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“pray for the Messenger that he may have the strength and the courage and the assistance to bring the New Message into the world, to navigate the difficulties that will surely arise regarding this. That those of us who are called to assist him will respond, for he alone cannot undertake such a great mission.” (Messenger's Prayer) | “pray for the Messenger that he may have the strength and the courage and the assistance to bring the New Message into the world, to navigate the difficulties that will surely arise regarding this. That those of us who are called to assist him will respond, for he alone cannot undertake such a great mission.” (Messenger's Prayer) | ||
| − | The New Message from God, a new religious movement from the United States of America, | + | The New Message from God, a new religious movement from the United States of America, originates from the teachings and pronouncements of [[Marshall Vian Summers]]. Adherents to The New Message from God regard the work and person of Marshall Vian Summers on the order of the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, but with the difference that the revelation purported to have been received by Summers is recorded on tape and then transcribed as never before. Key components of the revelation, mostly attributed to a divine source, include teachings in The Way of Knowledge, warnings about an extraterrestrial incursion upon Earth called the Intervention and pronouncements about the future involving global upheaval and interaction between the human race and off-planet races from the sector called the Greater Community. |
The publications from The New Message from God | The publications from The New Message from God | ||
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:Huffingtonpost.com | :Huffingtonpost.com | ||
:write to the academic experts listed on the "New Religious Movements" page to inform them of the NMFG, keep a record here of those contacted | :write to the academic experts listed on the "New Religious Movements" page to inform them of the NMFG, keep a record here of those contacted | ||
| + | :9/28/12: emailed Timothy Miller, J. Gordon Melton | ||
;Ask international students to contact media | ;Ask international students to contact media | ||
Revision as of 04:17, 13 October 2012
“pray for the Messenger that he may have the strength and the courage and the assistance to bring the New Message into the world, to navigate the difficulties that will surely arise regarding this. That those of us who are called to assist him will respond, for he alone cannot undertake such a great mission.” (Messenger's Prayer)
The New Message from God, a new religious movement from the United States of America, originates from the teachings and pronouncements of Marshall Vian Summers. Adherents to The New Message from God regard the work and person of Marshall Vian Summers on the order of the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, but with the difference that the revelation purported to have been received by Summers is recorded on tape and then transcribed as never before. Key components of the revelation, mostly attributed to a divine source, include teachings in The Way of Knowledge, warnings about an extraterrestrial incursion upon Earth called the Intervention and pronouncements about the future involving global upheaval and interaction between the human race and off-planet races from the sector called the Greater Community.
The publications from The New Message from God
tasks for getting The New Message from God Wikipedia page to stick
- Learn to edit Wikipedia
- Get a Wikipedia username.
- Get to know Wikipedia.
- Compose a 5-sentence, objective description of the New Message from God
- Find 3-5 citations for each sentence--any statement that can be supported by a citation is best
- Include the words "Messenger," "Prophet of God," "New Knowledge Library," "New Religious Movement" "Religous Leaders" or "Leaders of Religions" with links
- Format the article and the citations on this page; copy over to user page on Wikipedia and delete from this page when ready to post on Wikipedia
- Think about posting from a computer that is not located in Boulder, CO
- Compile the citations
- look for the write-up in The Onion A/V Club
- look for Joe Mantalvo's Wake-up interview
- look for Goddiscussion interview
- include blogs: Tyyne's, Reeds, Gina's, Ellen Rosenthal's, Joyanne's, Douglas's on beliefnet.com
- include Joyanne's interviews
- review the citations on the "Marshall Vian Summers" page--are they still good? are any of them useful here?
- Actively pursue recognition from media and academic voices
- V. Diaz's brother in Mexico--follow up?
- Examiner.com
- Huffingtonpost.com
- write to the academic experts listed on the "New Religious Movements" page to inform them of the NMFG, keep a record here of those contacted
- 9/28/12: emailed Timothy Miller, J. Gordon Melton
- Ask international students to contact media
- esp. prior to Marshall's travels and other NMFG events abroad
- Begin composing a page for New Knowledge Library?