Does Jesus hate yoga?

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by Krusha

no no court, lululemmings are the followers

i wish today's bikram enthusiasts would at least dabble into the non physical aspects of yoga, if they were at all curious in paying respect to its roots

it's like when people quote the kama sutra as a sex book

I'm sorry but you really don't know what you're talking about. :(

I made one of the only relevant points pages ago and everybody has ignored it.

There is more than one type of yoga out there. Some are purely physical, some are purely spiritual and some are a blend of the two. One is not more 'right' than the other and nobody has a place to say that someone who chooses to practice one that may not be rooted in deep spirituality is not 'respecting its roots'.

Originally Posted by Krusha

no no court, lululemmings are the followers

i wish today's bikram enthusiasts would at least dabble into the non physical aspects of yoga, if they were at all curious in paying respect to its roots

it's like when people quote the kama sutra as a sex book

oh george.

[fritz]

Originally Posted by wishbone

as you were, thread.

now i have soundgarden stuck in my head

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by fritz

now i have soundgarden stuck in my head

lol jesus christ pose? took me a minute. :P

[Ragga_Wh0re]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Paganism is by definition "belief in many gods", so they aren't synonymous at all. But that's not what I'm talking about.

Point is that it's perfectly feasible to swear a creed to the Bible and read tarot cards without contradicting yourself.

ummm buddy look at the pagan calander and then the "christian" calendar...synoymous :)

How is not contradicting yourself when your using mediums of the occult?That is not a creation of God, but a deception of man.Your mother was "ordained" by man...NOT by God.

The bible isnt a book about people, its a book who has one author written by 40 different people. And we all know who that author is.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Ragga_Wh0re

The bible isnt a book about people, its a book who has one author written by 40 different people. And we all know who that author is.

"To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitous and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental."

[Ragga_Wh0re]

Originally Posted by Courtney

jesus loves you, therefore if you love yoga he also loves it
oh wait not...apparently jesus is a hypocrite...cuz he says he loves you but not if you love another man or follow strict rules set by him such as no sex before marriage
yikes jesus is an asshole

ummm have you even read the bible?like AT ALL?

God spoke to Moses and gave him HUNDREDS of commandemnts which are all outlined in the Torah. For whatever reason, Christianity took only 10 of those commandments and made them common practise.

Heres some scripture for you:

16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.[g] 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."[h]


31"The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God[k] gives the Spirit without limit. 35The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. 36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."[l]



Taken from John 3.

[G3N3R4L]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

"To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitous and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental."

red dwarf

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by Ragga_Wh0re

ummm buddy look at the pagan calander and then the "christian" calendar...synoymous :)

Huh?

Pagan calendar:
2 solstices
2 equinoxes
4 cross-quarterly sabbats

Christian calendar doesn't observe any of these. Advent begins about a month after Samhaim, Christmas happens 4 days after Winter Solstice, Easter is based off moon patterns and Lent based off the 40 days previous to that. WTF are you talking about?

How is not contradicting yourself when your using mediums of the occult?That is not a creation of God, but a deception of man.Your mother was "ordained" by man...NOT by God.

The bible isnt a book about people, its a book who has one author written by 40 different people. And we all know who that author is.

Waitaminute, so the Bible was written by God, but the ministers are ordained by Man? So who decided that God had his hand in the Bible's creation but not The Church's?

You know, we always made fun of you for being holier-than-thou. It's kinda interesting to see you actually being so.

Have you read Leviticus? Or Deuteronomy? If you want to claim that 95% of the people claiming to be Christians aren't actually "living in the light" or whatever, I would quickly argue that that number is a lot closer to 100%.

Point is you can go around saying "This relgion is right, this religion is wrong" and you'd be missing the entire point of these religious texts.

[inside]

Originally Posted by Courtney

jesus loves you, therefore if you love yoga he also loves it
oh wait not...apparently jesus is a hypocrite...cuz he says he loves you but not if you love another man or follow strict rules set by him such as no sex before marriage
yikes jesus is an asshole

the rules are there for you to have the best life you possibly can...
Jesus still loves you even if you don't follow the rules. All you have to do is belive in him, turn away from sin, and you will be reunited with God. Man sins, it's our nature. That's what seperates us from God, he doesn't sin and is perfect.

I break the rules, just like everyone else does.

[Ragga_Wh0re]

ok so the pagan following worhips many Gods, like Ishtar...easter...the sun god/saturnalia/christmas/stn claus...ummm yeah.The dates might not be exact,but theyre way too close for coincidence.Lets not forget that the early Christian had Pagan roots, so its not surprising pagan practices wormed thier way into Christian practise. Thats my point.

Not being holier then thou, just have the courage of my convictions. As for nearly 100% of Christians not "living in the light" Id have to agree with you.

For you to say Im missing the point of religious texts when youre referring to the bible as nothing more then a fictional book of history? is hypocritical.

Who said churchs had to be erected? Did God?I cant think of a single passage that explicity says we must errect these monstrositys and worship God within them?

To my knowledge isnt the church/temple pagan also?

[Krusha]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

I'm sorry but you really don't know what you're talking about. :(

I made one of the only relevant points pages ago and everybody has ignored it.

There is more than one type of yoga out there. Some are purely physical, some are purely spiritual and some are a blend of the two. One is not more 'right' than the other and nobody has a place to say that someone who chooses to practice one that may not be rooted in deep spirituality is not 'respecting its roots'.

myra, why are you twisting my words, maybe it was ambiguous in wording ... i said "pay respect" which is quite different than 'respecting' altogether, i stand by my statement

i guess it can just be used physically, but to at least know some history behind it is not a bad thing ... or are you advocating ignorance?

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Ragga_Wh0re

Not being holier then thou, just have the courage of my convictions.

Talking about god on a message board isn't courage FYI.

EDIT: Wanted to add, there isn't much courage in preaching that your religion is the one true one, when living in a society mainly influenced said religion.

It's like going to taco bell, and having the courage to say Taco's are delicious.

[Krusha]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

I'm sorry but you really don't know what you're talking about. :(

I made one of the only relevant points pages ago and everybody has ignored it.

There is more than one type of yoga out there. Some are purely physical, some are purely spiritual and some are a blend of the two. One is not more 'right' than the other and nobody has a place to say that someone who chooses to practice one that may not be rooted in deep spirituality is not 'respecting its roots'.

seriously though i could probably run circles around you on this topic, omg there's more than one type of yoga?!? really? i didn't know that , maybe that's why i quoted bikrams' as my example, i guess someone with no knowledge on the topic would just pull that one out of their hat

i'm actually more intrigued with dream yoga myself which is a concious awareness practice involving lucid dreaming

but you're probably more bendy then me so you go girl!

Originally Posted by Krusha

seriously though i could probably run circles around you on this topic, omg there's more than one type of yoga?!? really? i didn't know that , maybe that's why i quoted bikrams' as my example, i guess someone with no knowledge on the topic would just pull that one out of their hat

i'm actually more intrigued with dream yoga myself which is a concious awareness practice involving lucid dreaming

but you're probably more bendy then me so you go girl!

aha - i love that you think yoga is an elite club that requires advanced membership.

do you even practice yoga?

Originally Posted by Avana

aha - i love that you think yoga is an elite club that requires advanced membership.

do you even practice yoga?

wait wait - you know someone that teaches it and this makes you a leading authority on the subject.

[Krusha]

in between trying to be cool avana, you could have noticed that i wrote "dream yoga"

now enjoy your fail

Originally Posted by Krusha

in between trying to be cool avana, you could have noticed that i wrote "dream yoga"

now enjoy your fail

writing it on the web does not mean you have been practicing it george.

while you believe in the meditation side of yoga others believe in the fitness side - pota-to/po-tato - get it?

[Krusha]

omg are you questioning if i do it or not avana, do i really need to validate myself to you? how hard is it to focus on the ohm symbol when you sleep (it's actually not that easy)

but still im not advocating the spiritual side over the physical, i just don't have enough time for both

EDIT: and I also think that the spiritual side is overlooked in western culture

Originally Posted by Krusha

omg are you questioning if i do it or not avana, do i really need to validate myself to you? how hard is it to focus on the ohm symbol when you sleep (it's actually not that easy)

but still im not advocating the spiritual side over the physical, i just don't have enough time for both

EDIT: and I also think that the spiritual side is overlooked in western culture

uh - werent you doing that exact same thing to myra?

she merely pointed out that for some it isnt about the spiritual.

to be quite frank - i do it for the fitness not for the meditation. i could give a fuck about the meditation. in fact, it isnt in my religion to meditate. funny how that works, huh?

ps - you dont need to meditate to be spiritual.

[kir mokum]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Paganism is by definition "belief in many gods", so they aren't synonymous at all. But that's not what I'm talking about.

paganism doesn't necessarily equal polytheism. paganism does necessarily equal not-xtian though.

[kir mokum]

Originally Posted by Ragga_Wh0re

ok so the pagan following worhips many Gods, like Ishtar...easter...the sun god/saturnalia/christmas/stn claus...ummm yeah.The dates might not be exact,but theyre way too close for coincidence.Lets not forget that the early Christian had Pagan roots, so its not surprising pagan practices wormed thier way into Christian practise. Thats my point.

um, it was early xtians that conformed their practises to pagan holidays for conversion purposes.

tiedye: i suggest getting new friends. try some with brains.

[fritz]

where do i sign up for this religion that loves tacos

[Carrie]

how does one thread make you hungry and want to exercise ?

[Krusha]

Originally Posted by Avana

uh - werent you doing that exact same thing to myra?

she merely pointed out that for some it isnt about the spiritual.

to be quite frank - i do it for the fitness not for the meditation. i could give a fuck about the meditation. in fact, it isnt in my religion to meditate. funny how that works, huh?

ps - you dont need to meditate to be spiritual.

i wasn't directing my comment to myra, i did miss her original post though so i can understand her aggravation, all my point was , and I'll say it again ... i wish people would tip their hat to the other side of yoga , just a little, you know, at least lightly understand the chakra system and understand that it still relates to the body but not the physical body

to be quiet frank - your brash disregard of the meditation is exactly the ignorant western mindset that i was talking about, it's that cocky western materialistic mindset that you immediately notice when you leave north america

this isn't a my religon is better than yours rant like you may think it is avana, it's about taking the time to know the history of something that you are making a part of your life ... but hey , if you like being stupid then carry on!

the physical aspect is still spiritual enough on it's own, they are all connected, mind body and soul they say, so regardless whatever side of it you practice , good for you