Christian Yoga? It's a Stretch...(Is Yoga Demonic? Yes, it is.)

[eduardo89]

Depends on which church you go to. I know evangelicals who have never danced because they were taught it's a sin. There are also some groups/churches that have taught hugging or kissing before marriage is a sin.

Which is ridiculous. There is dancing in the Bible

Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Judges 11:34
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.


Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

1 Samuel 18:6
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.

1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Samuel 29:5
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands,and David his ten thousands?

1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

2 Samuel 6:16
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

1 Chronicles 15:29
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

Psalm 30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Psalm 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Psalm 150:4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Luke 15:25
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Oh and hugging and kissing as well

Acts 20:37

They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.

 

[Indy Vidual]

Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name

I said yoga was demonic...

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Which is ridiculous. There is dancing in the Bible



Oh and hugging and kissing as well

 

[eduardo89]

They are going to Hell. There is no way that makes it into Heaven.

 

[Jeremy]

Depends on which church you go to. I know evangelicals who have never danced because they were taught it's a sin. There are also some groups/churches that have taught hugging or kissing before marriage is a sin.

Sounds rather cultish.

 

[The Northbreather]

Sorry whoever wrote that is a child in an adult body still reciting Sunday school stories like their truth.


He needs to grow up and stop leading others to ridiculous falsehoods and false teachings.

Amen to that.

 

[The Northbreather]

Stay away from these demons. Sheesh.



Thank for neg reppin the new guy for disagreeing with you eduardo. I would like to say that as a new person around here that what attracts me to the libertarian philosophy is the idea that we are tolorant to to a person to LIVE IN WHAT EVER MANNER THEY CHOSE. This thread is becoming creepier than Rick Santorum to me.

 

[Southron]

I personally drink, but I understand that for many people drinking is an addiction which is a sin. Also smoking is a sin if you let it enslave you. Same goes for gambling. Dancing can be sinful if it's purpose is to incite lust.

But to outlaw those all I think is ridiculous. Particularly dancing and drinking, especially when Jesus drank alcohol!!!

Man, I have had a time trying to defend moderate use of alcohol where I live in NC. It's very painful to be accused of living in sin because I like an occasional beer, especially from people I know well.

 

[eduardo89]

Stay away from these demons. Sheesh.

http://youtu.be/sJMpg9EBeUI

Thank for neg reppin the new guy for disagreeing with you eduardo. I would like to say that as a new person around here that what attracts me to the libertarian philosophy is the idea that we are tolorant to to a person to LIVE IN WHAT EVER MANNER THEY CHOSE. This thread is becoming creepier that Rick Santorum to me.

I didn't neg rep you for disagreeing with anything. I neg repped you because your only post in this thread had nothing to do with the topic, it wasn't trying to debate the subject or express any point. I'm pretty sure you didn't even read the article.

 

[eduardo89]

Man, I have had a time trying to defend moderate use of alcohol where I live in NC. It's very painful to be accused of living in sin because I like an occasional beer, especially from people I know well.

Yeah, I've never really understood that. Especially when in the Bible there is mentions of alcohol. Jesus drank wine. If your drinking of alcohol doesn't enslave you, there is nothing wrong with it.

 

[Jeremy]

Yeah, I've never really understood that. Especially when in the Bible there is mentions of alcohol. Jesus drank wine. If your drinking of alcohol doesn't enslave you, there is nothing wrong with it.

It sounds as ridiculous as Mark Driscoll telling his congregation that you shouldn't do Yoga stretches because they were historically used in pagan religions.

 

[eduardo89]

It sounds as ridiculous as Mark Driscoll telling his congregation that you shouldn't do Yoga stretches because they were historically used in pagan religions.

That's your opinion. And if you read the full article that's not all he says. Yoga and meditation are about going into yourself and finding peace within you. That's not what Christians do. We go out from ourselves into Jesus Christ to find salvation.

 

[dannno]

That's your opinion. And if you read the full article that's not all he says. Yoga and meditation are about going into yourself and finding peace within you. That's not what Christians do. We go out from ourselves into Jesus Christ to find salvation.

So......you can't do both......or......

 

[dannno]

That's your opinion. And if you read the full article that's not all he says. Yoga and meditation are about going into yourself and finding peace within you. That's not what Christians do. We go out from ourselves into Jesus Christ to find salvation.

So......you can't do both......or......maybe just do the stretching and breathing part?

 

[eduardo89]

So......you can't do both......or......maybe just do the stretching and breathing part?

No, you cannot do both. Christianity is about going to Christ, not about going into yourself. You don't find peace or salvation within yourself, you find them by reaching out to Christ.

 

[Jeremy]

That's your opinion. And if you read the full article that's not all he says. Yoga and meditation are about going into yourself and finding peace within you. That's not what Christians do. We go out from ourselves into Jesus Christ to find salvation.

Everyone I know who has done Yoga has done it for the stretches. It's pretty ridiculous for Mark to say everyone who says they do Yoga are participating in demonic acts. But it didn't surprise me because he has a lot of those paranoid beliefs. He thinks the film Avatar is satanist, for example.

 

[eduardo89]

I'll have to watch Avatar some day to be able to discuss that.

Edit: just watched Driscoll's 3 minute rant on avatar. I kind of agree with him if that's what the movie is actually like. I might watch it some day, doesn't really excite me though

 

[Jeremy]

I'll have to watch Avatar some day to be able to discuss that.

Well I know what Mark was referring to, but you don't really need to know the exact details. Mark is exaggerating and maybe he's forgetting that the film is fictional. Christianity Today gave the movie an almost perfect score too. And I believe Relevant Magazine said the exact opposite of Mark- that Christian themes can be found in it.

In the Lord of the Rings world, the creation story is very different than Christianity. But J.R.R. Tolkien intentionally filled his stories with tons of Christian themes. And then there's C.S. Lewis... the most famous modern Christian author who also created the fictional world of Narnia. Although I'm not entirely sure if he goes into details about how the world was created like Tolkien did.

But yeah... if Mark is okay with Tolkien, Lewis, and Easter, he should also be okay with Avatar and Yoga stretches.

 

[Jeremy]

Edit: just watched Driscoll's 3 minute rant on avatar. I kind of agree with him if that's what the movie is actually like. I might watch it some day, doesn't really excite me though

You and Mark should read The Similarion. I think you'd have a hard time being consistent there, lol.

 

[eduardo89]

Christianity Today gave the movie an almost perfect score too.

Christianity Today is a joke. They had a huge series where they invited a RABBI to talk about Jesus. Wtf?!

Oh and you really should do a bit of research and you'll see Easter is not a pagan tradition.