What is Wrong With This Picture?
Would you consider this syncretism?
posted by Doug E. @ 10:08 AM
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Would you consider this syncretism?
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4 Comments:
This is most definitely syncretism. I fear that this form of it will be a great threat to the body of Christ in days to come as believers become more and more at ease with New Age practices.
It seems to me to be a practice of paganism and trying to add Christianity to it.
That is what the Old Testament Israelites did in their worship. They would worship "God" on the Sabbath, then worship Baal the rest of the time.
Thanks Guys,
I agree fully. I found this picture at a website called Yahweh Yoga.
Doug
Ryan,
I would say that there are hundreds of other positions to sit in to get healty other than the lotus position.
Even the verse in the photo is out of context with this photo. When the passage speaks of our soul getting along well it is not speaking of some inner tranquill irrational meditation.
The first of the ten commandments deals with our internal worship. We shall have no other Gods before us. I do not think the Christian who does yoga is violating this commandment. They may know there is no other God but God. Nevertheless, the idea that sitting in certain positions will calm your soul, is anything but Christian. If the person doing yoga does not do yoga for this reason (eastern spiritual tranquility), they will soon realize that there are more effective ways to get healthy.
Nothing in Christianity says to empty our thoughts to be spiritual. On the contrary, they tell us to know truth to find it.
As far as martial arts go, I see no problem of learning the sport, but when we cross over into their meditions we gone too far.
God Bless,
Doug
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