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I would for sure - I've lived in India and Nepal so I have a good idea of paganism and what the practice of idolatry is - the place is rampant with it - there is a definite spiritual odour to the place and it don't smell of pine trees..
Yule recognise it when you come across it..
Yule recognise it when you come across it..
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Yes there is - but it's origin is from Hinduism so you are trying to use a "get out" card.
As for Dave Hunt - that bastion of brainwashing *snicker* he's quite laffable really - a purveyor of the Pope's church as the whor.e of Babylon...
Hunt is right up there in Jack Chick awards....
As for Dave Hunt - that bastion of brainwashing *snicker* he's quite laffable really - a purveyor of the Pope's church as the whor.e of Babylon...
Hunt is right up there in Jack Chick awards....
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Did you see me quoting you as saying anything about Hunt?
Origin of AVATAR
Sanskrit avatāraḥ descent, from avatarati he descends, from ava- away + tarati he crosses over.
*snicker* - Hindustan is a state in India:
Full Definition of HINDU
1
: an adherent of Hinduism
2
: a native or inhabitant of India
I could give you lessons in accessing the googley spirit if you ask me nicely.
Origin of AVATAR
Sanskrit avatāraḥ descent, from avatarati he descends, from ava- away + tarati he crosses over.
*snicker* - Hindustan is a state in India:
Full Definition of HINDU
1
: an adherent of Hinduism
2
: a native or inhabitant of India
I could give you lessons in accessing the googley spirit if you ask me nicely.
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I was the one who quoted Dave Hunt. There are many who don't like what he taught and enjoy poking fun at him. It's time to quit the "funning"...the man went to be with the Lord in April of last year. I learned alot from Dave Hunt...however he was never my "guru". He "earnestly contended for the faith"...(Jude 1:3) and was not one to compromise the truth of God's Word for false doctrine. He is correct about yoga.
Heh the one thing I notice a lot with the yoga stuff. Though some of the people my generation do that stuff. For the most part its the Elders that be into that stuff.
Really why even do yoga in the first place? I mean they made us do a few classes in gym class, but pretty much its so ridiculous everyone goof off instead. I just can't understand what it is with folks fascination with the thing. Folks my age, maybe I am more sympathetic, I can see they have this stuff indoctrinated to them so thus they emulate the Elders and see nothing wrong with it. However howbeit ye Elders want to do yoga? Really where did this questionable fad enter into question in the first place in history?
Really why even do yoga in the first place? I mean they made us do a few classes in gym class, but pretty much its so ridiculous everyone goof off instead. I just can't understand what it is with folks fascination with the thing. Folks my age, maybe I am more sympathetic, I can see they have this stuff indoctrinated to them so thus they emulate the Elders and see nothing wrong with it. However howbeit ye Elders want to do yoga? Really where did this questionable fad enter into question in the first place in history?
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There are plenty of asanas (like the Plow and the Crow) I can do with relative ease. Although I've never been a serious athlete I'm quite flexible, at least my yoga teacher says so. She teaches hatha and poweryoga, but doesn't really know anything about hinduisme or buddhism. The buddha in my small yoga school is just for show, I guess. When they're interested I have no problem talking with my fellow students (mostly women) about my church or my faith in God. So I guess it's usually Christ who's preached at my yoga school.
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I would think most of the classes taught would not be doing the religious route as most westerners are not going to buy into the mythology - the religion with it's caste system has been an oppressor of those people for thousands of years.
I never attended a class - I've always been classless.
Being an avid reader which in those days and at my age the local library was my source - I just followed a well written book I found there.
The buddha in my small yoga school is just for show, I guess. When they're interested I have no problem talking with my fellow students (mostly women) about my church or my faith in God. So I guess it's usually Christ who's preached at my yoga school.
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True, but you SHoULD get rid of that weird mat,
some genie might pop out of it
some genie might pop out of it
The exercises of yoga were and are used in the worship of false god's. if one wants to flexible, pro players use ballet. I meant there are other things you can do besides a religious traditions of a false God. Then again, one might say hey my is in Christ and I have no part of this stuff I'm just stretching, But at the same time the people around may not think they way you do and say hey I know this christian that does yoga so it must okay and then they get caught up in it. All things are lawful but all things are not beneficial.
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From the Lighthouse Blog Considering Yoga? Consider this!
Chris Lawson, Spiritual Research Network.
Video Length (4 Minutes)
It is for good reason that Christian pastors in India have been found to weep over the ignorance of Christians in the West that do yoga for "exercise." Christian or non-Christian, it seems that most people in Western civilization have never been properly warned about the dangers of yoga.
Asking simple questions, Chris Lawson presents various straightforward considerations that people should seriously think about before launching themselves - and those around them - into influences that the the world of yoga can produce within them, upon them and through them.
Chris Lawson, Spiritual Research Network.
Video Length (4 Minutes)
It is for good reason that Christian pastors in India have been found to weep over the ignorance of Christians in the West that do yoga for "exercise." Christian or non-Christian, it seems that most people in Western civilization have never been properly warned about the dangers of yoga.
Asking simple questions, Chris Lawson presents various straightforward considerations that people should seriously think about before launching themselves - and those around them - into influences that the the world of yoga can produce within them, upon them and through them.