Harold O. J. Brown on Heresy

From Ablert Mohler's blog

The Christian religion has produced more heresies than any other religion, and the heresies it produces are more tenacious than those of any other religion. In fact, it sometimes seems that the most vigorous, committed, and rapidly multiplying Christians in any age are those we like to call heretics. Why is Christianity so productive of divisive opinions, held with great conviction, that lead to splits in the church and charges and countercharges of heresy? The reason is simple: Christianity consists of a message that claims to be absolutely true and that is at the same time deeply and perplexingly mysterious.

False Revelation - Akashic record

The Akashic record refers to a mythical record of all knowledge. The name is derived from a Sanskrit word which refers to "the sky or aether". One is said to need special extra-sensory powers read the record. The false religion of Theosophy identifies the Akashic record with the God's Book of Life (Rev 3:5, 13:8, 17:8, 20:12, 20:15, 21:27).

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My goal for this blog.

I was writing articles for another web log when I began to uncover a string of heresies and heretics. I decided to start a blog to organize thumbnail sketches of what I was finding, a catalog of heresy if you will. My quest began with Levi H. Dowling and his "Aquarian Gospel". I found Dowling's heresy through Jim E. Bakers "The Source" cult.

I have several articles in the hopper. The articles are very brief, but I want to be precise. I'm finding lots of birds in the mustard tree, and I tend to get hung up in the research.

Fowl Nominees - L. Frank Baum (author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) became a Theosophist in 1897, three years before he wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  Baum's childhood family were devout Methodists.

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False Religions - Theosophy

Theosophy proposes to make people wise about god by presenting all religions as valid. It borrows a great deal from Hinduism and Anacalypsis. 

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False Apostles - Levi H. Dowling

Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911) is responsible for writing a heretical, anti-Christian gospel that is based on the teachings of Theosophy. Dowling's false gospel is reported by some to have served as a handbook in the Jesus Freak movement in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The clear aim of Levi Dowling's heretical work is to supplant the Holy Bible as the Word of God.

Dowling claimed to be a Christian for much of his life, according to statements made by his wife Eva. She describes him as a dedicated Christian worker who produced Sunday school materials, served as the pastor of a church, and was a Chaplain in the US Army. According to the introduction to Dowling's phony gospel, he claims to have received the text from the Akashic records.

No written manuscripts are known to exist of the fabled Akashic records. It is said to be a library of all knowledge with is stored in air in the Sanskrit language. One is supposed to access the record through special extra-sensory powers. Dowling claims to be one such person who was able to access the non-existent records. It is interesting to note that the word 'Sanskrit' means "self-made".

Levi Dowling used paraphrased excerpts of the New Testament Gospels, particularly Luke, mixed in with the leaven of Kabbalah. In addition to numbering the chapters he assigned a Hebrew letter to each one, in aleph-bet order. He also hastens to use the Greek name "Jesus" for the name of the Christ child. No explanation is given as to why the author blends Hebrew and Greek into a document that is supposed to be a direct translation from Sanskrit to English.

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False Christs - James Edward Baker (aka Father Yahowha)

James E. Baker (1922-1975) was a heretic who built his organization, The Source, on the false gospel of Levi H. Dowling. Baker formed a pot-smoking hippie cult through his influence in his family, with the help of heresies contained in Dowling's The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ.

Baker's attained the status of messiah among his followers.

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False Christinas - Veronica Lueken (aka Veronica of the Cross)

Veronica Lueken (1923-1995) was a heretic in the Catholic Church. She has been exalted to the status of false Christina among her followers.

Lueken claimed to have had a series of visitations from the Virgin Mary beginning in 1970. Mrs. Lueken further claimed to have received a few hundred messages from Mary, Jesus, and an assortment of saints. The followers of Lueken have formed a cult which preserves and promotes her teachings.

The church at Bayside, where Veronica Lueken supposedly had her visions, does not publicly claim any connection with Lueken or her visions.

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