New Thought Church

[Taosaur]

Has anyone had experience with (or even heard of) the New Thought movement? I'm trawling craigslist for roommates right now and one candidate mentioned that she attends a New Thought church. It appears to be basically a New Age movement dating from Victorian times, and I'm a little surprised I never came across it before. In some ways, it seems like a cousin of Unitarian Universalism (I sometimes attend UU services), deriving from but not dominated by Protestant Christian roots and having an interfaith approach, but I get the impression they take themselves pretty seriously on the mind-body healing issue. I can agree with their subjective idealism in principle, but it does not necessarily follow that thinking nice thoughts can reliably reshape reality.

[Xei]

Yeah, whenever I see that I wonder if the person espousing it has ever even tried setting themselves a goal and striving to attain it (instead of just sitting around waiting for good things to happen to them). In my experience, it can have some pretty astounding effects.

[DrunkenArse]

As long as she understands that you would prefer her to use manifestation methods other than positive thought to pay the rent, it could be entertaining.