KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

This cultural undertow has begun to overflow as the New Age begins to engage in flagellation. The pages of the best-selling The Aquarian Conspiracy promote "shamanistic trances generated by. . .self-flagellation."26 Americans pursuing the path of Zen Buddhism have felt the painful blows of the keisaku stick inflicted during meditation to the 'Merciful Mother '.27 Rolfing retreats reportedly sound like "torture chambers" with "screams, shrieks, and murderous screams"— as New Age participants seek "structural integration."28 Like their effeminate counterparts in the cult of Diana, today's sauna bath devotees have also adopted the practice of "scourging with twigs. "29 Not only the New Age, but today's major religions stage festivals which gauge the globes misdirected asceticism.

Moslems : The Festival of Srinagar parades Shiite Moslems beating their bodies with chains to reenact the martyrdom of their Husain.30 Catholic : The Festival of the Madonna of the Arch near Naples parades self-flagellating/tt/e/ifz. Social scientists observed first aid stations erected for the care of over 25,000.31

Hindu : The Festival of Jugannath in Puri is marked by devotees who fall beneath the carts carrying the idols.32 New bible versions have adopted this pagan doctrine that, "[Tjhrough self-torture and self-denial one can discipline himself to reach a high state, spiritually. "33 NIV: "I beat my body." I Cor. 9:27 Living Bible : "I punish my body and treat it rouahlv." I Cor. 9:27 NASB: "I buffet my body." I Cor. 9:27 None of the Greek words for "beat" (dero, tupto, proskopto, prosregnumi, or rhabdizo) are in the sentence; nor is the word