This article is completely ridiculous. Christian mystics (many of them saints) have meditated on Christ for centuries. Physical yoga (aka Hatha Yoga) is, as someone else already said, just stretching. And as a matter of fact, some Eastern philosophies *are* compatible with Christianity. Gautama Buddha, for example, adamantly refused to identify himself as a god. When asked about his views on deities, the Buddha refused to answer, since he said that gods and such had no bearing on the philosophy which he was teaching. It is possible to be a Christian and still follow Buddhist philosophy, as long as you stick with what the Buddha actually said, rather than getting into the centuries of tradion and so forth that were added on later. (In fairness, I don't think it is possible to be both a Hindu and a Christian, since Hindus generally follow several gods. Interestingly, however, some modern Hindus identify Jesus as one of their several gods.)
Thanks HF for posting some sane thoughts.
I could never see the why people get so freaked out by everything.
Then again, I could never see why evolution is such a issue either.
Buddhism adamently supports vegetarianism.
Christianity on the other does not (Judaism has the sacrifice of animals used as a symbol of the redemtive work of Christ.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism#Principles_of_Buddhism
"The ultimate goal of all Buddhists is to attain nirvana, the extinction of all desire, passions and individual identity."
Contrary to Christianity, God gave us "desire" and yearnings for specific things, why should our individual identity be extinct, we were made in the image of God.
I don't have time to go into all the details but here is a good website that will explain Buddhism.
http://www.christiananswers.net/evangelism/beliefs/buddhism.html
I think you may be right since there is no God in Buddhism. But as a Christian, you must acknowledge the existence of God at some point. However, if I am to engage in the philosophy of religion, I prefer the Western tradition since I am a Westerner.
In fairness, I don't think it is possible to be both a Hindu and a Christian, since Hindus generally follow several gods. Interestingly, however, some modern Hindus identify Jesus as one of their several gods.
There are some compelling arguments that Krishna did not appear in Hinduism until Christianity reached India. Also, of all major contemporary religions, Hinduism is the only one that has the concept of the incarnation of God, although as a polytheistic religion there is not one unique incarnation but rather many. Still, I think there are more lines of contact between Christianity and Hinduism that most people would be willing to acknowledge.