{"id":68293,"date":"2024-06-08T16:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T21:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=68293"},"modified":"2024-06-08T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T21:31:07","slug":"does-the-cia-gateway-process-interfere-with-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-the-cia-gateway-process-interfere-with-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the CIA Gateway Process interfere with Christianity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Question:<\/h2>\n

Does the CIA Gateway process interfere with Christianity?<\/p>\n\t

Answer:<\/h2>\n

I had no idea what this was, so I glanced through a few sources. In 1983, Wayne M. McDonnell, a Lieutenant Cornel in the U.S. Army, gave the CIA a paper claiming to have a procedure “to help people access the intuitive knowledge of the universe, as well as travel in time and commune with other-dimensional beings.” It was dressed up in scientific terminology and was called the Gateway Process. “The Gateway Process was originally the brainchild of radio producer Robert Monroe, who in the 1970s studied the effects of certain sound patterns on human consciousness.”<\/p>\n

Notice that this document lacks credibility. The sources are not scientists, but they use scientific-sounding statements to make outlandish claims that are straight out of new-age religions. “McDonnell packaged the document in physical science lingo to avoid any unwanted connections to the occult.” However, the lingo doesn’t change what it claims. It just makes the gullible more likely to accept it. “McDonnell blithely layers accepted physics theories on top of statements so unsubstantiated that they sound made-up.” That is because they were made up. Toward the end of the document, McDonnell “makes a sharp turn from spiritual ideas dressed in scientific language to explicit religious doctrine.” It promotes the new-age religious idea that the universe is a consciousness that people can tap into. It is nothing more than pantheism dressed up with scientific language.<\/p>\n

These foolish ideas don’t interfere with Christianity. Christianity exists on a foundation of truth presented in the Bible. Those who accept Christ’s doctrine will quickly recognize this “Gateway Process” is a false belief. See “Pantheism and Deism<\/a>.” Such false ideas will draw the gullible, as Paul warned.<\/p>\n

“And with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness<\/em>” (II Thessalonians 2:10-12).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Footnote:<\/h3>\n

All quotes about the Gateway Process paper are from Susan Lahey, “The CIA’s Secret Plan to Build a Laser Beam Powered by the Human Mind<\/a>,”\u00a0Popular Mechanics<\/em>, 30 May 2023.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: Does the CIA Gateway process interfere with Christianity? Answer: I had no idea what this was, so I glanced through a few sources. In 1983, Wayne M. McDonnell, a Lieutenant Cornel in the U.S. Army, gave the CIA a paper claiming to have a procedure “to help people access the intuitive knowledge of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[34,378,1438],"class_list":["post-68293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-false-teaching","tag-new-age","tag-pantheism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25213,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-there-any-scientific-evidence-that-christianity-is-the-true-religion\/","url_meta":{"origin":68293,"position":0},"title":"Is there any scientific evidence that Christianity is the true religion?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am not a Christian! But I have been thinking about that religion. I would like to know more about Christianity. Is there any scientific evidence that Christianity is the true religion? And didn't the church oppose science some centuries back? Thanks. Answer: \"Scientific evidence is the result of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":50018,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-lifelong-process\/","url_meta":{"origin":68293,"position":1},"title":"A Lifelong Process","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Raymond Warfel","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94555,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-truth-about-god-and-science\/","url_meta":{"origin":68293,"position":2},"title":"The Truth About God and Science","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Buddy Payne interviewed by Andy Diestelkamp via InLight Media Are faith and science in conflict? Does science disprove God? And can you believe in both Christianity and modern science without compromising your faith? In this long-form interview, we sit down with Dr. Buddy Payne, a Harvard-educated science professor, to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Video"","block_context":{"text":"Video","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/video\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70688,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-hate-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":68293,"position":3},"title":"I Hate Death","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores I hate death. Yet, it's all around us. My office is in a building across the street from a city cemetery, and it's not unusual to see mourners sitting and weeping at the graves of their loved ones days, weeks, and even months after they've passed from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/death-300x200.avif","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":621,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-mark-169-20-genuine\/","url_meta":{"origin":68293,"position":4},"title":"Is Mark 16:9-20 genuine?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 11, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does\u00a0Mark 16:9-20\u00a0really belong in our Bibles? Answer: \"Is Mark 16:9-20 Spurious or Genuine?\" by Howard See is an excellent review of the question.\u00a0 For details on the question, see\u00a0The Authenticity of Mark 16:9-20\u00a0by Jim Snapp. \"Some Bible scholars doubt the authenticity of 16:9-20, insisting that Mark did not write\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":90995,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/irrational-unbelief\/","url_meta":{"origin":68293,"position":5},"title":"Irrational Unbelief","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Perry Hall When speaking with Atheists and Agnostics, a common complaint is, \"When I read the Bible, I see a God that does things that I don't agree with such as....\" So their reason for unbelief is that they don't like the evidence! How would that thinking work in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}