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Sun Jan-16-05 01:34 PM
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Did you know that Yoga is anti-Christian, voodoo? |
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It is, according to my right-wing Aunt.
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:39 PM
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1. According to my crack-pot father n law |
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Just about about anything that isn't 7th day adventist sponsored is the work of............ SATAN!
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:49 PM
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31. Speaking of Seventh Day Adventists |
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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.
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:39 PM
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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.
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:40 PM
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3. Yes, because it opens the mind to weirdo ancient eastern boogiemen. |
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Obviously.
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I've heard that before.
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:42 PM
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4. sucks when the dogs get off their leash |
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:58 PM
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13. Yeah....it's amazing that these boogiemen that don't exist... |
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...according to the fundies, have the power to take over your mind in a heartbeat.
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:43 PM
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5. Yeah...I heard that one too. My response to that is usually.... |
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...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.
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Sun Jan-16-05 02:08 PM
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:44 PM
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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!
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:52 PM
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12. Uh-huh....that's how they get you. |
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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!
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Sun Jan-16-05 02:06 PM
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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...
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Sun Jan-16-05 02:10 PM
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18. OMG... You Are On Fire! |
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Step back everyone! Liberal Veteran is hot tonight!
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:45 PM
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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.
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:48 PM
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8. These people that believe that are stupid |
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that's all they are, is stupid. Why are there suddenly somany stupid people in the US?
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:14 PM
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24. Stupid people have always been here |
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But now that they feel empowered, they're coming out of the woodwork.
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:57 PM
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33. Perhaps, but they've also multiplied |
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and I blame that on slavish addition to TV, especially Fox
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:49 PM
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9. yep. as is martial arts |
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fundies are wacky, wacky people
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:49 PM
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Sun Jan-16-05 01:51 PM
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11. I was just thinking the same thing |
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I try to do whatever I can to piss off the fundies.
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Sun Jan-16-05 02:01 PM
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14. A Fundie Once Informed Me that Kundalini Yoga is Especially Evil |
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Apparently the fire at the base of the spine that is awakened during kundalini is pure evil :crazy:
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Sun Jan-16-05 02:03 PM
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15. Sounds kinky....I think I'll try it! |
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Sun Jan-16-05 02:11 PM
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19. The primary institutions behind Christianity proclaim themself to be |
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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.
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Sun Jan-16-05 02:14 PM
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20. Did you know that your aunt's head is lodged firmly in her rectum? |
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:09 PM
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21. That's why the Christian thing to do is swill at the trough of... |
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those "all you can eat downhome buffet" places. That mind/body/spirit thing is anti-Christian. "I'm eating garbage for Jesus!"
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:17 PM
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25. The body is the temple of Jesus... |
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...and most people want to have a cathedral!
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Sun Jan-16-05 05:40 PM
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I'll have to file that away for some future verbal smackdown. :D
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:10 PM
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22. I thought this was common knowledge... |
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No one told you? Oh you poor thing.
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:12 PM
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23. Sometimes I feel as if I live in a different dimension than people who |
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think like that. Maybe I do? lol!
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:19 PM
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26. If god wanted people to be limber and fit... |
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....he would have made us double-jointed and not invented Big Macs or deep-fried twinkies!
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:37 PM
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:39 PM
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28. My neigbor told me that not reading your junkmail flyers is unamerican. |
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And she was dead serious about it too.
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:52 PM
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32. I remember a character in a Jerry Lewis film. An old lady |
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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?
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:43 PM
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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.
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Sun Jan-16-05 04:43 PM
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30. Voodoo? Does that mean if I do yoga |
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I can put curses on people and stuff? Cool!
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Sun Jan-16-05 05:26 PM
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34. Because it is akin to "humanism" |
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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.
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