOCIETY - Jesus just man until age 30, and then
received "Christ Essence".
ARICA INSTITUTE INC. -
"Christ cannot be God".
ARMSTRONGISM (WORLDWIDE CHURCH
OF GOD)- Since death of H.W.Armstrong in a state of
doctrinal changes. Church split with new groups forming. See
Philadelphia Church.
ASSEMBLIES OF YAHWEH -
Denies Trinity.
ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND
ENLIGHTENMENT (EDGAR CAYCE) - A portion of God called
Soul reincarnated eventually as Christ.
ASTARA - Speak of
"Cosmic Christ". Deny His eternal nature.
BABA RAM DASS (HANUMAN
FOUNDATION) - Disciples encouraged to acknowledge
their inner divinity and oneness with universal deity.
Hinduistic.
THE BAHA'I FAITH -
Christ one of the 9 great manifestations of divinity.
Baha'u'allah greater.
BAWA MUHAIYADDEEN
FELOWSHIP- Man becomes God.
BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH-
(See Rajneesh Meditation Centers.)
BLACK MUSLIM- Jesus was
black and only a prophet. Allah incarnate is Wallace
Ford.
BRANHAMISM - Jesus
created, not eternal.
BROTHER JULIUS -
Believes he is incarnation of Jesus.
BUBBA FREE JOHN (DAWN HORSE
FELLOWSHIP; FREE PRIMATIVE CHURCH OF DIVINE COMMUNION; FREE
COMMUNITY ORDER; LAUGHING MAN INST.) - Claims he is
incarnation of God; a guru to be worshipped; equal with
Christ.
BUDDHISM - Christ not
recognized as Deity. Zen Buddhism also does not affirm the
existence of the living God.
CABALA (KABBALAH) -
Doctrine of Deity recognizes only two deities-the hidden
god; the infinite great divine Nothing; and the dynamic god
of religious experience. Mystical.
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
- (CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL ALLIANCE) - Jesus a man who
reached "Christ-consciousness".
CHILDREN OF GOD (FAMILY OF
LOVE) - Began fundamentalist but degenerated into
Occult.
CHRISTADELPHIANS -
Jesus did not exist before birth to Mary. Not God.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
-Christ is a Divine Idea and his blood doesn't cleanse
us.
CHURCH OF ARMAGEDDON (LOVE
FAMILY) - Follow prophet "Love Israel". Use Yoga
& drugs.
CHURCH OF GOD
INTERNATIONAL)(Garner Ted Armstrong) follows original
teachings of Herbert W Armstrong. Denies Trinity, God is a
family.
CHURCH OF BIBLE UNDERSTANDING
(FOREVER FAMILY)- Founder Traill is one true access
to bible understanding; denies Trinity.
THE CHURCH OF GOD
INTERNATIONAL -(See Armstrongism.)
CHURCH OF THE LIVING WORD (THE
WALK) - Followers become the Living Word (Christ) to
the world.
CHURCH UNIVERSAL AND
TRIUMPHANT (SUMMIT INT.; SUMMIT LIGHTHOUSE) - Jesus a
man with Christ-consciousness within him.
COONEYITES (TWO BY
TWOS) -Jesus inherited Adam's fallen sin nature and
did not finish His earthly mission, but they are doing
so.
DAWN BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOC.
(FRANK AND ERNEST) - Jesus created; not God. Deny
Trinity.
DIANETICS - (See
Scientology)
DHYANA-MA-NDIRAM -
Jesus one of many reincarnations of God.
DIVINE LIGHT M ISSION OF GURU
MAHARAJ JI - Followers believe their Guru is Christ
come again.
ECKANKAR (THE ANCIENT ART OF
SOUL TRAVEL) - Christ is "god as all men are
god".
EMISSARIES OF DIVINE LIGHT
(ONTOLOGISTS) - Do not accept the atoning work of
Christ; Mystical.
ESALEN INSTITUTE -
"Human Potential" movement; Mystical.
EST (ERHARD SEMINAR TRAININGS)
THE FORUM) - Teach that each person is a god
himself.
ETERNAL FLAME - Chas.
Paul Brown, the leader, claims to be the very body and blood
of Christ.
FAMILY OF LOVE - (See
Children of God)
THE FARM - Jesus a man
indwelt by Christ-consciousness.
FINDHORN FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY
OF LIGHT - Separate Jesus and Christ. Appear to be
pantheistic and believe in plant spirits.
FOREVER FAMILY - (See
Church of Bible Understanding)THE FORUM- (see est)
THE FOUNDATION FAITH OF THE
MILLENNIUM- Deny deity of Christ, only a prophet.
FOUNDATION OF HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING (ROY MASTERS) - Neglects Christ or
mentions him in a negative context.
FRANK & ERNEST -
(See Dawn Bible Students Assoc.)
FREE MASONRY - Jesus a
man like us.
HARE KRISHNA (ISKON) -
Jesus one of their gurus, but Hare Krishna is their God.
HINDUISM - No need of a
personal savior; each one attains to becoming "a god" or
attaining "cosmic consciousness".
THE HOLY ORDER OF MANS
- Jesus a man indwelt by Christ consciousness."
"I AM" MOVEMENT - Jesus
one of many ascended masters.
IGLESIA NI CRISTO -
Jesus a great savior, but not true God.
INNER PEACE MOVEMENT -
Jesus a man who reached "Christ-consciousness". God is
impersonal.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF
CHRIST (THE JAMILIANS) - Christ came again in the
form of Jamil Sean Savoy (Born 1959, died 1962). Christ a
"universal force" to be experienced but not worshipped.
ISKON - (See Hare
Krishna)
ISLAM - Jesus a prophet
of Allah who was superceded by Muhammed.
JAINISM - Deny
existence of Creator. Non-theistic humanists.
JAMILIANS - See
International Community of Christ)
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES THE
WATCHTOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY) - Jesus created
as Archangel Michael/lesser god; became only a good man,
died, ceased to exist, re-created as Michael again in
heaven. Not God. Deny Trinity.
KABALARIANS - Speak of
"Christ Principle" born within every individual. (See
Cabala)
KRISHNAMURTI FOUNDATION OF
AMERICA-Disciples worship him as incarnation of God
without his approval.
LATTER DAY SAINTS -
(See Mormons)
LAYMEN'S HOME MISSIONARY
MOVEMENT - Christ is not God.
LIFESPRING - Similar to
EST.
LOVE FAMILY- (See
Church of Armageddon)
MAHIKARI - Both Jesus
and Buddha are regarded as refined spiritual beings able to
radiate true light in their day.
MEGIDDO MISSION - Jesus
wholly human in his nature.
THE MIND SCIENCES - God
is a principle.
MOONIES (THE UNIFICATION
CHURCH; THE HOLY SPIRIT ASSOC.; HOLY SPIRIT ASSOC. FOR THE
UNIFICATION OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY; THE UNIFIED FAMILY;
INTERNATIONAL ONE WORLD CRUSADE; INTERFAITH ENDEAVOR; ETC.
ETC.) - Christ failed in His earthly mission leaving
Rev. Moon to finish the task. Many believe Moon to be "Lord
of the Second Advent."
MORMONS (THE CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS) - Jesus was born in
heaven as the spirit child of Elohim (Heavenly Father) by
one of his wives, and Jesus' brother was Lucifer, who became
Satan. Jesus one of many gods.
MUKTANANDA PARAMAHANSA (SHREE
GURUDEV SIDDHA YOGA ASHRAM) - Each person strives for
his own "God-realization".
NEO-GNOSTICISM - Jesus
one who possessed a "higher consciousness". Did not die for
man's sins.
NEW AGE MOVEMENT -
Promises to produce "Messiah" out of a coalition of
cult/occult groups.
NICHIREN SHOSHU SOKA
GAKKAI - True God replaced by Gautama Buddha and
Nichiren. Bible replaced.
ONTOLOGISTS - (See
Emmissaries of Divine Light) Spirit.
PENITENTES (BROTHER OF OUR
FATHER JESUS) - Atonement comes by personal bloodshed
rather than Christ's death and suffering.
PEACE MISSION MOVEMENT-
Sometimes states that Jesus is God, but leader George Baker
has also claimed to be God and Holy Spirit.
PEOPLES TEMPLE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH -Jim Jones considered himself the
reincarnation of Jesus Christ and led over 900 followers to
their deaths.
PHILADELPHIA CHURCH -
Recently formed breakaway group from World Wide Church of
God. Carries on with old Armstrongism teachings. Denies
Trinity, God is a Family.
PROCESS CHURCH OF THE FINAL
JUDGEMENT - Jesus a man.
PSYCHIANA - Jesus a
human life acting out the God-power.
RADHA SOAMI SOCIETY -
Jesus one of many lords.
RAJNEESH MEDITATION CENTERS
(ORANGE PEOPLE) - God is not a person. Existence is
without cause.
REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS - Jesus Christ existed
with God in the beginning, sharing in creation.
REV. IKE (FREDERICK
EIKERENKOETTER) - Deity is "the presence of God in
you". There are no literal, spiritual realities.
ROSICRUCIANISM (ROSICRUCI ;
AMORC) - Reincarnated man is a manifestation of the
cosmic Christ.
RUHANI SATSANG - Jesus
Christ essentially a man of the East.
SANATANA DHARMA
FOUNDATION - Jesus is a man who achieved a divine
state through meditation.
SATHYA SAI BABA -
Claims to be Christ and has achieved "God-realization".
SCIENTOLOGY - All are
gods including Christ.
SELF-REALIZATION
FELLOWSHIP - Separates Jesus and Christ. Jesus was
indwelt by "Christ-consciousness".
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM
-Believe Jesus is God but also that he is Michael. Christ
did not complete atonement at Calvary.
SHREE GURU DEV SIDDHA YOGA
ASHRAM - Believes leader is God.
SIKHISM - If a person
works his way to salvation he is absorbed into the formless
God.
SILVA MIND CONTROL
-Seek oneness with pantheistic deity; speak of "Christ
awareness".
SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE
INDIVIDUAL FOUNDATION - Their leader, Sai Baba, is
Jesus Christ who was returned. Man forgets he is God.
SPIRITUAL FRONTIERS
FELLOWSHIP - Jesus the man died but Christ lived.
Uses seances.
SPIRITUALISTS - Jesus
was a Jewish medium.
SRI CHINMOY CENTERS -
God is seen as consciousness and light. Divinity is
within.
STILL POINT INSTITUTE -
Christ is an evolutive god, a cosmic Christ.
SUBUD (GURDJIEFF; RENAISSANCE
FELLOWSHIP OF FRIENDS) - God is a "great life force"
flowing through everything and is felt by inner vibrations.
Impersonal.
SUFISM -
God-consciousness by whirling dancing.
SUFISM REORIENTED INC.
- Meher Baba claimed to be Christ incarnate.
SUMMIT LIGHTHOUSE (SUMMI
NTERNATIONAL) (See Church Universal and
Triumphant)
SWAMI KRIYANANDA -
Followers seek God-realization; Hinduistic.
SWAMI RAMI (HIMALAYAN
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF YOGA SCIENCE AND
PHILOSOPHY) Combines Indian religious philosophy with
psychological therapeutic techniques.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA (VEDANTA
SOCIETY) - Mystical Hinduism; Ramakrishna worthy of
same devotion as Christ.
SWEDENBORGISM - Calls
Jesus god but denies the personality of the Holy Spirit.
TAOISM - Worships
creator-principle of the Tao ("The Force") Ignores
Christ.
THEOSOPHY - Christ is
the reincarnation of the world's soul.
THE 3 HO FOUNDATION (YOGI
BHAJAN; SIKH FOUNDATION) - God is cosmic
consciousness. Pantheistic.
T.M. (TRANSCENDENTAL
MEDITATION) - Christ is a prophet. Mankind
can meditate into God-awareness
without a mediator.
THE UNIFICATION CHURCH
- (See Moonies)
UNITY (UNITY SCHOOL OF
CHRISTIANITY) - Jesus was a perfect man indwelt by
the Christ consciousness present in everybody.
UNITARIANS (UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST ASSOC.) - Jesus extraordinarily good man
only.
UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH - Denies Trinity.
URANTIA - Jesus a
"Creator Son" called "Michael".
THE WALK - (See Church
of the Living Word)
THE WATCHTOWER BIBLE &
TRACT SOCIETY - (See Jehovah's Witnesses)
THE WAY INTERNATIONAL -
Jesus is not God.
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
- (See Armstrongism)
YOGA - A series of
exercises designed to align your body to absorb the cosmic
force.
ANANDA MARGA YOGA -
Jesus is considered God, but you, too, will become God.
INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE
- God has no name, no form, no place. Evil is also God.
SIVANANDA YOGA VENDENTA
CENTERS - God (or Christ) is not a person or spirit,
but consciousness.
TANTRIC YOGA -
Achieving God realization by sexual means.
ZOROASTRIANISM - Does
not recognize personal God.
Not all religions are
Christian.
There is a
difference.
The Gospel message of
Salvation is clear:
Jesus is the Way, the Truth,
and the Life.
No one comes to the Father
except through Him.
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