'Mix-and-match' faith dangerous

Allie Martin
OneNewsNow
12/21/2009

A clergyman in the Convocation of Anglicans in North America isn't surprised that elements of eastern faiths and New Age thinking have found their way into the beliefs of many Protestants and Catholics.

According to a recently published survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 65 percent of U.S. adults mix contradictory beliefs -- such as blending Christianity with beliefs like reincarnation, astrology, and the presence of spiritual energy in physical objects. Also, 28 percent of people who attend church weekly say they visit multiple churches outside their own tradition.

Rev. Julian Dobbs with the Convocation of Anglicans in North America says there is a definite danger when self-professed Christians mix other faith practices and beliefs with the biblical truth. the rest