Q10: Dangers of treating positivity/negativity as moral categories — New Age/New Thought origins
Response to question about "happy church" culture where positivity = moral good
Mike identifies the belief that positive thoughts are inherently good and negative thoughts bad as rooted in New Age and New Thought teaching, not Scripture. He warns that applied consistently, this worldview forces rejection of God's judgment, hell, and the exclusivity of Christ. He balances this by noting Philippians 4:8 calls us to think on good things — but wisdom, not blanket positivity, governs that. He shares a personal example of stepping back from his Passion Project content because dwelling on Brian Simmons' errors was making him bitter.
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Joel 2:28-29
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