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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:47 am
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:34 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:51 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:41 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:45 pm
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divineseraph Act of Random Kindness Yoga's fine. The religion stuff behind it isn't, but the practice of yoga itself is perfectly acceptable. All it's really doing is helping you relax, blow off steam, etc. So yeah, go for it. Almost all religion is fine. Yeah, from an outside perspective. From within another religion though, no it isn't.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:37 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:20 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:52 am
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SloanSage Ricette There is nothing sinful or heretical about yoga. Its a very relaxing thing to do. The article is, to me, another thing designed to bash something they see as foreign and there fore super harmful to Christian faith based on their interpretation of it. Go for yoga, its a good and stress reliving thing. Last time i checked, stress relief doesn't come from confession. Comes from yoga or a squeeze toy. Is it an interpretation that Yoga comes from a Hindu belief and is five thousand years old? No. The interpretation that a certain move is a stretch towards the sun god in the Hinduism is actually based on that it IS a stretch towards and worshiping the sun god in Hinduism. To perform an act that was originally designed to worship a pagan god is, in a sense, against God. There are alternatives to Yoga, and they are just as beneficial, but they do not have a five thousand year history in the background. But what if all the pagan Gods and Goddesses are the same as your God? Wouldn't you feel stupid for saying that?
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:54 am
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Act of Random Kindness divineseraph Act of Random Kindness Yoga's fine. The religion stuff behind it isn't, but the practice of yoga itself is perfectly acceptable. All it's really doing is helping you relax, blow off steam, etc. So yeah, go for it. Almost all religion is fine. Yeah, from an outside perspective. From within another religion though, no it isn't. Actually if you use cultural relativism which is looking at another religion or culture from within then yes it is fine. Cultural Relativism < Ethnocentrism.
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:35 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:44 am
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:23 pm
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Yet, sometimes you just try to incite emotions.
For Believer's we are told that there is only One God, not multiple. The first commandment says "Have no other god before me," so there would be no real reason for us to think that there are other gods or goddesses.
Also, an interpretation is not necessarily a watered down version. You can stretch the same muscles and align your body in similar, healthy ways that are not in line with the Hindi beliefs. Just because they are new, does not mean they are bad. Personally, if I went to a doctor who had not gone to conferences and changed his methods of practice and increased their knowledge of new medicine in fifty years, I would be very worried.
I know from doing Yoga a few times that females should not do Yoga at certain times. Believe me, it is true. I hurt so bad after doing it once. I tried an alternative stretching exercise and I was able to decrease the hurting. I toned my body and was quiet healthy. I am even thinking of beginning it again (I was in an accident and I have recently been cleared for a stronger exercise). This alternative did not ask me to meditate on proverbs, but gave me a chance to meditate on my own ideals. I was also able to do this even when I was not supposed to with Yoga. Overall, this alternative stretched the same muscles in the same sequence, just in a different manner that was good for me. Each person can find their own alternative that fits their life and their body.
So, really, alternatives are not bad, just different. And really, if something has been around for 50 years, it has more value than one that has been around for 5. 50 years is longer than most of us here have been alive, so, like I trust my mom, dad, and grandparents because they have been here longer than I, I would still seriously look at it.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:24 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:02 am
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SloanSage Yet, sometimes you just try to incite emotions. For Believer's we are told that there is only One God, not multiple. The first commandment says "Have no other god before me," so there would be no real reason for us to think that there are other gods or goddesses. Also, an interpretation is not necessarily a watered down version. You can stretch the same muscles and align your body in similar, healthy ways that are not in line with the Hindi beliefs. Just because they are new, does not mean they are bad. Personally, if I went to a doctor who had not gone to conferences and changed his methods of practice and increased their knowledge of new medicine in fifty years, I would be very worried. I know from doing Yoga a few times that females should not do Yoga at certain times. Believe me, it is true. I hurt so bad after doing it once. I tried an alternative stretching exercise and I was able to decrease the hurting. I toned my body and was quiet healthy. I am even thinking of beginning it again (I was in an accident and I have recently been cleared for a stronger exercise). This alternative did not ask me to meditate on proverbs, but gave me a chance to meditate on my own ideals. I was also able to do this even when I was not supposed to with Yoga. Overall, this alternative stretched the same muscles in the same sequence, just in a different manner that was good for me. Each person can find their own alternative that fits their life and their body. So, really, alternatives are not bad, just different. And really, if something has been around for 50 years, it has more value than one that has been around for 5. 50 years is longer than most of us here have been alive, so, like I trust my mom, dad, and grandparents because they have been here longer than I, I would still seriously look at it.
Well, technically, there MAY have been other Gods in competition with YHWH at the time the commandments were written, but YHWH was taken as the only god that mattered. Hence the "Have no other Gods before me" rather than "There are no other gods"
I believe that the gods were interpretations of God, but with different emotions or actions. Such as the Trinity in christianity or the Sephirah in hebrew teaching.
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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:30 am
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