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11-09-2011, 08:04 PM
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Yoga=evil?
I been doing chanting yoga as well as sahaja yoga for some time now. And i mentioned it at church the other day. Somehow it got round to the pastior and they told me yoga is against the bible. Im dumbfounded by this.
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11-09-2011, 08:21 PM
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I don't know how to respond, I never heard of this. Is there any bible
verses on it??? I'm confused :/
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11-09-2011, 08:28 PM
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How could it be? That does not make sense, maybe he just doesn't like yoga lol
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11-09-2011, 08:43 PM
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Master
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It sounds like superstitious nonsense.
I went to a regular doc once and he had a book about the 'evils' of Chiropractic services. Un-believable.
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11-09-2011, 09:00 PM
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I guess if it's remotely spiritual and it's not to do with faith in God then maybe it's a no no as far as Christianity is concerned. Perhaps it's because it's roots are in Eastern philosophy or spirituality ??
Last edited by Lazarus72 : 11-09-2011 at 10:03 PM.
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11-09-2011, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by telepathkid
I been doing chanting yoga as well as sahaja yoga for some time now. And i mentioned it at church the other day. Somehow it got round to the pastior and they told me yoga is against the bible. Im dumbfounded by this.
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telepathkid - That's probably because "yoga" origins predate Christ and so it's possible a Christian faith does not understand it and lack of understanding is often transformed into defensive statements such as "it's not in the Bible."
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11-09-2011, 09:07 PM
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Master
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Originally Posted by blackraven
telepathkid - That's probably because "yoga" origins predate Christ and so it's possible a Christian faith does not understand it and lack of understanding is often transformed into defensive statements such as "it's not in the Bible."
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Exactly.
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11-09-2011, 09:41 PM
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Just about everything is evil in the bible if you take the bible literally, what a horrible place their so called heaven must be, or would be if it was real.
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A belief system is nothing but poison to your capacity to understand. Good words are used to hide ugly things. – Osho
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11-09-2011, 09:56 PM
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Well I guess hell is gonna be full of really flexible people with great breath control ;)
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11-09-2011, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by telepathkid
I been doing chanting yoga as well as sahaja yoga for some time now. And i mentioned it at church the other day. Somehow it got round to the pastior and they told me yoga is against the bible. Im dumbfounded by this.
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Well, the Bible doesn't explicitly forbid yoga. But yoga is a foreign (to Christianity) spiritual practice. Even though western yoga has been secularized and cleaned up for most secularist/not-particularly-religious people; it's still based upon principles and trappings that come from Hindu cultures. Bhakti Yoga in particular is one with distantly religious overtones that aren't Christian. |
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