From: bbooth@bnr.ca (Bradley Booth)
Newsgroups: alt.pagan
Subject: Re: New Age/Christian Survey -Help!
Date: 10 Apr 92 21:39:41 GMT
Reply-To: bbooth@bnr.ca (Bradley Booth)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ltd
Originator: bbooth@bcrks6



1.  What makes a person a Christian?

following the preachings of Jesus

2.  What makes a person a follower of the New Age?

no idea... don't know what it is

3.  What do you think of evangelical-fundamentalist-charismatic--
pentecostal Christians?

money or power hungry fools

4.  What do you think of mainline Protestant Christianity (i.e.,
Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, etc.)

a pain, but not as homophobic as ailsa says (just in Canada though)

5.  What do you think of Catholics?

followers are sheep... leaders are power and money hungry... richest
religion in the world, don't know of any others that own their own
piece of prime real estate (Vatican City)

6.  What do you think of channeling?  meditation?  pyramids?  Tarot
cards?  astrology?  crystals?  UFO's?

channeling, never seen it or tried it... meditation, great for relaxation...
pyramids, neat burial tombs but were better in their prime... tarot cards,
never tried them... astrology, used to be a good pick up line... crystals,
nice rocks... UFO's, interesting idea but why would they visit us?? ;-)

7.  Who or what is God?  Who is/was Jesus?  Who or what is the Holy
Spirit?  Do you think the literal Resurrection of Jesus literally
took place?  What do you think is the meaning of the resurrection?

God or the Goddess is not a who or a what.  To me, it is the existence of
a lifeforce that all living beings in the universe belong to.  Sort of
like a pool of cosmic life energy... I know, sounds like I've done too
many drugs.  To me, Jesus was someone who was truly aware of this life-
force, but could not explain it to the common man 2000 years ago.  Don't
believe in Resurrection... it was a human's interpretation of something to
come.

8.  Do you think Jesus will come again?  What do you think of the
Bible?

no. he, like Elvis, is dead.  The Bible is a good book if you suffer
insomnia.

9.  Why do you consider yourself a follower of the New Age?  What
do you think is (are) the central tenets of your beliefs?  How did
you come to hold these beliefs?  Are you a member of any formal
religious group(s)?  Which ones?

no. central tenets... all life is equal, all that lives dies.  no
religious group... maybe a should form one "Universal Lifeforce
Belief"

10. What is your age?  sex?  Occupation?  [Optional, for
statistical use only:  are you single-married-divorced-widowed-
living with someone-under a vow of celibacy?  hetero-homo-bisexual?
What race do you describe yourself as?]

28, male, IC design engineer, married, het, human with pale skin.

11. [More optional questions:  What happens to us when we die?
What makes an individual good or bad?  Do you think that there is
an absolute standard of right and wrong?  What do you think are the
central problems of American and World society?  How does your
faith address these problems, if at all?  Do you think that your
faith is the only way to salvation or self-fulfillment?  Is it the
best way?

our bodies rot, our life energy or force returns to the pool (so
of a condensation/evaporation thing =).  good or bad, your respect
for others.  right or wrong, no... bunch of grey matter, like the
brain.  lack of respect for life and others.  respect all, big or
small, black or white, human or non-human.  salvation, no... no such
thing because you have to believe that you are bad to be saved...
self-fulfillment, that's up to the individual and i respect their
decision.  best way, dumb question!