"Yoga can be dangerous to Christians' faith"

[JohnnyLib2]

so sayeth Louisville's Southern Baptist Seminary president, Albert Mohler.

www.courier-journal.com/article/20100921/FEATURES10/309210079/1008/NEWS01/Yoga+can+be+dangerous+to+Christians++faith++says+Louisville+s+Southern+Baptist+Seminary+President




This would be amusing, except that Mohler is quite influential and will probably start a move to run yoga classes out of churches.
:banghead: :crazy: :wow:

[Deep13]

1. Good. Anything that challenges faith is a good thing. nt

[Brickbat]

2. I've seen churches offer "Christian yoga" or "Christian flexibility classes" so people don't get

freaked out by the whole mental/spiritual side of yoga. Quite a few churches frown on it because they see it as a spiritual movement.

[Blue_Tires]

6. Much has also been written about x-tian martial arts courses

without those pesky eastern heathen influences...

[pinboy3niner]

11. Janine Turner markets 'Christoga'...

Christoga
"Yoga Filled Body - Christ Filled Soul"

[salvorhardin]

24. Oh, my. That's right. I must have blocked that out of my memory.

I used to have such a crush on Janine Turner when she was on Northern Exposure so it was a shock to see she's come to this. Far right wing nutter too if I remember right.

And seriously, what's with the hair? Is there some kind of religious covenant that requires people selling stuff to Christians to get their hair molded into helmets and infused with plastic?

[pinboy3niner]

25. Prolly spent too much time out in those woods and got Northern Overexposed

As for the hair, every Christian Crusader needs a good, strong helmet to do battle with violent heathen meditators. :)

[MilesColtrane]

26. It's not Yoga, it's ChrisToga.

And, that's not a Cameltoe, its a Gospeloe.

[pinboy3niner]

28. ...

:spray:

:rofl:

[NashVegas]

14. Also Known As "Pilates"

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

20. Ouch!

Did you have to go THERE? :(

[MilesColtrane]

27. That's "Pontius Pilates", and it's obviously of THE DEVIL.

They had to change the name.

[hatrack]

3. Yes, because there's nothing that makes Baby Jesus cry more than Downward Dog . . . .

Unless, of course, it's being able to touch your toes while standing.

:silly:

[Solly Mack]

4. Before I read it..let me guess...too much like dancing?

LMAO

[Sal Minella]

7. Well, some of those poses, I mean, they way people contort

their bodies, I mean, it looks like they could be led into thinking about touching themselves . . .

[Solly Mack]

9. Thou Shalt Not Lick Thyself

It makes the rest of us jealous.

[Sal Minella]

16. See, even talking about Yoga leads to impure thoughts.

It certainly shouldn't be allowed near any schools or churches or other places where young people might hear about it.

[Solly Mack]

19. Teehee

[salvorhardin]

5. Yoga For Christians

There are already people selling "Christ-centered yoga" to Christians. http://www.christianyoga.us/about_vid.htm

[Sal Minella]

13. The "Nailed and Hanging" position is one of the more popular

one would assume???

Wonder if there's an "Easter Morning" pose leading to levitation.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

21. Oh come on!

Crucifixion jokes?? You really wouldn't think that was all that funny if you had been there.

And just for the record, neither I or My Dad have anything against yoga. Or yogurt. Or Yoda, for that matter.

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. I had a doctor tell me that yoga is a cult.

I used to do a lot of yoga and I was really surprised that someone actually believed something like that. He was an allergist.

[kwassa]

10. The rector of my church has been a yoga devotee for 25 years

and teaches free classes in yoga to the congregation.

I'll let him know about the danger.

[woodsprite]

15. Our Presby church offers Tai Chi classes.

Guess that wouldn't fly down south.

[Sal Minella]

18. If it was decent for decent people, it wouldn't have a dirty-sounding

foreign name like that. Tie what? I mean, I've heard about the handcuffs and ballgags and things some innocent people get led into.

[FSogol]

12. Many of the Churches around here offer "Christian Yoga"

:shrug:

[AsahinaKimi]

17. so basically

Anything Asian~Religion related is bad, unless they can copy it and make it their own Christian thing.. Can you say Hypocrisy


meh! .. double meh! ばかやっる!

[galileoreloaded]

22. "Encouragement !"-Carlos Ponce as "Salvadore".......n/t

[ensho]

23. the subject line has me lol and the replys lol

the religiously insane are nuts

[Amaril]

29. Wow. Christian faith sure is a fragile thing

Everything seems to be a danger to it -- books, movies, yoga, same-sex marriage, not having HUGE ten commandment monuments in public places, saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas", etc., etc., etc.

[Vinca]

30. I remember when my late father got involved with the fundies,

they had him believing there was something eeeeeeeeeevvvviiiilllllll about transcendental meditation. Suddenly, to my father, one of my uncles became a devil worshipper. It was truly bizarre.

[Roland99]

31. Al Mohler is a Grade-A Asshat of a fucking pudknocker douchebag

Remember Justice Sunday? When Sen. Bill Fristian was getting involved in churches re: the Supreme Court justice confirmations?

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/almohlerhighviewbaptist.htm