Yes — the New Age movement is a modern return to the same idolatry that began at the Tower of Babel.
Les Feldick teaches that all pagan idolatry began at the Tower of Babel, and the New Age movement is bringing the world back under that same system. Its heart is the claim that man can become his own god, which is just a modern way of exchanging the glory of the true God for images of the creature.
Romans 1:23 — Paul explicitly describes humanity exchanging the glory of God for images of man, birds, animals, and creeping things — the biblical pattern Les identifies in both ancient idolatry and the New Age movement.
Genesis 11:1-9 — This is the Tower of Babel account that Les points to as the historical origin of all pagan idolatry.
Romans 1:23 states plainly what ancient idolatry looked like: "And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things." The verse describes a downward exchange — humanity moved from the true God to images of man, then birds, then animals, then creeping things. Romans 1:24 shows God's response: "Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves." The Genesis account of Babel records how the post-flood generation gathered in the plain of Shinar and set out to build a city and a tower (Genesis 11:1-9). This is the event Les identifies as the starting point of every pagan religion.
Les Feldick consistently traces all idolatry and paganism back to the Tower of Babel. He teaches that when Nimrod gathered the post-flood people in Shinar rather than scattering as God commanded, that was the beginning of all pagan religion — and every cult and world religion since then has its roots there (Clips 1, 3, 5, 7). Romans 1:23, he says, describes the resulting exchange: people changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into images of man, birds, four-footed beasts, and creeping things (Clips 3, 4). He also points out that pagan worship was based on man's innate desire to worship something and was often tied to gross immorality (Clip 2). The New Age movement, Les says, is a modern expression of the same ancient rejection. Its heart and soul is the claim that we can become our own God — and if we can, we do not need the real one (Clip 6).
Les traces every form of pagan idolatry — and every cult and world religion — back to the Tower of Babel. Under Nimrod, the post-flood people rebelled against God's instruction to scatter and instead gathered in the valley of Shinar. That gathering, Les says, was the beginning of all pagan idolatrous religion, and from there paganism permeated the whole human race.
Les says the heart and soul of the New Age movement is the idea that "we can become our own God." The positive thinking movement, he explains, is New Age-ism in disguise. If a person can become his own god, then he has no need for the real God. Les calls this "the mystery of iniquity already at work" and warns that it is exploding and coming into the churches.
Paul describes the beginning of the downward path: humanity changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into images of corruptible man, birds, four-footed beasts, and creeping things. Les says this began at the Tower of Babel and has been downhill ever since. He also notes that Egypt's plagues were each directed against an Egyptian god, showing how far the replacement of true worship had fallen. God's response was to give them up.
Les connects the New Age movement to this ancient course by showing that its central claim — man can become his own god — mirrors the same rejection of the true God described in Romans 1 and rooted at Babel. The New Age movement, in Les's words, is "the mystery of iniquity already at work," a modern recycling of the ancient idolatry that began with Nimrod's tower.
Why God "Gave Them Up" — Romans 1 & the Wrath to Come
And I showed you what a fool was according to Scripture. He's the man or the woman who says no to what God says for us. And that is so typical. You know, I always, whenever I look at verse 22 of Romans 1, I'm always reminded, and I've shared with my classes for over 20 years, I can't help but always think of the Warren Supreme Court.
Origin of All Pagan Religions
Les says every cult and world religion has its roots at the Tower of Babel, where all pagan idolatry began.
Idolatry and Pagan Worship
Les explains that pagan idolatry springs from man's innate desire to worship something and was often combined with gross immorality in temples.
The Downward Exchange
Les shows that Romans 1:23 describes how humanity changed God's glory into images of man, birds, animals, and creeping things, beginning at Babel and going downhill.
Egypt's False Gods
Les points out that in Egypt, the plagues were directed against Egyptian gods, showing how far idolatry had replaced the true God.
Idolatry Spreads From Babel
Les says paganism from the Tower of Babel permeated the whole human race, leaving almost no one with knowledge of the one true God.
New Age Self-Deification
Les identifies the heart of the New Age movement as the belief that we can become our own God, making the real God unnecessary.
Nimrod and the Tower
Les describes how Nimrod's gathering at Babel was a rejection of God's command to scatter and the beginning of all pagan religions.
Romans 1:23: And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
This verse is the scriptural description of humanity exchanging the true God for images of His creatures — the pattern Les sees from ancient idolatry to the New Age movement.
Romans 1:24: Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves.
This shows God's response to idolatry: He gave humanity up to the consequences of their exchange.
Yes, according to Les Feldick. The New Age movement's core belief — that we can become our own God — is a modern expression of the same rejection of the true God that began as idolatry at the Tower of Babel.
Les says all pagan idolatry began at the Tower of Babel under Nimrod, when the post-flood people rebelled against God's command to scatter. From there, paganism spread to the whole human race.
Les says the heart and soul of the New Age movement is the idea that we can become our own God. If that is true, then we do not need the real God.
God's response, as quoted in Romans 1:24, is to give people up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts. This is the consequence of exchanging God's glory for images and false gods.
Watch the Teaching: Why God "Gave Them Up" — Romans 1 & the Wrath to Come