Talk:New Thought/Archive 1

message: As much as possible, please keep all comments on one topic grouped together. That is, if you have three things to say put them in the three correct places, not all together in the section you are currently editing. This is the only practical way to have your comments found by others. —WikiLen 19:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: Regarding this statement from article
"The New Thought Movement describes a set of religious developments that originated in the United States during the late 19th century, beginning with Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, a clock maker from Maine." -Phineasquimby 17:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Phineas Quimby had no association with any formal religion.  In fact, he spoke out against religious beliefs and opinions, claiming these to be the very issues that make people sick.  He used the Bible to prove to people that the interpretations being given to them as "priestcraft" were devised to keep the masses under their control. -Phineasquimby 17:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Any student and reader of Quimby's writings knows he despised religion. -Phineasquimby 17:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Scholars in the Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion traced New Thought to Quimby in the 1990s as a missing link in the path between Franz Mesmer and what came to be known as Scientific Christian Mental Practice, taught by Emma Curtis Hopkins after she left the Christian Science movement due to disagreements with Mary Baker Eddy. He was not characterized as religious, but as one whose work was borrowed more as an explanation for how prayer worked to heal. Suntree 12:50, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: O1thomas 03:02, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quimby issues 

message: I wonder if the "New-Thoughters" realize that they are categorized under religious "cults." -Phineasquimby 17:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hard-line Christian Fundamentalists classify New Thought as "cult" relgiions, but they do not fit the academic definition of a cult as it is considered in secular university comparitive relgious studies. --Scottandrewhutchins 14:07, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cult label 

message: Merge or firstly and prominently distinguish from/relate to New Age. -SV|t|th 21:13, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The New Thought Movement describes some movements that originated in the USA in the late 19th century. Some of which may now be described by some people as new age and others not. the New Age is the name of a late 20th century movement. There is no question they should be merged in my mind. Lumos3 21:31, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Saying "there is no question they should be merged" in English means that you agree that they should be merged. -SV|t|th 21:37, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Issues: New Age 

message: Is this page a link farm? There are more links than actual text. --Jdemarcos 20:26, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I agree that all these churches and organizations on this page constitute a "link farm." -Phineasquimby 17:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link farm 

message: What is this?  If it's the largest denomination (I thought the Unity Church was the largest), why is there no page about it or explanation what it is? --Scottandrewhutchins 14:06, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unity is the largest New Thought denomination and Religious Science is 2nd largest in numbers of members.  Someone removed several of the major groups, including Seicho no Ei that will have to be added back when someone gets time. Suntree 13:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Seicho no Ei

message: Absolutely !!
Pgc512 21:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Right now each makes the other redundant. (As for the name of the merged article - the article New Thought Movement is more complete, but I would prefer to stick with the name New Thought.) DBlomgren 14:40, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, merge. —WikiLen 19:03, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, merge. Suntree 13:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, merge this article into New Thought (and not vice versa) cat Catherineyronwode 01:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge. I've no vested intrest in these articles and as a casual reader i don't see why they would be 2 seperate ones.Darrell Wheeler 08:35, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge NT and NT Movement

message: Saw this movie recently called The Secret. It is almost entirely New Thought. Should it be place in the page? H2P (Yell at me for what I've done) 04:24, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge will take care of that as other article mentions the film. —WikiLen 19:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Secret 

message: The material added includes links that require subscriptions.  However, the sources are reliable and verifiable.24.168.224.213 13:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: SUBSCRIPTIONS? Link farming! catherine Catherineyronwode 01:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Additions 

message: So far, no one here has objected to merging NTM into the extant (and more neutral) NT page. Here, for the record, is a list of those who approved the merge idea, prior to there being a formal proposal, arrayed in date order: 
Telefora
*[...] merge this (New Thought Movement) with New Thought[...] Terraflora 04:29, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Those in favour of merging NTM into NT