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[SUP]27 [/SUP]If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience’ sake. [SUP]28 [/SUP]But if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience’ sake; [SUP]29 [/SUP]I mean not your own conscience, but the other man’s; for why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? [SUP]30 [/SUP]If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks?[SUP]31 [/SUP]Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. [SUP]32 [/SUP]Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God; [SUP]33 [/SUP]just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved.
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Well here is another point of view:
While we are fighting hard for the name of Christ - we need to be careful not to give credence to a practice that is held by its followers who deny him outright. People may not be familiar with kundalini, but those who are teaching this stuff are fully emerged in this philosophy and that is not of God. For the most part I see pagans mutilating the Christian practices with nary a word on any benefit of it. What kind of message are we sending here?
While we are fighting hard for the name of Christ - we need to be careful not to give credence to a practice that is held by its followers who deny him outright. People may not be familiar with kundalini, but those who are teaching this stuff are fully emerged in this philosophy and that is not of God. For the most part I see pagans mutilating the Christian practices with nary a word on any benefit of it. What kind of message are we sending here?
um, sorry i didn't answer your question. : )
can i get what yoga offers me via other avenues? possibly. i don't know. but that "mumbo jumbo" has been a gift and blessing to me. i survived a very bad car accident that left me with greater than average need for flexibility and strength in my core, and yoga has been very effective in that for me. i have more strength and flexibility that most who only do some cardio, and i, in part, credit yoga for that.
the alternatives you reference are really more about cardiovascular fitness with some emphasis on strength.
yoga is so different than the above, considering it's accessing the slow-twitch muscle fibers vs. fast-twitch, and strength and flexibility is the greater emphasis. frankly, if i wasn't going to a class, i would be doing it on my own (which i already do).
if your mind is meditating on God's word and using that time to praise God and commune with Him, are you afraid that those yoga poses are going to somehow create a risk to your spiritual walk?
i also find it difficult to argue this point considering you clearly haven't experienced what you're discussing, you know? you have notions that aren't based upon practical experience.
my body and mind was designed and created by God. while i don't care to speak for all those who do yoga, i personally am not doing anything with it that is a corruption of His intention.
just like my work and service, my responsible use of my temple is worship to God as well.
can i get what yoga offers me via other avenues? possibly. i don't know. but that "mumbo jumbo" has been a gift and blessing to me. i survived a very bad car accident that left me with greater than average need for flexibility and strength in my core, and yoga has been very effective in that for me. i have more strength and flexibility that most who only do some cardio, and i, in part, credit yoga for that.
the alternatives you reference are really more about cardiovascular fitness with some emphasis on strength.
yoga is so different than the above, considering it's accessing the slow-twitch muscle fibers vs. fast-twitch, and strength and flexibility is the greater emphasis. frankly, if i wasn't going to a class, i would be doing it on my own (which i already do).
if your mind is meditating on God's word and using that time to praise God and commune with Him, are you afraid that those yoga poses are going to somehow create a risk to your spiritual walk?
i also find it difficult to argue this point considering you clearly haven't experienced what you're discussing, you know? you have notions that aren't based upon practical experience.
my body and mind was designed and created by God. while i don't care to speak for all those who do yoga, i personally am not doing anything with it that is a corruption of His intention.
just like my work and service, my responsible use of my temple is worship to God as well.
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Also, near me there is a restaurant that serves "halal" meat or meat killed while facing Mecca they slit the animals throat and they say "Alaha ahkbar" along with a Muslim prayer, as the animal dies. I could eat that meat but I choose not to as it might cause another to stumble. Same with your argument. You should avoid it as it might cause another to stumble. Right?
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Right, as long as it isn't strangled
, you can eat halal meat, but you shouldn't if it will cause someone to stumble. I am going to assume that you know why I wrote the "strangled" comment. We eat so many things in America, I don't know that we would be aware that something had been strangled. I hope that will not be a problem. I don't think that animals here are strangled before they are processed, but I don't know how that works as Christians. Should we do research before we buy any meat?
, you can eat halal meat, but you shouldn't if it will cause someone to stumble. I am going to assume that you know why I wrote the "strangled" comment. We eat so many things in America, I don't know that we would be aware that something had been strangled. I hope that will not be a problem. I don't think that animals here are strangled before they are processed, but I don't know how that works as Christians. Should we do research before we buy any meat?
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Right, as long as it isn't strangled, you can eat halal meat, but you shouldn't if it will cause someone to stumble. I am going to assume that you know why I wrote the "strangled" comment. We eat so many things in America, I don't know that we would be aware that something had been strangled. I hope that will not be a problem. I don't think that animals here are strangled before they are processed, but I don't know how that works as Christians. Should we do research before we buy any meat?
, you can eat halal meat, but you shouldn't if it will cause someone to stumble. I am going to assume that you know why I wrote the "strangled" comment. We eat so many things in America, I don't know that we would be aware that something had been strangled. I hope that will not be a problem. I don't think that animals here are strangled before they are processed, but I don't know how that works as Christians. Should we do research before we buy any meat?
This means we can eat whatever is before us as long as we eat with a clean conscience, even strangled animals or blood pudding (yuk).
Or someone else being weaker isnt a good reason to hamstring your entire life. Maybe said weak person should worry about their weakness and not what those with more backbone are doing.
what happend to manners and kindness. arnt you to supposed to know your bible at 65.
Well, Paul does say that if a man thinks something is wrong, then it is wrong (for him/her). So, if you think that something that is not wrong, is wrong, it becomes wrong for you. This does not however mean that you can think something that is wrong, is right and that make it right. But I don't think that is what monicat is saying so it really doesn't apply here, so I will shut up.
I have to stretch daily because of my Rheumatoid Arthritis and fibromylagia. I use a combination of stretches from a variety of sources that work for me. A lot of dance stretches from my dancing days. Some stretches are yoga poses, but I do not hold them the way a yogi would, I just use them to stretch muscles that would otherwise be tight. I also use a few different stretches from track and field, and things I read in a book, or read on-line.
I had a friend recently trying to sway me to the dark side, and it was a preliminary to true Hindu yoga. I told her I appreciated her caring, but I was not going to do the meditating on Omm or anything but the word of God. As for the poses, they don't suit my physical needs.
A few years ago, my unsaved sister was also trying to convert me to Hinduism through yoga. (Yes, it is a big way to pull people into Hinduism!) She argued with me for months, telling me all the physical and mental and spiritual help it had been to her, especially since her bad car accident.
I was quite amused when she phoned me up one day in a fit of anger. Turns out her "holy" yoga teacher had been seen in a parking lot stealing a car space from a disable person, AND cursing at them. It was a good door to speak about how when you try and become perfect in your own power you will always fail. Only the power of the Holy Spirit can transform our lives.
I am happy to report she never went back to yoga, but sad that she still has not believed God for Jesus sacrifice on the cross, to the extent of telling me Jesus is a myth. Sigh!
I don't recommend yoga to anyone, unless they need a specific stretch for some physical reason, and nothing else would do the job. But not a whole class or cultivating a practice of it.
You are walking through an open door to Hinduism. And even if you start with the so-called "non-religious" yoga, they will take you step by step into the yoga that is true Hinduism, or a form of demonic worship.
I had a friend recently trying to sway me to the dark side, and it was a preliminary to true Hindu yoga. I told her I appreciated her caring, but I was not going to do the meditating on Omm or anything but the word of God. As for the poses, they don't suit my physical needs.
A few years ago, my unsaved sister was also trying to convert me to Hinduism through yoga. (Yes, it is a big way to pull people into Hinduism!) She argued with me for months, telling me all the physical and mental and spiritual help it had been to her, especially since her bad car accident.
I was quite amused when she phoned me up one day in a fit of anger. Turns out her "holy" yoga teacher had been seen in a parking lot stealing a car space from a disable person, AND cursing at them. It was a good door to speak about how when you try and become perfect in your own power you will always fail. Only the power of the Holy Spirit can transform our lives.
I am happy to report she never went back to yoga, but sad that she still has not believed God for Jesus sacrifice on the cross, to the extent of telling me Jesus is a myth. Sigh!
I don't recommend yoga to anyone, unless they need a specific stretch for some physical reason, and nothing else would do the job. But not a whole class or cultivating a practice of it.
You are walking through an open door to Hinduism. And even if you start with the so-called "non-religious" yoga, they will take you step by step into the yoga that is true Hinduism, or a form of demonic worship.