Hinduism and Christianity

[Biblereader]

Does Your Church Practice Yoga?
Do you?
Christianity and Hinduism will NEVER agree.

Hare Krishna, one of the 388 million gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon, is topmost in
it's practice of YOGA.
The Hare Krishna movement is Hindu, the practice of a branch of Hinduism.
People are sucked into the Hindu religion, because they think they'll have peace of mind.
The Hindu concept of God is that God is everything and in everybody, which smacks of
Zen.
Hinduism does not in any way acknowledge Jesus Christ as uniquely
the Saviour of lost men.

There is no Christian yoga!
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/yoga.htm
Even though people will say there is: http://www.christianyoga.us/home.htm
and this nonsense: http://holyyoga.net/
Any of these common yoga exercises a part of your day?
http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposenamesi ... _Names.htm

If you practice yoga, or if your church endorses it, FLEE FROM IT.
Join another church! Ask questions, before you join!
Resist the hindu practices, get away from them, if you want to be a Christian.


Remember the tv show, Dharma and Greg? dharma is a hindu word, meaning
duty.
Remember the tv show, Just Shoot Me? The boss's daughter was named
MAYA, and maya is the ultimate state of mind, sought by Hindus.
Did you know Hindus have prayer beads?
Anyone else have prayer beads?

 

[happyjoy]

Don't you understand? Stretching is evil! Leg lifts and touching your toes leads to demon possession!

 

[handy]

Anyone else have prayer beads?

Yep, I do. I find the beads to be an effective way to remember all that I've promised to pray for. My beads start with a cross, then three beads to represent the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, whom I acknowledge in my prayers, since I start my prayers out with adoration of God. Then, as I go around the circle of beads, each bead represents a member of my family or a person or group (cf.net has a bead) in which I remember what I'm going to pray for. It's just a tool, but as I've gotten older, I've found it helpful.

I wonder, Biblereader just how Titus 1:15 fits in here. Now, I do realize that Titus 1:15 is no license to sin.

But, just what exactly is sinful about an exercise program? Or, using a tangible object to assist in one's memory regarding prayers?

If you're answer is that Hindus practice yoga, or that Hindus use prayer beads, may I also remind you that Hindu's pray, sing hymns, give to the poor, and read ancient religious texts that they refer to as Holy Scriptures. Are we to give up all these things because some do them in the context of a false religion?

Since the bible neither promotes nor forbids either exercise or the use of prayer beads, then I would imagine a Christian can either take it or leave it, depending upon their own conscience.

 

[Biblereader]

Don't you understand? Stretching is evil! Leg lifts and touching your toes leads to demon possession!

Ok, let's put it this way.
Are you married?

If you are, do you show your faithfulness to your husband by dating other men?

Or, by just holding hands with them? Lord, I hope not. That's twisted.
Same with being faithful to Jesus. You abstain from every form of evil.
Yoga is a form of evil. You are to abstain from it.

 

[Biblereader]

Catholicism has added a lot of things to the simplicity of worshipping God.
Read what Jesus says about praying.
Since He never tells us to use prayer beads, icons, or anything, but our heart and mind,
and mouth, any additions is telling God that He just hasn't done it right.
Which is sin.

There is no need for a pope, or for him to wear a crown, or for scapulas, prayers to dead people (saints, in your religion), no need for confirmation, and it is Scripturally a mis representation of baptism, to claim that baptism somehow, in some way, joins you to a church, and that helps in achieving your salvation.
Sorry, but, if you don't like it, then take it up with Jesus.

Anyone else have prayer beads?

Yep, I do. I find the beads to be an effective way to remember all that I've promised to pray for. My beads start with a cross, then three beads to represent the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, whom I acknowledge in my prayers, since I start my prayers out with adoration of God. Then, as I go around the circle of beads, each bead represents a member of my family or a person or group (cf.net has a bead) in which I remember what I'm going to pray for. It's just a tool, but as I've gotten older, I've found it helpful.

I wonder, Biblereader just how Titus 1:15 fits in here. Now, I do realize that Titus 1:15 is no license to sin.

But, just what exactly is sinful about an exercise program? Or, using a tangible object to assist in one's memory regarding prayers?

If you're answer is that Hindus practice yoga, or that Hindus use prayer beads, may I also remind you that Hindu's pray, sing hymns, give to the poor, and read ancient religious texts that they refer to as Holy Scriptures. Are we to give up all these things because some do them in the context of a false religion?

Since the bible neither promotes nor forbids either exercise or the use of prayer beads, then I would imagine a Christian can either take it or leave it, depending upon their own conscience.

 

[Biblereader]

just what exactly is sinful about an exercise program?

Nothing, and please, don't be obtuse, deliberately. I am sure you can see what I'm talking about.
HINDUISM is sinful.

Yoga is sinful. It is obvious that you just want to start a fight, so, you'll just have to stew on your own.
I will not back down in saying yoga is anti-Christian.
It is.

 

[jasoncran]

Catholicism has added a lot of things to the simplicity of worshipping God.
Read what Jesus says about praying.
Since He never tells us to use prayer beads, icons, or anything, but our heart and mind,
and mouth, any additions is telling God that He just hasn't done it right.
Which is sin.

There is no need for a pope, or for him to wear a crown, or for scapulas, prayers to dead people (saints, in your religion), no need for confirmation, and it is Scripturally a mis representation of baptism, to claim that baptism somehow, in some way, joins you to a church, and that helps in achieving your salvation.
Sorry, but, if you don't like it, then take it up with Jesus.

Anyone else have prayer beads?

Yep, I do. I find the beads to be an effective way to remember all that I've promised to pray for. My beads start with a cross, then three beads to represent the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, whom I acknowledge in my prayers, since I start my prayers out with adoration of God. Then, as I go around the circle of beads, each bead represents a member of my family or a person or group (cf.net has a bead) in which I remember what I'm going to pray for. It's just a tool, but as I've gotten older, I've found it helpful.

I wonder, Biblereader just how Titus 1:15 fits in here. Now, I do realize that Titus 1:15 is no license to sin.

But, just what exactly is sinful about an exercise program? Or, using a tangible object to assist in one's memory regarding prayers?

If you're answer is that Hindus practice yoga, or that Hindus use prayer beads, may I also remind you that Hindu's pray, sing hymns, give to the poor, and read ancient religious texts that they refer to as Holy Scriptures. Are we to give up all these things because some do them in the context of a false religion?

Since the bible neither promotes nor forbids either exercise or the use of prayer beads, then I would imagine a Christian can either take it or leave it, depending upon their own conscience.

when that cop that save your life or has to use no lethal tactics, ie self defense and take the suspects down to arrest that is now evil to you. all martial arts come from yoga.if they are from the east!i do yoga like exercixses that involve no chanting or prayers , or mentioning the chakras.


it has helped my bjj game. and my back pains as well.

 

[jasoncran]

please educate yourself on the martial arts and its link to yoga.

sports that can be linked to yoga
bjj,mma, judo, boxing, kickboxing, tae kwon do. savate.
kendo, etc.

 

[Free]

Catholicism has added a lot of things to the simplicity of worshipping God.
Read what Jesus says about praying.
Since He never tells us to use prayer beads, icons, or anything, but our heart and mind,
and mouth, any additions is telling God that He just hasn't done it right.
Which is sin.

There is no need for a pope, or for him to wear a crown, or for scapulas, prayers to dead people (saints, in your religion), no need for confirmation, and it is Scripturally a mis representation of baptism, to claim that baptism somehow, in some way, joins you to a church, and that helps in achieving your salvation.
Sorry, but, if you don't like it, then take it up with Jesus.

Firstly, please learn something about prayer beads and icons before making such statements. Secondly, what does this have to do with Hinduism?

 

[Cheyenne K]

Does Your Church Practice Yoga?
Do you?
Christianity and Hinduism will NEVER agree.

Hare Krishna, one of the 388 million gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon, is topmost in
it's practice of YOGA.
The Hare Krishna movement is Hindu, the practice of a branch of Hinduism.
People are sucked into the Hindu religion, because they think they'll have peace of mind.
The Hindu concept of God is that God is everything and in everybody, which smacks of
Zen.
Hinduism does not in any way acknowledge Jesus Christ as uniquely
the Saviour of lost men.

There is no Christian yoga!
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/yoga.htm
Even though people will say there is: http://www.christianyoga.us/home.htm
and this nonsense: http://holyyoga.net/
Any of these common yoga exercises a part of your day?
http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposenamesi ... _Names.htm

If you practice yoga, or if your church endorses it, FLEE FROM IT.
Join another church! Ask questions, before you join!
Resist the hindu practices, get away from them, if you want to be a Christian.


Remember the tv show, Dharma and Greg? dharma is a hindu word, meaning
duty.
Remember the tv show, Just Shoot Me? The boss's daughter was named
MAYA, and maya is the ultimate state of mind, sought by Hindus.
Did you know Hindus have prayer beads?
Anyone else have prayer beads?

So...do the stretches and warm ups I do in fencing that happen to be very similar/the same to yoga positions/practices mean I practice Hinduism?

 

[Tina]

Don't you understand? Stretching is evil! Leg lifts and touching your toes leads to demon possession!

No it doesn't ! .. :biglol

 

[Tina]

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I don't understand why Christians want to practice yoga if there is so much demonic spiritual roots behind it. The sitting position in yoga is similar to a cobra's sitting position. The hand gestures are pure demonic signs. If not careful, such exercise practices open doors to the kundalini spirit of snake. My church which has a delivery ministry has seen countless number of former yoga practioners who went into uncontrollable fits of hissing sound or slithering on the floor like snake before they were finally totally set free from the spirits. If any Christian still insists on practicing yoga, do it at your own risk !


Snake, Spirit and the Kundalini



The word "yoga" means "union," and the goal is to unite one's transitory (temporary) self with the infinite Brahman, the Hindu concept of "God." This god is not a literal being, but is an impersonal spiritual substance that is one with nature and the cosmos. This view is called "pantheism," the belief that everything is God and that reality consists only of the universe and nature. Because everything is God, the yoga philosophy makes no distinction between man and God.

Hatha yoga is the aspect of yoga which focuses on the physical body through special postures, breathing exercises, and concentration or meditation. It is a means to prepare the body for the spiritual exercises, with fewer obstacles, in order to achieve enlightenment. The practice of yoga is based on the belief that man and God are one. It is little more than self-worship disguised as a high level of spirituality.

The question becomes, is it possible for a Christian to isolate the physical aspects of yoga as simply a method of exercise, without incorporating the spirituality or philosophy behind it? Yoga originated with a blatantly anti-Christian philosophy, and that philosophy has not changed. It teaches one to focus on oneself instead of on the one true God.


Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy — meditate on these things.

Psalm 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

 

[Nick]

Gee, what is wrong with getting a little excersie by doing Yoga? Handy made a good point.

 

[jasoncran]

funny, that biblereader has no problems with the most pagan holiday of them all. christmas

yes i went there.
the very date is the date the romans celebrate the worship of saturn
the christmas tree is of bablylonian origins and was worshipped
and so was the missiletoe thing.

very strange.

 

[Nick]

funny, that biblereader has no problems with the most pagan holiday of them all. christmas

yes i went there.
the very date is the date the romans celebrate the worship of saturn
the christmas tree is of bablylonian origins and was worshipped
and so was the missiletoe thing.

very strange.

Yes, indeed. I thought of that today. I really don't see a problem with Yoga if you're just doing it. As long as you're not worshipping Hinduism, I see no wrong in us doing Yoga for fittness. My mum did Yoga for a few years and loved it. It has not drawn her away from Christ at all.

 

[handy]

Sorry, but, if you don't like it, then take it up with Jesus.

Not really sure where the anti-Catholic rant is coming from, but in the matter of yoga exercises, I did and He didn't have a problem with it.

Yes, indeed. I thought of that today. I really don't see a problem with Yoga if you're just doing it. As long as you're not worshipping Hinduism, I see no wrong in us doing Yoga for fittness. My mum did Yoga for a few years and loved it. It has not drawn her away from Christ at all.

This is right, Nick. If one can separate the Spiritual aspects of yoga, or the martial arts for that matter from the spiritual aspects, then there isn't anything wrong with it.

An argument can be made that if one takes the spiritual out, then it really isn't yoga, then it's truly nothing more than exercise. And, looking at it from that point of view, then yes, the spiritual aspects of yoga are anti-Christian.

I suppose its all how in one looks at it. If one states that it cannot be true yoga without being spiritual, then I agree with the OP. But, just the physical exercises alone, nothing sinful about them. As a matter of fact, I probably sinned more by giving them up because I truly do need good exercise and I gave up yoga more because of laziness and "not feeling like it" when the stretches had real benefit for my bad hip.

 

[Biblereader]

THANK YOU, TINA!
You've said it much better than I.

.
I don't understand why Christians want to practice yoga if there is so much demonic spiritual roots behind it. The sitting position in yoga is similar to a cobra's sitting position. The hand gestures are pure demonic signs. If not careful, such exercise practices open doors to the kundalini spirit of snake. My church which has a delivery ministry has seen countless number of former yoga practioners who went into uncontrollable fits of hissing sound or slithering on the floor like snake before they were finally totally set free from the spirits. If any Christian still insists on practicing yoga, do it at your own risk !


Snake, Spirit and the Kundalini



The word "yoga" means "union," and the goal is to unite one's transitory (temporary) self with the infinite Brahman, the Hindu concept of "God." This god is not a literal being, but is an impersonal spiritual substance that is one with nature and the cosmos. This view is called "pantheism," the belief that everything is God and that reality consists only of the universe and nature. Because everything is God, the yoga philosophy makes no distinction between man and God.

Hatha yoga is the aspect of yoga which focuses on the physical body through special postures, breathing exercises, and concentration or meditation. It is a means to prepare the body for the spiritual exercises, with fewer obstacles, in order to achieve enlightenment. The practice of yoga is based on the belief that man and God are one. It is little more than self-worship disguised as a high level of spirituality.

The question becomes, is it possible for a Christian to isolate the physical aspects of yoga as simply a method of exercise, without incorporating the spirituality or philosophy behind it? Yoga originated with a blatantly anti-Christian philosophy, and that philosophy has not changed. It teaches one to focus on oneself instead of on the one true God.


Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy — meditate on these things.

Psalm 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

 

[Biblereader]

OK, tell me this: what does it mean to you, since we're being all subjective and everything now,
what does it mean to you, when JESUS says: abstain from every form of evil?
Define abstain, then from, then every, then form, then define, or, give me your definition of,
evil.
Let's talk about it that way.
YOU define, and let's use the bible, if that's not too offensive to you, to define
abstain
from
every
form
of evil.
Please. I'll wait.

Sorry, but, if you don't like it, then take it up with Jesus.

Not really sure where the anti-Catholic rant is coming from, but in the matter of yoga exercises, I did and He didn't have a problem with it.

Yes, indeed. I thought of that today. I really don't see a problem with Yoga if you're just doing it. As long as you're not worshipping Hinduism, I see no wrong in us doing Yoga for fittness. My mum did Yoga for a few years and loved it. It has not drawn her away from Christ at all.

This is right, Nick. If one can separate the Spiritual aspects of yoga, or the martial arts for that matter from the spiritual aspects, then there isn't anything wrong with it.

An argument can be made that if one takes the spiritual out, then it really isn't yoga, then it's truly nothing more than exercise. And, looking at it from that point of view, then yes, the spiritual aspects of yoga are anti-Christian.

I suppose its all how in one looks at it. If one states that it cannot be true yoga without being spiritual, then I agree with the OP. But, just the physical exercises alone, nothing sinful about them. As a matter of fact, I probably sinned more by giving them up because I truly do need good exercise and I gave up yoga more because of laziness and "not feeling like it" when the stretches had real benefit for my bad hip.

 

[jasoncran]

THANK YOU, TINA!
You've said it much better than I.

.
I don't understand why Christians want to practice yoga if there is so much demonic spiritual roots behind it. The sitting position in yoga is similar to a cobra's sitting position. The hand gestures are pure demonic signs. If not careful, such exercise practices open doors to the kundalini spirit of snake. My church which has a delivery ministry has seen countless number of former yoga practioners who went into uncontrollable fits of hissing sound or slithering on the floor like snake before they were finally totally set free from the spirits. If any Christian still insists on practicing yoga, do it at your own risk !


Snake, Spirit and the Kundalini



The word "yoga" means "union," and the goal is to unite one's transitory (temporary) self with the infinite Brahman, the Hindu concept of "God." This god is not a literal being, but is an impersonal spiritual substance that is one with nature and the cosmos. This view is called "pantheism," the belief that everything is God and that reality consists only of the universe and nature. Because everything is God, the yoga philosophy makes no distinction between man and God.

Hatha yoga is the aspect of yoga which focuses on the physical body through special postures, breathing exercises, and concentration or meditation. It is a means to prepare the body for the spiritual exercises, with fewer obstacles, in order to achieve enlightenment. The practice of yoga is based on the belief that man and God are one. It is little more than self-worship disguised as a high level of spirituality.

The question becomes, is it possible for a Christian to isolate the physical aspects of yoga as simply a method of exercise, without incorporating the spirituality or philosophy behind it? Yoga originated with a blatantly anti-Christian philosophy, and that philosophy has not changed. It teaches one to focus on oneself instead of on the one true God.


Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy — meditate on these things.

Psalm 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

ok i will answer this whenn bible reader answer my question on christmas.

 

[jasoncran]

keep in mind i used to be like the jw we have on this forum but far far far more dogmatic on these things

i avoided christmas like the plague along with halloween and easter( the egg thing) and also valetines and birthdays and suchlike.

i know where all this stuff came from as i was raised in that if i did these things and didnt repent i was not going to make it into the new kingdom on earth.