Pastor says yoga is 'demonic'
A pastor has provoked a religious row with Hindu leaders after denouncing yoga as a 'pagan' and 'demonic' practice.
Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church, Seattle, is waging a campaign against the increasing popularity of yoga in sports and church halls throughout the United States, warning that it is 'pagan' in its roots.
Yoga is demonic. If you just sign up for a little yoga class, you're signing up for a little demon class," he said, according to The Seattle Times.
His comments appeared to reflect a growing concern among Christian preachers in the United States as the number of people practicing yoga has soared beyond 15 million.
Last month Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler warned his followers of the dangers of chanting 'Om' – the droning sound used by Hindus to praise the divine – and inward meditation.
"Christians are not called to empty the mind or to see the human body as a means of connecting to and coming to know the divine. Believers are called to meditate upon the Word of God – an external Word that comes to us by divine revelation – not to meditate by means of incomprehensible syllables," he wrote.
Source: Telegraph
Interesting -
yeah its just some way of relaxation of mind and body.... how come its demonic? c'mon....
You just brought up the religious aspect with your definition of OM...
This the crux of the matter.. Many believe that by starting with the OM, one will slowly drift towards the religious aspect..
Yoga is just a form of relaxing.....
I couldn't care less why people do or don't..that's their issue. I just know not doing so is a lot more common than this article leads you to believe.
Shame you won't be coming out tonight :(
It is meditation. Ignore the weakness of the flesh. And such you can endure more.
Wait a minute, Oryx, I do yoga but draw the line at horoscopes as well. As St Paul said, "You don't need to do that sh!t anymore."
Mandi
This is more common than you may think....quite a few Christians won't practice yoga.
My mother doesn't indulge in yoga or horoscopes etc etc
Me I like a bit of nakiiiiiiiid yoga with the right star sign ;)
WK major big LOL!!!
Go on. If the last time was an attempt to burn copies of quran, now its time for a Veda bonfire.
most of the times people makes comments about something even if they have absolutely no idea what exactly is it. So leave it as it is.
Sometimes the culture of "throwing" makes some people opaque.
Seems over jealousy....
YOGA has nothing to do with demonic power..
The pastors or people who says bad about it, kindly recheck your filthy mentality..:P
Is this not demonic???? :(
ha ha - " we got competition for our voodoo"
wow amazing!!... not! :P
Nutty as a fruit cake
brit I don't know.. I was just trying to read his mind :P
Chanting "OM" may have gotten them thinking
hahahahaha.....
Would yoga move them towards Hinduism ?
Maybe they can build a Yoga Centre next to the ground zero mosque :P
He is a pastor - check!
He is an American - check!
He is an American pastor, QED he is a moron - check!
Had to be an American ...
They are just worried that people may move towards Hinduism