{False Christs; True Christ}[16th March 1988]

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*'Gods of the New Age'** is a better, simpler, book than 'The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow'***. Taken together, they raise a host of questions about what I am doing. Many of them may be turned round and asked of the questioners,**** whose ultimate authority will, I suspect, turn out to be, not the Bible, but the form in which they perceive Jesus Christ within their minds. Others, I am afraid, arise from conscious or unconscious 'smear' techniques, such as taking quotations out of context, attributing the views of one Individual or Organisation to another which has not acknowledged those views, and so forth.# Others just arise from incorrect or illogical conclusions.

But for me, the crucial question is: given that I am trying to draw a map of #*reality, and accepting that no map can be absolutely accurate, is +C†I~, the Christ? Or is he simply a sort of Krishna-figure substituted by Hindu influence?#** The question, which arises out of the doctrine of false Christs, is vital because while I can justify drawing a map which includes #***Hindusm and Christianity (and as they are in opposition, it seems, the authors of these books ought logically to accept the map) – I have no possible justification for excluding Christ while including a look-alike.

*[[Redbook5:62-63][19880314:1600c]{The Serpent[continued]}[14th March 1988] fn ult.] 63 → [to this journal entry.]

**['Gods of the New Age', by Caryl Matrisciana, pub. Marshall Pickering / Harvest House (US), 1985.]

***(Cumbey, 'The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow: The New Age Movement and Our Coming Age of Barbarism', Huntington House, USA, 1983;

****[cf. [Redbook5:62-63][19880314:1600b]{The Serpent}[14th March 1988].]

#(And some involve simple self-contradiction.)

#*[inner?]

#**[[Redbook5:59][19880314:1115i]{Fundamental Points of View [continued (9)]}[14th March 1988]]

#***cf.[[Redbook5:62-63][19880314:1600c]{The Serpent[continued]}[14th March 1988],] 63 (top)

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