Carlton Pearson Shakes Up Another Denomination...

I am a silent member of a list called Interfaith Christians.  Someone posted the link to an article about Carlton Pearson.

It seems he has been selected as a senior minister at a mega church in Chicago, the 6,000-member Christ Universal Church. It is a New Thought church.  Whatever that means.  We are leaving for Ontario this morning so there is not much googling time. I'll have to leave you on your own if you want to find out more about the denomination. The article describes New Thought as

a metaphysical interpretation of the Bible and focuses on healing, meditation and thinking positive thoughts to improve one's life.

So while the church professes "new" thought...what they are displaying is something very old.  They are fundamentalists.  Say the word fundamentalist and Jerry Fallwell's face appears in our mind's eye.  "Christian" is one of the first words that come to mind.  Jerry Fallwell..along with Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swaggart, etc. etc. (and not just any Christian but...in the eyes of many...a Christian who is a special kind of stupid) The opposing members of this "new" thought movement are simply fundamentalists clinging to a different fundamental.  But it still reeks of exclusion and smugness. 

I really like Carlton Pearson...so this treatment of him...AGAIN...pisses me off.  It just goes to show, however, that even something that proclaims to be "new" may not necessarily be new afterall.