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 ''See also:'' [[Moralistic therapeutic deism]]
-[[Got Questions Ministries]] describes the [[heresy]] of '''Moralistic therapeutic deism''' thusly:
+[[Got Questions Ministries]] describes the heresy of [[Moralistic therapeutic deism]] thusly:
 {{Cquote|The term Moralistic Therapeutic Deism was first coined by sociologists Christian Smith and Melina Lundquist Denton in their 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (Oxford University Press). Based on extensive research, they identified the predominant beliefs of American teenagers, even those that claim to be Christians. They named the core beliefs Moralistic Therapeutic Deism or MTD. The five core beliefs of MTD are as follows:

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	*[http://www.scborromeo.org/docs/GAUDIUM%20ET%20SPES.pdf '''Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ''Gaudium et Spes''''' Promulgated by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965 (scborromeo.org)] pdf ''Includes analysis of the phenomenon of atheism and disbelief, why and how people turn away from the truth of the Gospel''.		*[http://www.scborromeo.org/docs/GAUDIUM%20ET%20SPES.pdf '''Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ''Gaudium et Spes''''' Promulgated by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965 (scborromeo.org)] pdf ''Includes analysis of the phenomenon of atheism and disbelief, why and how people turn away from the truth of the Gospel''.
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	'''5.''' Good people go to heaven when they die.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/Moralistic-Therapeutic-Deism.html What is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD)?] by [[Got Questions Ministries]]</ref>}}		'''5.''' Good people go to heaven when they die.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/Moralistic-Therapeutic-Deism.html What is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD)?] by [[Got Questions Ministries]]</ref>}}

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	''See also:'' [[Moralistic therapeutic deism]]		''See also:'' [[Moralistic therapeutic deism]]
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		+	[[Got Questions Ministries]] describes the [[heresy]] of '''Moralistic therapeutic deism''' thusly:
		+	{{Cquote\|The term Moralistic Therapeutic Deism was first coined by sociologists Christian Smith and Melina Lundquist Denton in their 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (Oxford University Press). Based on extensive research, they identified the predominant beliefs of American teenagers, even those that claim to be Christians. They named the core beliefs Moralistic Therapeutic Deism or MTD. The five core beliefs of MTD are as follows:
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		+	'''1.''' A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth.
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		+	'''2.''' God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
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		+	'''3.''' The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
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		+	'''4.''' God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.
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		+	'''5.''' Good people go to heaven when they die.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/Moralistic-Therapeutic-Deism.html What is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD)?] by [[Got Questions Ministries]]</ref>}}

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 "...there is no one of the heresies which have torn the bosom of the church, which has not derived its origin from the various interpretation of the Scripture. The Bible itself is the arsenal whence each innovator has drawn his deceptive arguments. It was with biblical texts that [[Pelagianism|Pelagius]] and [[Arius]] maintained their doctrines. Arius, for instance, found the negation of the eternity of the Word—an eternity which you admit, in this verse of the New Testament—''Joseph knew not his wife till she had brought forth her first-born son''; and he said, in the same way that you say, that this passage '''enchained''' him. When the fathers of the [[Council of Constance]] condemned this proposition of [[John Huss]]—''The church of Jesus Christ is only the community of the elect'', they condemned an error; for the church, like a good mother, embraces within her arms all who bear the name of Christian, all who are called to enjoy the celestial beatitude."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/luther/lutherbyluther.html#secondnarrative|title=Life of Luther (Luther by Martin Luther)|author=Martin Luther|publisher=}}</ref>
 </blockquote>See [http://biblehub.com/multi/hebrews/13-17.htm Hebrews 13:17] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/hebrews/13-17.htm commentaries on Hebrews 13:17]
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 '''Heresy''' is the act of speaking against the doctrine of an established [[Religion|religious]] organization, or simply having private beliefs that are not in accordance with the officially-endorsed position. Heresy differs entirely from [[apostasy]].
 In early [[Christianity]], '''heresy''' was a recurring problem as people pretending to be [[Christian]]s would advocate doctrines contrary to the [[Bible]]. As heresy was seen as a great threat to the church, spurious allegations of heresy were also used by rival ecclesiarchs to attack their enemies. A series of [[Councils]] were held to establish official doctrine, in some cases leading to [[Great Schism|schisms]], such as the split between the [[Roman Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox]] Churches in the eleventh century (1054).
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 Author Philip J. Lee, '''''Against the Protestant Gnostics''''' <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/845498.Against_the_Protestant_Gnostics Against the Protestant Gnostics, Philip J. Lee, Oxford University Press, 1993 (goodreads.com)] <br> See [https://preachingpeace.org/against-the-protestant-gnostics/ ''Against the Protestant Gnostics'': Book Review, by Caleb Miller - Preaching Peace (preachingpeace.org)]</ref> shows that Gnostic tendencies are being taught alongside Christian orthodoxy, and that the Reformation at its heart fostered the inherent Gnostic tendencies toward a disdain for authority and the physical nature of things, and the Gnostic disdain of the [[sacrament]]s and disdain of the doctrine of the [[Last Judgment|physical resurrection of the body]], and a ''[[sola scriptura]]'' reading of scripture ''[[sola spiritu]]'' with the hope of a bodiless spiritual-only salvation forever in heaven after death, through a direct "personal relation with Christ" (as a cosmic spiritual entity) and "knowing Jesus" by the "chosen elect".<ref>The same elements are found in the earlier [[Bogomil: Bogomilism|Bogomils]] and the [[Cathar]]s or [[Albigenses]].</ref> He demonstrates how these teachings of Gnosticism have wormed their way into Christian teachings, particularly in North American Protestantism. Pastor and author Peter Dietsch, in summarizing Lee's book, says, "''In both the Old and New Testaments, the knowledge of God is not self-discoverable. God has revealed Himself in and through a community (His people, the Church), therefore He may be known only through that community.''" <ref>[https://www.theaquilareport.com/gnosticism-vs-christianity/ '''Gnosticism vs. Christianity:''' Six contrasts between the teachings of Gnosticism and the Christian faith, Written by Peter M. Dietsch - The Aquila Report (theaquilareport.com)]
 :—Peter M. Dietsch is pastor of Providence PCA (''[[Presbyterian Church in America]]'') in Midland, Texas. He summarizes '''''Against the Protestant Gnostics''''', by Philip J. Lee.</ref>
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