New Age Spirituality-Religious people, what are your opinions?

[Nellina]

This is a question reverse of what is commonly asked. I'm asking religious people what they feel about a "Spiritual, Astrological" path VS Looking up to "God and Jesus and the Church".

The New Age Movement is in a class by itself. Unlike most formal religions, it has no holy text, central organization, membership, formal clergy, geographic center, dogma, creed, etc. They often use mutually exclusive definitions for some of their terms. The New Age is in fact a free-flowing spiritual movement; a network of believers and practitioners who share somewhat similar beliefs and practices, which they add on to whichever formal religion that they follow. Their book publishers take the place of a central organization; seminars, conventions, books and informal groups replace of sermons and religious services.
The New Age is definitely a heterogeneous movement of individuals; most graft some new age beliefs onto their regular religious affiliation. Recent surveys of US adults indicate that many Americans hold at least some new age beliefs:

8% believe in astrology as a method of foretelling the future
7% believe that crystals are a source of healing or energizing power
9% believe that Tarot Cards are a reliable base for life decisions
about 1 in 4 believe in a non-traditional concept of the nature of God which are often associated with New Age thinking: 11% believe that God is "a state of higher consciousness that a person may reach"
8% define God as "the total realization of personal, human potential"
3% believe that each person is God
Sorry guys I should have been more clear, these are not my words but my questions on other peoples opinions to this subject.... the site I got this from is...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/newage.htm
just so people understand I'm not "Copeying" i just wanted people to read what I read and give what they feel, if this is something a religious person would consider as a new form of looking at things.
But Joan, you can see the stars clear as day! Where is Christ? In my heart?.... :-S
Very cool Miss Cammi! I like the optomistic side of you, not crushings either or, but a happy medium :-)
Why not??? I think it would make more sence too, have faith in ALL aspects, then no matter what, even if your wrong in one way, you could be right in another. Since no one really knows anything anyway, better to be safe then sorry, instead of closing your mind off to ONE possibility!