Alexander Vera, I suggest before hitting the messenger — get clear about the background of your examples meant to refute the messenger.
When Gandhi said “be the change you want to see in the world,” Scofield and her cohorts would have suggested that this type of thinking is irresponsible.
Above is a trivialised quote by Gandhi:
In 1913 Mohandas Gandhi published a piece about snakebites.
- We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.
The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, volume XII, chapter “General Knowledge About Health XXXII: Accidents Snake-Bite”, April 1913-December 1914, 1964
When Jesus said “turn the other cheek,” they would have scoffed and labeled him as dangerous and short-sighted.
- Jesus did not teach unconditional forgiveness.
- Jesus did not forgive the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1–11).
- Jesus did not forgive his attackers from the cross.
- Jesus’ mandate of “Turn the other cheek” does not refer to forgiveness.
- Forgiveness per se does not set you free.
“Turning one’s cheek when slapped” Luke 6, 29 (NT)Is not the antithesis to the Old Testament “eye for an eye” policy which served as a check for vengeance.
“Turning one’s cheek when slapped” is neither an act of forgiveness nor was it a sign of acquiescence in the days of Jesus. Turning the cheek would challenge the aggressor to strike with their left unclean hand, or else with the open right hand, which would signal equality. Thus, turning the other cheek was an act of nonviolent resistance.
When faced with (verbal) aggression Jesus suggested first to ignore it. When attacked with corporeal violence He recommended to directly challenge the opponent as described above. At any rate, He asked to pray for one’s aggressors.
more here: https://de.spiritualwiki.org/Hawkins/Vergebung#toc10
Biblical forgiveness myths — Maria Mayo
even A Course in Miracles, are all equally dangerous and irresponsible.
The Course in Miracles is a product of an MKUltra agent: William Thetford
ACIM — a mind control project — and one of the new planned religions in order to back the NEW WORLD ORDER for which CIA, the continuation of NAZI mind control experiments, works.
- 1951–1953 Thetford worked for Project BLUEBIRD, an early CIA mind control program that led to the infamous Project MKULTRA.
- 1954–1955 Thetford was director of clinical psychology at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1955–1957 Thetford was an assistant professor of psychology of the CIA-funded Society for the Investigation of Human Ecology, Cornell University.
- 1965–1972 As CIA agent Thetford was possibly Dr. Helen Schucman’s handler overseeing her channeling of ACIM. Schucman dreaded that ACIM would turn into a cult.
- 1971–1978 William Thetford along with David Saunders headed the CIA mind control Project MKULTRA Subproject 130: Personality Theory.
- June 1976 Authorized publication of the first three sections of the “Course” in a set of three hardcover volumes.
More here: https://de.spiritualwiki.org/Wiki/EinKursInWundern#toc14
Critique — ⚡ ACIM resulting from CIA mind control
