Indian Priest Slams British Clergy for Yoga Ban

wbmoore »

Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:07 am Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

the ultimate aim of yoga, according to yoga instructors and my own reading is to help one become one with the universal conscienceness. That is NOT GOD. This being the case, one hould stay away from yoga. The exercises are intended to change one's emotional and mental and spiritual condition to allow one to move closer and closer to becoming one with the universal conscienceness. This is dangerous stuff, since this is not the God of creation, but a counterfit.

DannyPoo »

Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:04 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

There are really two things I look for when something like this becomes the topic:

When they say Yoga, are they simply meaning the physical elements that are good for the body.

or.

Are they doing the physical elements as well as even minute spiritual elements.

If it's the latter, it's a problem in the Christian context.

ranisolo »

Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:04 am Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

brothers and sisiters in Christ commenting here: thanks for remaining strong!

In defending her classes, yoga instructor Woodcock has insisted that they have no religious content at all, and only involve music and movement.

Then why call it yoga? maybe she was tricked....

“I explained to the church that my yoga is a completely nonreligious activity. Some types of adult yoga are based on Hindu and Buddhist meditation but it’s not a part of the religion and there is no dogma involved,” she said.

World record time for contradicting yourself....

"They have completely misunderstood and are being narrow minded.”

Cool complement!! i too am straight and narrow minded - which allows one to see in vivid 4D Truth.

pelicano »

Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:26 am Agree: 3   Disagree: 0

This priest can say this but I'd like to remind there are a lot of Catholic priests that are really against Yoga. For example the Indiand Catholic priest Fr. James Manjackal MSFS
http://www.jmanjackal.net/eng/engyoga.htm
Or you can read the Enciclical Jesus Christ the bearer of Watrer of life
or this great document written by a Catholic Indian New Age expert
http://www.ephesians-511.org/documents/YOGA.doc or just read the the Vatican Document, “Letter to the Bishops… on Christian Meditation” which warns of the dangers of yoga [see pages 32-39]: http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFMED.HTM

RBB »

Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:27 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

You have a Catholic priest who is advocating studying Hindu practices, and giving not God the credit for healing him since 1981, but that he was doing Yoga. He is also pushing that every school child be instructed in a practice that is part of a religion that is non-Christian. It is his responsibility to be the spiritual shepherd of these people, not worry if they are fat or standing up straight.

truthandjustice1 »

Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:05 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

The article doesn't state that the priest wasn't worshiping our Lord and Savior. What it said was that the priest was concerned: “I want them to walk straight, with chest out, shoulders raised and head held high. At their age they should be a bundle of energy. Unfortunately, parents have no time for their kids and there is nobody around for guidance,” He's obviously using it like a coach would use athletic exercise. It's nice to know that the Catholic priest is having such a positive impact in India.

RBB »

Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:59 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

Just wondering ......why? Why should churches and or schools look into this?

You refer to this as "A Christian yoga substitute". Forgive me, but since for Hindu's this is a religious activity, that is impossible. I did check out the website you posted. It is full of mixed messages. That yoga is New Age and therefore shouldn't be practiced (or allowed in a church) but that if you follow what they are teaching it can be a religious experience. What they seem to be saying is that this is indeed a religious experience only they are trying to make it a Christian one. As the Old Testament Hebrews found, God has told us how to worship Him, and taking false religion's practices and trying to use them to worship Him, is something He not only doesn't want, it's something that makes Him extremely angry.

If anything this website proves that those who originally stood up, and said that yoga should be banned, were right.

honesty »

Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:43 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

There is a Christian Yoga substitute that is similar to yoga but without the religious Hindu undertones. You can learn more about it on a website http://www.wholyfit.org/ . As a former TM teacher/Yoga advocate and now converted to Jesus.....this is a great way to get physical benefits and she teaches it without the Yoga philosophy and to anyone regardless of their beliefs though she is herself a Christian. Schools and churches and individuals ought to look into this.

RBB »

Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:29 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 1

Maybe this priest has been in India too long. Being there he must be well aware of the fact that Yoga is part of non-Christian religions. Statements like “They should first study and experience the benefits of India’s ancient science before commenting” only make that point.

As we live in a world where Christian churches are getting more and more away from scriptural teaching; failing to teach that Jesus Christ is the one and only way to salvation, allowing a priest who has openly converted to Islam to remain a "Christian" priest, rampant apostasy, homosexual bishops and church leaders who are more interested in making man happy than in following the Word of God, anther priest who thinks we should all be calling Jehovah the one and only God of the universe by the name of the a false god... should we be surprised by another example of this happening......no, just disappointed. On the other hand, there are those who say that scripture says just this very kind of thing will happen at the end of the age so, maybe we should be viewing it as a hopeful sign of the Lord's return instead.

A.S.Mathew »

Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:16 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

If Fr. John Ferrieria in Agra is too ecumenical, let him ask persmission to conduct an open air
Christian gathering in front of a Temple in his city; then only he will realize blunder of his
statement. If my information is correct, before starting a yoga class, the participant has to narrate a prayer to certain Hindu deity. Fr. John might be invited by the Hindu Priest to
conduct Bible class in a Hindu Temple very shortly.