[Future Snake Eater]

I agree, but the nonsense being touted on this thread ("if you do yoga, you're worshiping Hindu gods") is what drives unbelievers away. They'd rather risk damnation (if that's even a thing since, as far as they're concerned, it may well not be) than be like THOSE people.

And it's a hard argument to beat since so many Christians are so down with showing their collective asses over the most paltry garbage.

[bar sin·is·ter]

Those who fear stretching as a path to damnation, are themselves, insecure in their own faith.

[reasonisfaith]

It’s certainly possible to think of yoga as stretching, which has about a fifty year history.

But on the other hand it’s also possible to think of yoga as worshipping Hindu gods, and this has a tradition spanning five thousand years.

Against Christian believers, Hindu gods have less power than a piece of dust has against Mount Everest. But why should pastors keep the religious identity of yoga hidden from church members?