The Secret Seduction Misinformation and false claims follow one another in a dizzying parade of absurdities. Sprinkled throughout the book and DVD is the claim that the Secret is scientifically proved to be true. For example, “It has been scientifically proven that an affirmative thought is hundreds of times more powerful than a negative thought.”1 When? Where? How? I have a friend who buys into this and if it wasn’t so dangerous it would be funny. A genie in a bottle, I can’t believe people swallow this stuff. -Josh @Amos 3:7
The Secret Seduction
The article is taken from The Berean Call. Watch this short promo of The Secret from their own material. Nothing short of fantasy, but people are gobbling this lie up. Note how they say that they are Creator and I AM, both names of the true and living God. It is a lie that is getting the promoters RICH and leading millions astray from true joy which can only be found in Christ Jesus.
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New Age Scam
The latest occult scam to capture the imagination of the West is called The Secret. The book by that name, a top New York Times bestseller, has quickly sold more than 6 million copies and the DVD over 2 million copies. Both contain numerous errors, misrepresentations, false premises, and false promises. Who cares? You should. With the following information, you could rescue someone from hell.
Recycling Hindu Shamanism
The numerous misrepresentations begin with the title itself. The Secret is not a secret at all, but recycled Hinduism, shamanism, and New Age folly. One of many huge lies is its claim: “You create your own reality with your mind.” This was the serpent’s false promise to Eve-the promise of godhood (Gen 3:5). Embracing that delusion cost Eve and her descendants Eden’s paradise-and would have barred mankind from heaven had not Christ died for the sins of the world. In the 6,000 years since Eden, the serpent’s promise has not been fulfilled in even one person’s life.
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Misinformation and false claims follow one another in a dizzying parade of absurdities. Sprinkled throughout the book and DVD is the claim that the Secret is scientifically proved to be true. For example, “It has been scientifically proven that an affirmative thought is hundreds of times more powerful than a negative thought.”1 When? Where? How?
No scientific tests ever measured positive and negative thoughts, nor could there be any such tests because thoughts are nonphysical and their “power” cannot be measured. Thoughts exist outside the realm of physical science. Nor is there any such thing as “mental science” or a “science of the mind.” That fact is only one of many reasons why psychology could never be a science, in spite of decades of claiming that it is.
The Deception of The Secret Law of Attraction
The bait on the hook of The Secret has stated repeatedly: “The Secret gives you anything you want: happiness, health, and wealth….You can have, do, or be anything you want….We can have whatever it is that we choose.”2 Common sense replies, “Thanks, but no thanks.” But millions being introduced to the Secret are excited and eager to make it work for them.
The foundational lies are basically that there is no personal God who created the universe and who makes laws that man must obey. The universe has always been here, yet we create it with our minds through numerous occult laws that exist to serve our selfish desires. One of the most enticing is “the law of attraction”: whatever thought (health, wealth, disaster, gain, loss, pain, joy, etc.) you hold in your mind, you will attract to yourself as a reality of your life. We are all gods who create our individual destinies with our thoughts.
The amorality of the Secret ought to be evident to anyone who stops to think. Hitler was no more responsible for the Holocaust than were its victims who collectively created it with their minds. So it was with the Titanic, the crash of every plane, and the victims of every rape and murder.
The book and DVD are based upon nothing more than statements of a number of supposed experts in the area of success motivation and positive thinking. Who are they? A “non-aligned, trans-religious progressive…spiritual luminaries…teacher of spiritual metaphysics…Feng Shui master…successful business leaders…founders of the New Thought movement…a modern-day spiritual messenger, et al.” They are certainly not in the same class as Jesus Christ, who proved His deity with His sinless life and miracles, died for our sins, and rose from the dead. The “experts” cited and quoted in The Secret are not a group into whose hands anyone should trust their lives, much less their eternal destiny.
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hahahahahahahahahaha!!!! sorry I cant help myself around youre ignorance. the book called The Secret helped more people than the bible ever had. Jesus never even existed, theres also no proof of that. no scientific evedence. infact thought power CAN be measured with science. thoughts are electrical impulses. and another thing…. occult is also science thats been suppressed by youre XXXXing false reliogion. keeping mankind from accesing its power to evolve. where do you think rape and drug abuse comes from? it comes from ignorance and helplesness tought by your god, the bible is full of it….. god murdered millions of people and seemd to enjoy it. XXXX xtianity, XXXX islam and XXXk judism. exposingchristianity.com
I see you are totally at peace. Can that also be measured. This is simply trafficking in demons. Yes demons are real Dorothy and the lie that they are feeding you who are into the occult is that we are evolving. This is a common lie fallen angels keep telling us. Please that requires more faith than I have. But in the interest of true science which is what we can observe. You need to know that Evolution is totally false and the biggest CON of all time. Please see our evolution series for true enlightenment. For the things of God are NOT hidden for those who will seek Him in faith. We have prayed for you and God paid for all of our sins with the greatest act of Love ever known. Forgive them Father for they know not what they do. Be at peace, Shalom, Keith
https://amos37.com/2008/11/07/evolution-of-the-conscience
https://amos37.com/2010/02/02/fruit-of-evolution
https://amos37.com/2011/02/24/dangers-of-evolution
https://amos37.com/2009/07/04/evolution-endgame
https://amos37.com/2011/02/22/the-age-of-the-earth/
What is theory and the scientific method. Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.
A scientific theory comprises a collection of concepts, including abstractions of observable phenomena expressed as quantifiable properties, together with rules (called scientific laws) that express relationships between observations of such concepts. A scientific theory is constructed to conform to available empirical data about such observations, and is put forth as a principle or body of principles for explaining a class of phenomena.
A scientific theory is a type of inductive theory, in that its content (i.e. empirical data) could be expressed within some formal system of logic whose elementary rules (i.e. scientific laws) are taken as axioms. In a deductive theory, any sentence which is a logical consequence of one or more of the axioms is also a sentence of that theory.
Thank you for exposing this. I was a professional psychic, healer, life coach and new age teacher before I became a Christian, and during that time, I became an affiliate promoter for The Secret. One if the “stars” of the so-called documentary actually ended up cooking three of his followers to death in a sweat lodge and going to prison for it. So much for creating your own reality. Jesus is the only way.
Wow! Love to hear your testimony. God bless you.
The Bible has many verses about changing the way you think changes your life. I believe there is a biblical truth to some kind of truth to law of attraction. For me it’s about attracting love happiness like minded people etc, I don’t agree with using the law of attraction for gaining wealth and big ticket material items. Pastor Rick Warren has a series about changing your thoughts to change your life. I could care less about wealth and materialism. But being successful enough to pay my bills, keep a roof over my head and provide for my family is good enough for me
Thanks for your comments.
You may want to look a little deeper into Rick Warren. He has many troubling connections with Rome and Muslims.
https://amos37.com/rick-warren-the-un-the-global-church/
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