Did you know that Yoga is anti-Christian, voodoo?

[Gothic Sponge]

It is, according to my right-wing Aunt.

:eyes:

[Ernesto]

1. According to my crack-pot father n law

Just about about anything that isn't 7th day adventist sponsored is the work of............ SATAN!

[neebob]

31. Speaking of Seventh Day Adventists

My grandpa, who died in 1972, said there were some Seventh Day Adventists in the hospital, trying to get him, just before he died. It was weird because his family was Mormon and he was an atheist. Why he thought the Seventh Day Adventists were after him is a mystery. I remember this because I had never heard of Seventh Day Adventists. My grandma thought they were interns for some reason.

[burythehatchet]

2. yep, sure did

driving through tennessee one afternoon I tried to find something to listen to. God was on every station, and the hatemonger was talking about the evils of yoga, eastern philosophy, Hinduism, Buddhism, and, by inference, Taoism, Shinto and any other great tradition of the East.

His words did little to help me understand his beliefs in God, because all he talked about was the wickedness of everyone not like him.

[tjdee]

3. Yes, because it opens the mind to weirdo ancient eastern boogiemen.

Obviously.

:crazy:

I've heard that before.

[burythehatchet]

4. sucks when the dogs get off their leash

[Liberal Veteran]

13. Yeah....it's amazing that these boogiemen that don't exist...

...according to the fundies, have the power to take over your mind in a heartbeat.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Yeah...I heard that one too. My response to that is usually....

...if yoga is anti-Christian because of its culture of origin, then the Olympic Games must be anti-Christian because the games were originally created to honor the Greek God's of Olympus.

[arwalden]

17. Excellent Point.

[msgadget]

6. Yep,

a religious acquaintance got a stern look in his eye when I suggested a couple yoga moves to ease his lower back strain. He was about to launch into a lecture when I reminded him he'd just be STRETCHING, not seeking alternate enlightenment!

[Liberal Veteran]

12. Uh-huh....that's how they get you.

Sucker you in for "stretching" and next thing you know you'll be handing out flowers and booklets at the airport.

Just like baptists sucker you in with their "suppers". Watch out! There's a hook in that food!

Tee-hee!

[msgadget]

16. LOL!

It's gone beyond suppers, they're hosting good, clean teen parties and marriage retreats these days. I gotta admit, I could really go for one of those Baptist suppers though...

[arwalden]

18. OMG... You Are On Fire!

Step back everyone! Liberal Veteran is hot tonight!

[benddem]

7. What cracks me up is

when right wing nuts call Hinduism, Buddhism, etc
NEW AGE...I don't suppose it has ever occured to them that these religions are much older than Christianity.

[EstimatedProphet]

8. These people that believe that are stupid

that's all they are, is stupid. Why are there suddenly somany stupid people in the US?

[Elidor]

24. Stupid people have always been here

But now that they feel empowered, they're coming out of the woodwork.

[EstimatedProphet]

33. Perhaps, but they've also multiplied

and I blame that on slavish addition to TV, especially Fox

[curse10]

9. yep. as is martial arts

fundies are wacky, wacky people

[HEyHEY]

10. TIme to take up yoga

[Blue Gardener]

11. I was just thinking the same thing

I try to do whatever I can to piss off the fundies.

[Sporadicus]

14. A Fundie Once Informed Me that Kundalini Yoga is Especially Evil

Apparently the fire at the base of the spine that is awakened during kundalini is pure evil :crazy:

[Liberal Veteran]

15. Sounds kinky....I think I'll try it!

:)

[Az]

19. The primary institutions behind Christianity proclaim themself to be

the one true path to salvation. Any other teaching is just a work of Satan.

What it really boils down to is competing mental constructs. Some are more open ended and can coexist with others. Some are predatory and exclusionary. They see any other idea as threatening and seek to drive them out.

[NightTrain]

20. Did you know that your aunt's head is lodged firmly in her rectum?

Christ almighty....

[mitchum]

21. That's why the Christian thing to do is swill at the trough of...

those "all you can eat downhome buffet" places. That mind/body/spirit thing is anti-Christian.
"I'm eating garbage for Jesus!"

[Liberal Veteran]

25. The body is the temple of Jesus...

...and most people want to have a cathedral!

[tanyev]

36. Oh, that's good.

I'll have to file that away for some future verbal smackdown. :D

[Tweed]

22. I thought this was common knowledge...

No one told you? Oh you poor thing.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. Sometimes I feel as if I live in a different dimension than people who

think like that. Maybe I do? lol!

[Liberal Veteran]

26. If god wanted people to be limber and fit...

....he would have made us double-jointed and not invented Big Macs or deep-fried twinkies!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. lol! Too funny! :)

AMY

[maveric]

28. My neigbor told me that not reading your junkmail flyers is unamerican.

And she was dead serious about it too.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

32. I remember a character in a Jerry Lewis film. An old lady

who believed you had to do EVERYTHING advertising told her to, and switched using different products at 30-second intervals in front of the TV. Anyone remember that?

[billyskank]

29. Well, you know

yoga actually means to join yourself with God. It's not supposed to be mere exercises. There are many ways to do this, which is why there are many types of yoga: karma yoga, jnana yoga, raja yoga, hatha yoga, bhakti yoga. Since these come from India I can see why some would say that it is anti-Christian, although I would say non-Christain myself rather than anti-Christian.

[Downtown Hound]

30. Voodoo? Does that mean if I do yoga

I can put curses on people and stuff? Cool!

[DawgHouse]

34. Because it is akin to "humanism"

This is what I was always taught. Basically, anything that relies on YOU instead of God is considered "humanist" and is anti-Christian. Same thing for any thing that is self-help oriented. The reasoning is that you are putting your faith and trust in something else or in yourself instead of relying on God. Don't flame me - I'm just telling you what some believe.

[Cooper]

35. it figures. n/t

n/t