Teilhardism And The New Religion [Paperback]

Dr. Wolfgang Smith (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2009

Teilhardian ideas are at the root of the ""new religion"" laying waste the Catholic Church today. This brilliant scientist, mathematician and philosopher shows Teilhard's theory of the physical and spiritual evolution of all things (including God) to be scientifically fraudulent and philosophically impossible. Also explodes the theory of biological evolution. Absolutely refutes the notion that Catholic teaching should evolve in order to keep up with science. A brilliant work! 272 pgs, PB

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• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: TAN Books and Publishers (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895553155
• ISBN-13: 978-0895553157
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exposing the deception within of TdC's philosophy, December 20, 2009

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This book helped me in two ways. At a time in my life when I was going through a particularly Calvinistic period where Catholic intellectualism was an oxymoron, Smith opened my eyes to the fact that not only not all of "those who are called by My Name" are His but also some of those who we may think are NOT His, are His! Having viewed the wreckage of the world post Darwin and the associated 'morality' brought about almost entirely by the proponents of evolution it was good to hear from within Catholicism, a strong critique of a man who can at best be described as a charletain and at worst, a pawn of the enemy. Bad enough that TdC is associated with both Peking Man and the great Piltdown Man fraud (an exercise some geologists seem to revert to periodically to either encourage funding or to help 'prove' their theories) which was a stumbling block to the truth, but worse, his New Age ideas that we are somehow nearing a noetic point where we shall discover our own divinity is the kind of anti Christian nonsense which has bewitched generations. As someone trying to understand God's Truth outside the framework of organized religion, this book let me into the mind of a wise man who walked the path, long before I did. I would recommend this book to anyone who in the cold light of day realizes he (or she) was never, is not, and will never be a god, merely a creature seeking his maker's face. Is the book perfect? No. Is it definitive? No. But it will help you on your way. Others have written more erudite reviews of this book ([...]) but one thing is certain. Evolution and Christianity are eternally and utterly irreconcilable. God could not have used evolution to bring man from amoeba to homo sapiens for evolution (of whatever kind you wish to espouse) requires death to be the linkage mechanism between evolutionary stages. The Bible clearly states that death entered the world through sin and death was not included in the pre-fall creation about which God declared everything to be "very good. Any creationist student wishing to add an arrow to his or her quiver will not be disappointed by this book. Any theistic evolutionist should read this and revisit his or her beliefs.

4.0 out of 5 stars A CRITICAL "CATHOLIC" STUDY OF TEILHARD AND EVOLUTION (circa 1988), October 21, 2011

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This review is from: Teilhardism And The New Religion (Paperback)

Wolfgang Smith has held faculty positions at M.I.T. and UCLA, and served as Professor of Mathematics at Oregon State University for many years.

He wrote in the Preface to this 1988 book, "the present work is intended, not just as a critique of a particular thinker, but primarily as a contemporary exposition of perennial truth. It... seeks to promote a deeper understanding of orthodox Christian doctrine. The problematic of the Teilhardian system serves mainly as a point of departure..."

Here are some additional quotations from the book:

"(Teilhard's) less-than-orthodox theological opinions, however, especially with reference to Original Sin, led to the termination of this employment and his de facto exile to China." (Pg. xi)
"Evolution, according to Teilhard de Chardin, is a directed process: it proceeds from the material to the spiritual. The basic idea is simple: 'All that exists is matter becoming spirit.' But how? That is the question. How do material particles give birth to life, consciousness and intelligence?" (Pg. 42)
"And there is another point to be made. Souls do not (nay, cannot) evolve; they are created. They come into existence, not by a slow and groping process, but instantly, all at once, in the indivisible moment in which God created the cosmos and its 'times.'" (Pg. 47)
"It is literally true that Teilhard has deified evolution... (he) was presumably the first to be totally possessed by the concept, the first to be fully intoxicated, as it were, with the new wine." (Pg. 219)

8 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Monitum 2007, April 20, 2007

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P. Bentley (New Malden, England) - See all my reviews
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This book was published nearly twenty years ago, so it's a bit late in the day for a First Customer Review - but then Nature abhors a vacuum, so here goes.

"Teilhardism and the New Religion" by Wolfgang Smith is a full-blooded attack on Teilhard de Chardin; indeed back in 1988 the blurb claimed that "widespread circulation and reading of this book will easily be the coup de grace for Teilhardism". Well now - in 2007 Teilhardism is very much alive and kicking (try googling), and both Cardinal Ratzinger and Pope John Paul II have quoted Fr. Teilhard S.J. with admiration in their writings. And Cardinal Hume used to give copies of "Le Milieu Divin" to friends and acquaintances.

Possibly readers of this book were put off by two sins, one of omission, one of commission, on the very first page, headed "About Teilhard de Chardin".

Sin of Omission: in his summary of Teilhard's life from his birth in 1881 to 1922 the author mentions that Teilhard "developed his paleontological interests" when he went to Egypt (aged 24), but fails to mention that Teilhard's ruling passion from childhood onwards was geology. Smith only tells us that in 1922, "for a brief period he taught geology at the Catholic Institute". In fact Teilhard was Professor of Geology at the Institute, and was elected President of the French Geological Society.

Sin of Commission: Smith says, "His less-than-orthodox theological opinions, however, especially with reference to Original Sin, led to the termination of this employment and his de facto exile to China. Thus, in 1923, Teilhard came to Tientsin..." Wrong. Teilhard visited China in 1923, stayed for 16 months, returned and continued teaching at the Catholic Institute. It was in 1925 that his licence to teach at the Institute was revoked. 1925, not 1923. He returned to China in 1926.

And Wolfgang Smith at the time of writing was Professor of Mathematics at Oregon State University! One feels for his students... 2 + 2 = 5... 7 - 3 = 14...

Handle this book with sugar tongs.

Paul Bentley