Comments on: Should Yoga Scare Christians? https://anitamathias.com/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:18:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16489 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:47:48 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16489 Yes, I too have had unintelligent people suggest we throw out all sorts of things. Some we did–and mildly regretted later. Some like throwing out jewelled elephants because the Hindus had an elephant God called Ganesha was just plain stupid!

]]> By: AKA Jane Random https://anitamathias.com/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16488 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:06:46 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16488 I'm sure some good can come of Anderson's teaching but I some two predominant responses to it when it swept through our old church.

The first was fear and doubt. For example, one of the girls in our study began to experience back pain. One night while we were at her house she asked us to pray for her. The Anderson study leader went around her house looking at things and found an old Yoga VHS tape that she hand't done in five years – he told her that was the cause of the back pain – she had let this demonic influence in and it was manifesting as pain. The poor girl accepted that and threw the tape out. Months later she finally went to the doctor and found out she had a slipped disc. I saw many people get very fearful about any aches and pains they had.

The other response I saw to it was arrogance. As in, 'I read Anderson's book! Now I know how to take on demons! I'm a spiritual giant now!'

It was just a strange time. Made me want to study the Bible for Bible study and nothing else.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16487 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:16:40 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16487 I didn't know that, Freda. Should get hold of one!

]]> By: Freda https://anitamathias.com/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16486 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:46:04 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16486 I've used breathing and meditation from the Buddhist tradition – but with a Christian emphasis – for many years. It sounds as if yoga would help me body, mind and soul……… after the hols. Btw there are several books on Christian Yoga.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16485 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:19:08 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16485 Interestingly, I've just returned home from a talk by a Christian specialist in Chinese religions who said that the occult element in Tai Chi and Feng Shui can be harmful too. His view on yoga was that it depends…
It's only brought good to me, Roy and my father, so far, but of course, I am careful to focus on Christ during the breathing and relaxation exercises.
Anita

]]> By: Ray Barnes https://anitamathias.com/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16484 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:49:08 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/06/29/should-yoga-scare-christians/#comment-16484 Quite extraordinary. How on earth can Freedom in Christ possibly equate with renouncing yoga?
There really are some very odd ideas out there.
Certainly there are some habits, behaviours even ways of life which run contrary to the Christian concept of a good life and most of us I imagine try to do our best to follow the rules but, Yoga???

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