Submitted by Penguin Blog (USA) Visitor (not verified) on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 10:38pm.
I don't presume to speak for God or for Tolle. I will however, say with clarity that Tolle and the Bible are at odds with their teachings. The heart of biblically sound Cristianity is Jesus death on the cross to forgive us of our sins. Tolle "preaches", if I may use that term, that sin does not exist and therefore there was no need for his death on the cross.
The Bible teaches that their is only one way to salvation and that is through Jesus. ALL people, regardless of their particular beliefs should know why they believe what they believe. Should you believe Tolle over the Bible, then that is your choice, but don't pretend that both Tolle and the Bible lead to the same place. Anyone who has enough intelligence to read both will quickly see that they oppose each other in message. So you may go Tolle's route or the Bible's route, but you cannot ride the fence on this one.
One last thing as I have seen many posts calling out followers of Jesus as "living in fear", "close-minded" or at the very least, "judgemental". To those people I would simply say, don't confuse those terms with what you are most likely seeing. It's called "conviction".
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Let's set the record straight
I don't presume to speak for God or for Tolle. I will however, say with clarity that Tolle and the Bible are at odds with their teachings. The heart of biblically sound Cristianity is Jesus death on the cross to forgive us of our sins. Tolle "preaches", if I may use that term, that sin does not exist and therefore there was no need for his death on the cross.
The Bible teaches that their is only one way to salvation and that is through Jesus. ALL people, regardless of their particular beliefs should know why they believe what they believe. Should you believe Tolle over the Bible, then that is your choice, but don't pretend that both Tolle and the Bible lead to the same place. Anyone who has enough intelligence to read both will quickly see that they oppose each other in message. So you may go Tolle's route or the Bible's route, but you cannot ride the fence on this one.
One last thing as I have seen many posts calling out followers of Jesus as "living in fear", "close-minded" or at the very least, "judgemental". To those people I would simply say, don't confuse those terms with what you are most likely seeing. It's called "conviction".