joasia wrote:As I mentioned in another post, the heresy of name-worshiping sounds the same as the Hari K. They believe that saying the name of K is the power of their god. It's in saying it. I believe that if we understand the source of the movement of name-worshiping, we will see that the path leads to them which is a group within Buddhism. This is what is infiltrating into the Orthodox faith (whether new or old calendar). I'll still include the new calendarists under Orthodoxy just to distinguish between Orthodoxy and other "Christian" religious beliefs. Of course, we see it plausible with the new calendarists because they are so ecumenical. They have been infiltrated by this ideology for a long time. But, it is also effecting the old caledarists. So we have to question the faith of those who teach this.
I think we should examine the source of influence of those in HOCNA who support name-worshiping. I guarantee that you will find that they have been influenced by Buddhism. Once we find the source, then we can identify the problem.
It is so important to understand the other religions. The Apostles and holy fathers were quite aware of what the other religions taught and when they saw reminiscences of those beliefs expressed in the Orthodox faithful, they addressed them with great force.
We must educate ourselves about other religions in order to understand how to defend against them.
Is there any evidence that Name-Worshipping originally arose under Buddhist influence? I don't know of any. And HK didn't grow out of Buddhism, as far as I know, but Hinduism. Of course, Buddhism itself is a kind of Hindu offshoot, but one that took place 2500 years ago. HK is only a century old.
