Posted on 10/09/2010 5:03:58 AM PDT by GonzoII
Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler says yoga is not a Christian practice.
In an online essay, Dr. Mohler wrote that he's surprised at the number of Christians who embrace it and is asking Christians to avoid it.
He says the stretching and meditative discipline derived from Eastern religions is not a Christian pathway to God.
Mohler said he objects to "the idea that the body is a vehicle for reaching consciousness with the divine."
"That's just not Christianity," Mohler told The Associated Press.
CBN News spoke with psychologist and author Dr. Linda Mintle about yoga and whether its emphasis on spirituality goes against Christian beliefs. Click play for her comments, following an updated report with CBN News' Mark Martin.
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>> Maybe he needs to also inform his flock that both Christmas and Easter were set on holy days for pagans too.<<
LOL Ive done that. It gets a little tense let me tell ya!!
This thread is getting hysterically funny.
No chanting. Our teachers are Christian.
There are yoga studios that chant to gods and goddesses asking for all kinds of things. That’s Hindu.
God bless you all.
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For the many nitwits who lump Yoga in with exercise and stretching, I’d strongly recommend reading Aleister Crowley’s Eight Meditations on Yoga. That should wake up any spiritually discerning Christians to what the real point of Yoga is. It is a spiritual exercise, designed to “enlighten” the participant, and likely open them up to demonic influence.
Meditation is a religious practice. So don’t discount Mohler’s concern about Yoga.
I seriously doubt that it’s listening to God. It’s getting in touch with and listening to your own subconscious mind, and since all have sinned, that doesn’t seem like such a wise thing to do.
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