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Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:36 am**

Sometimes, I think I'm on "The Onion" site...only to realize that I am not:

http://praisemoves.com/about-us/why-a-christian-alternative-to-yoga/

Brought to me by:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-religious-objections-yoga-public-schools-20130701,0,5619776.story

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:17 am**

Here for the bump. I would probably enjoy a conversation about predominantly reasonable things regarding this but it could never happen in text.

The religious aspects of Yoga are pretty complex also. Even most westerners who practice it rarely understand that part properly.

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:05 am**

2dimes wrote:Here for the bump. I would probably enjoy a conversation about predominantly reasonable things regarding this but it could never happen in text.

The religious aspects of Yoga are pretty complex also. Even most westerners who practice it rarely understand that part properly.

That's basically the point. While I realize there are spiritual aspects to "true" yoga (if you will), which would be a tremendous rarity here in the United States...as it's being taught in most gyms, never mind at this gradeschool, there is nothing religious about it at all.

And the whole "Christian alternative to yoga" is...well, stupid.

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:01 pm**

Oh, well there you go then.

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:10 pm**

Yoga is all about (if I'm correct) a direct relationship with god, or nature or all that is or how you call it. Christianism is about a indirect relationship, through priests and church to a certain God.

If the approach makes more people to be relaxed and centered, I guess it has to be welcome, but it does make you giggle, at least the header "Praise Moves".

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:13 pm**

nietzsche wrote:Yoga is all about (if I'm correct) a direct relationship with god, or nature or all that is or how you call it. Catholocism is about a indirect relationship, through priests and church to a certain God.
Christianity is about a Direct relationship to God through Jesus Christ

If the approach makes more people to be relaxed and centered, I guess it has to be welcome, but it does make you giggle, at least the header "Praise Moves".

Fixed

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:19 pm**

rishaed wrote:
nietzsche wrote:Yoga is all about (if I'm correct) a direct relationship with god, or nature or all that is or how you call it. Catholocism is about a indirect relationship, through priests and church to a certain God.
Christianity is about a Direct relationship to God through Jesus Christ

If the approach makes more people to be relaxed and centered, I guess it has to be welcome, but it does make you giggle, at least the header "Praise Moves".

Fixed

I'm aware of the theoretical difference between Christianism and Catholicism, however, in practice, in comparison with eastern religious traditions, Christianism is more about an indirect relationship to a "fixed" god.

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:48 pm**

nietzsche wrote:
rishaed wrote:
nietzsche wrote:Yoga is all about (if I'm correct) a direct relationship with god, or nature or all that is or how you call it. Catholocism is about a indirect relationship, through priests and church to a certain God.
Christianity is about a Direct relationship to God through Jesus Christ

If the approach makes more people to be relaxed and centered, I guess it has to be welcome, but it does make you giggle, at least the header "Praise Moves".

Fixed

I'm aware of the theoretical difference between Christianism and Catholicism, however, in practice, in comparison with eastern religious traditions, Christianism is more about an indirect relationship to a "fixed" god.

Explain?

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:59 pm**

Well hindouism has a pretty indirect relationship with gods.. You need to go through a certain number of life before you become a brahman then you can reach the nirvana.
Yoga is meant to reach higher levels of meditation, not to do physical exercise.

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:01 pm**

there is a subreddit for this:

http://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:50 am**

john9blue wrote:there is a subreddit for this:

http://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/

Yeah, that's sort of where I stole the title for this thread. I love that subreddit.

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:50 am**

Geesh! That article was quite a stretch.

BMO

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