Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Church bans yoga from premises because it’s ‘non-Christian’
Metro UK ^ | May 10th 2017 | Rob Waugh

Posted on 05/20/2017 9:29:05 AM PDT by LouieFisk

Villagers say they’ll boycott St David’s Church, in Blaenporth, Ceredigion, Wales, in protest.

Church bosses say pilates is OK, but not yoga, which ‘might be seen to be in conflict with Christian values and belief’.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: banned; blaenporth; ceredigion; church; crazychurch; faithandphilosophy; loons; notthisshyagin; stdavidschurch; unitedkingdom; wales; yoga
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 241-256 next last
The church is correct - yoga is a Hindu practice.
1 posted on 05/20/2017 9:29:05 AM PDT by LouieFisk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

“Boycott” a church? Weird.


2 posted on 05/20/2017 9:30:23 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Trailerpark Badass

“Boycott” a church? Weird.”
==
I believe the boycott is prob more on the community center in the church.


3 posted on 05/20/2017 9:33:28 AM PDT by LouieFisk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

Elvis on yoga;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pro7XpRpU04


4 posted on 05/20/2017 9:34:28 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

Yup it is. Glad to see a church with backbone.


5 posted on 05/20/2017 9:35:01 AM PDT by georgiegirl (Count me in the half that's in the Deplorable Basket)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Trailerpark Badass

Nobody is boycotting a church. A Christian church is boycotting yoga because it’s from a pagan religion. I’d worry big-time if I walked into a church and was greeted with “Namaste”. Church did the right thing.

Of course, Easter started as a pagan practice. And the Pilgrims believed Christmas (Christ-mass) was pagan.

A lot of confusion out there. Hard to keep up, really.


6 posted on 05/20/2017 9:35:47 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("If we cannot control our tempers, what has grace done for us?" Charles Spurgeon)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk
I like yoga. All most yoga instructors say at the end is "namaste," which means "I bow to the divine in you." Hardly threatening to my faith. I've never had an actual Hindu however. They may take things further.
7 posted on 05/20/2017 9:37:39 AM PDT by montag813
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Heh, don’t think I ever say that movie. Good bit.


8 posted on 05/20/2017 9:38:12 AM PDT by LouieFisk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

“The church is correct - yoga is a Hindu practice.”

Yep


9 posted on 05/20/2017 9:38:43 AM PDT by stanne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: montag813

“I like yoga. All most yoga instructors say at the end is “namaste,” which means “I bow to the divine in you.” Hardly threatening to my faith.”
==
I suppose it’s not threatening if you don’t mind practicing Hindu religious rituals. Or praying to Allah.


10 posted on 05/20/2017 9:46:19 AM PDT by LouieFisk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

Hindu’s pray to Allah? Every one of your posts should be scrubbed from FR.


11 posted on 05/20/2017 9:51:56 AM PDT by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

I always said, if you can’t take the heat,
get out of Ceredigion.


12 posted on 05/20/2017 9:52:27 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

They also banned sex,
because it leads to dancing.


13 posted on 05/20/2017 9:53:32 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

Yoga does have value. Hillary does it. Helped her survive all those times they threw her in the back of the van during her campaign.


14 posted on 05/20/2017 9:57:00 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Republic_Venom

Nope. I’m saying to non-Christians it doesn’t matter whether they twist themselves into a yoga pretzel, pray to Allah, chant “OM” and/or walk around wearing a pyramid hat decorated with New Age crystals.


15 posted on 05/20/2017 9:57:19 AM PDT by LouieFisk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

I’m an Atheist, love yoga...love Christmas too. By the way, yoga in Sanskrit means to yoke. Yoga teaches you to home the mind so you can focus on the ultimate truth.


16 posted on 05/20/2017 9:58:02 AM PDT by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Republic_Venom

“I’m an Atheist, love yoga”
==
An atheist who practices Hinduism. Allllrighty, then. More power to ya.


17 posted on 05/20/2017 10:01:47 AM PDT by LouieFisk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

Not recommended, yoga could invite unfriendly spirits into your body. Its derived from Hindu worship. The word “Yoga” derived from the Sanskrit, “to put one self under a yoke, or to seek shelter from a protective power.” Reference “Occult ABC”, Kurt Koch, Kregel Publications.


18 posted on 05/20/2017 10:05:55 AM PDT by Swirl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk

Bulldookie

There is Christian yoga all over the south

My wife goes four to five days a week

And you can attend a regular yoga and hear absolutely nothing beyond breathing and letting go crap

And of course the cycles of yoga poses or stations I think they call them

Yoga is a series of movements and positions interspersed with breathing and rest poses with encouragement from the teacher and background music usually meditative but not always

Sometimes is loud modern rock

My wife prefers Depeche Mode for her yoga music

There are mainline churches here with Christian governed yoga

When we travel she gets her yoga where she can....and to my knowledge she’s never ever ever been proselytize with Hindu dogma

Breathe in relax your diaphragm is not Hindu scripture

I’ll wager somewhere there are the kinds of yoga studios you fear but I’ve never seen them

In 25 years of watching my wife who is a near master of it...she doesn’t have strong shoulders and head stands are hard for her but boy she is incredible at it

There’s a video here of a 95 year Indio English woman in New York who still teaches and does it seriously

Yoga is amazing truly amazing on a woman’s body

I’m very glad she does it and her soul is fine...probably safer than my lifetime as a hellion


19 posted on 05/20/2017 10:07:41 AM PDT by wardaddy (Multiculturalism: Everyone wants to inhabit the world of white men with no white men in it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LouieFisk
Some brands of yogurt don't even bother to try to hide their connection to false gods...like this brand:

   



Instead of using that product, churches should begin to use holier products, like some of these:


What's that you say? . . . . Oh. . . . . Never mind!

20 posted on 05/20/2017 10:12:34 AM PDT by Clearly Right (#NeverWrong...except occasionally on days named for pagan deities...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 241-256 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson