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Mohler and Yoga: Your Take
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Fred's Wife
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Yoga is HinduismWhat do those who teach Yoga say of themselves?
Sounds like more than exercise to me.
From what I've heard and read, it was just Mohler answering a bunch of people who had asked him about combining "Christian" and "yoga," then a month later Yahoo News found out about it.What's next out of SBTS, an expose of the dangers of the Special Olympics? (They're rooted in GREEK PAGANISM!)
It's not like he's on a crusade, "exposing dangers," or even "attacking yoga," he was just giving opinions and engaging in dialogues, when asked.
Seems even Christians can't do that anymore without other Christians stretching it to extremes and mocking them. Maybe they need some breathing exercises or something [not yoga though]? :tear:
Big thumbs up. There comes a point where much connotation is lost and the activity has a more utilitarian, practical use.
It's good for the body and is more than burning calories, though I'm not sure if Ann's numbers are correct. There are many types of yoga, anyway.
I think I would tend to believe Ann, at least she doesn't seem to make up her facts.
Fred's Wife
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I found this article by Marsha West very informative:
CHRISTIANS TROUBLED WHEN THEY LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT YOGA
By Marsha West
October 16, 2010
NewsWithViews.com
Believers are called to meditate upon the Word of God — an external Word that comes to us by divine revelation — not to meditate by means of incomprehensible syllables.” –Albert Mohler
“All forms of yoga involve occult assumptions, even hatha yoga, which is often presented as a merely physical discipline.” –Douglas Groothuis
Albert Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, got into deep weeds with devotees of “Christian yoga” over his recent article, The Subtle Body -- Should Christians Practice Yoga? Things got worse following his podcast The Meaning of Yoga: A Conversation with Stefanie Syman and Doug Groothuis.
In the interview Douglas Groothuis, who serves as Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary, stated categorically that yoga should not be practiced by those who profess Christ and Dr. Mohler agreed. For this he was called insane, incompetent, stupid, vile, fundamentalist, and perverted. Other names are “best left unrepeated.”
So much for Christian love.
When it comes to practicing yoga Dr. Mohler believes there are contradictions between Christian’s commitments and their embrace of yoga. He wrote:
“The contradictions are not few, nor are they peripheral. The bare fact is that yoga is a spiritual discipline by which the adherent is trained to use the body as a vehicle for achieving consciousness of the divine.”
Many professing Christians choose to ignore the bare facts about yoga. They are not interested in looking to Christ “for all that we need and to obey Christ through obeying his Word” as Mohler suggested, rather they are inclined to participate in Eastern mystical practices such as meditation. Mohler drew attention to what many Christians forget: “We are not called to escape the consciousness of this world by achieving an elevated state of consciousness, but to follow Christ in the way of faithfulness.”
http://www.newswithviews.com/West/marsha204.htm
CHRISTIANS TROUBLED WHEN THEY LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT YOGA
By Marsha West
October 16, 2010
NewsWithViews.com
Believers are called to meditate upon the Word of God — an external Word that comes to us by divine revelation — not to meditate by means of incomprehensible syllables.” –Albert Mohler
“All forms of yoga involve occult assumptions, even hatha yoga, which is often presented as a merely physical discipline.” –Douglas Groothuis
Albert Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, got into deep weeds with devotees of “Christian yoga” over his recent article, The Subtle Body -- Should Christians Practice Yoga? Things got worse following his podcast The Meaning of Yoga: A Conversation with Stefanie Syman and Doug Groothuis.
In the interview Douglas Groothuis, who serves as Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary, stated categorically that yoga should not be practiced by those who profess Christ and Dr. Mohler agreed. For this he was called insane, incompetent, stupid, vile, fundamentalist, and perverted. Other names are “best left unrepeated.”
So much for Christian love.
When it comes to practicing yoga Dr. Mohler believes there are contradictions between Christian’s commitments and their embrace of yoga. He wrote:
“The contradictions are not few, nor are they peripheral. The bare fact is that yoga is a spiritual discipline by which the adherent is trained to use the body as a vehicle for achieving consciousness of the divine.”
Many professing Christians choose to ignore the bare facts about yoga. They are not interested in looking to Christ “for all that we need and to obey Christ through obeying his Word” as Mohler suggested, rather they are inclined to participate in Eastern mystical practices such as meditation. Mohler drew attention to what many Christians forget: “We are not called to escape the consciousness of this world by achieving an elevated state of consciousness, but to follow Christ in the way of faithfulness.”
http://www.newswithviews.com/West/marsha204.htm
I think I would tend to believe Ann, at least she doesn't seem to make up her facts.
Not doubting she has found facts, but there are many different types of yoga practiced. There are also other benefits besides strict calorie burning.