If someone practices yoga (the spiritual way) can one be friends with them?

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"So if I have a son who is a drug addict who steals and maybe hurts someone to get money or if he is an atheist and very anti-Catholic you are saying I should abandon him?

Jesus befriended all such people. Do you think he wants us to do less?"

Tough one to answer: in the latter instance, it depends on how formed in the faith you are (you shouldn’t let your friends make you unCatholic). In the first instance, although I’m tempted to say yes, I think the answer is no since most parents would help such a person, though clearly I have no reason to explain it, since any reason I give would contradict my earlier reasoning.

As for Jesus befriending such people, I would like to argue that there is no analogy between what Jesus can do and what humans can do: so it is not obvious what he wants us to do unless he explicitly tells us; clearly we are not obligated to imitate all of Jesus’s works.
 
fakename said:
"So if I have a son who is a drug addict who steals and maybe hurts someone to get money or if he is an atheist and very anti-Catholic you are saying I should abandon him?

Jesus befriended all such people. Do you think he wants us to do less?"

Tough one to answer: in the latter instance, it depends on how formed in the faith you are (you shouldn’t let your friends make you unCatholic). In the first instance, although I’m tempted to say yes, I think the answer is no since most parents would help such a person, though clearly I have no reason to explain it, since any reason I give would contradict my earlier reasoning.

As for Jesus befriending such people, I would like to argue that there is no analogy between what Jesus can do and what humans can do: so it is not obvious what he wants us to do unless he explicitly tells us; clearly we are not obligated to imitate all of Jesus’s works.
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Yes we are.
 
“Yes we are.”

To Thistle:

Well I meant we aren’t supposed to imitate Jesus’s virginity or poverty (or else we would all be obliged to be monks).
 
We treat people equally, we try not to judge them, we try to love our neighbour. We get tested, and easily confused. The natural impulse is to be kind and friendly and rightly so, however if a person is trying to encourage you to get involved in new age stuff, anything that involves “energies/powers/spirits” etc., be aware of it and do what Mary did: stamp on the snake’s head. What i mean is, immediately say :“No thank you” and stand firm. Evil spirits exist and theyre Satan’s employees. There’s no such thing as an evil person, but if people dabble in the occult, they can become mildly/extremely possessed. You can be friends with anyone, but reject evil choices.
Johnette brokovic from EWTN did some great talks on this. Yoga is forbidden in Catholicism. Dont get fooled into thinking it can just be stretching exercises.
 
I believe you can be friends with someone who practices yoga, even if you don’t agree with the spiritual aspects of it. The spiritual aspects of yoga are NOT compatibile with Catholicism, and we all know that without going into great detail. If you are serious about your religion, make sure they don’t try to push their beliefs on you and lead you away from Christ. I know of someone who made “friends” with someone of a particular eastern belief - and it turned out that that person was dragged into a cult. To make a long story short, that person is lucky to be alive today and his life will never be the same again. Make sure you know who you are friends with. You can be friends with whomever you choose, if you feel in your heart that person will not have a negative effect on your life.
 
I talked to my confessor today: not only do witches exist and have extensive powers (at least in some sense), but we are to be careful around friends who are in the occult. So as for the yoga example, one shouldn’t be friends with that type of person: if you meet with them then convert them, don’t be “buddy-friends” with them. So yes we are all friends (in our common humanity) but we shouldn’t actually be buddy-friends with yoga-practitioners. So in answer to my own question, we can’t be “friends” with everyone.
 
fakename said:
I talked to my confessor today: not only do witches exist and have extensive powers (at least in some sense), but we are to be careful around friends who are in the occult. So as for the yoga example, one shouldn’t be friends with that type of person: if you meet with them then convert them, don’t be “buddy-friends” with them. So yes we are all friends (in our common humanity) but we shouldn’t actually be buddy-friends with yoga-practitioners. So in answer to my own question, we can’t be “friends” with everyone.
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See? I told you. A Catholic should lock themself away from the world, worry constantally about bizzare and nutty things, and then post those worries on the internet.
 
Rascalking said:
See? I told you. A Catholic should lock themself away from the world, worry constantally about bizzare and nutty things, and then post those worries on the internet.
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This thread is still on???

No wonder people run a mile from Catholics as that is what they perceive Catholicism to be about - Superstitious rubbish and you can’t blame them with some of these posts.
 
severus68 said:
This thread is still on???

No wonder people run a mile from Catholics as that is what they perceive Catholicism to be about - Superstitious rubbish and you can’t blame them with some of these posts.
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I agree. People who ask these questions can’t be stopped, but the damage they do the Catholic church is very serious. “Is smiling a sin?” “Can I be friends with someone who is an athiest?”

What do you say? What can you say?
 
Rascalking said:
I agree. People who ask these questions can’t be stopped, but the damage they do the Catholic church is very serious. “Is smiling a sin?” “Can I be friends with someone who is an athiest?”

What do you say? What can you say?
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‘Lighten up’ that’s what you say and what we can say 😃
 
I totally feel for the scrupulous, I think we should be a little supportive and make them aware of the scrupulous issues they have. Answering their question isnt a problem but we need to tell them that they need better direction since it might be an ongoing problem.
 
divinefaith said:
I totally feel for the scrupulous, I think we should be a little supportive and make them aware of the scrupulous issues they have. Answering their question isnt a problem but we need to tell them that they need better direction since it might be an ongoing problem.
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We have actually advised the OP to talk to a priest.
 
fakename said:
I talked to my confessor today: not only do witches exist and have extensive powers (at least in some sense), but we are to be careful around friends who are in the occult. So as for the yoga example, one shouldn’t be friends with that type of person: if you meet with them then convert them, don’t be “buddy-friends” with them. So yes we are all friends (in our common humanity) but we shouldn’t actually be buddy-friends with yoga-practitioners. So in answer to my own question, we can’t be “friends” with everyone.
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Wow.

Either your priest is looking out for you, because he knows you can’t deal with life…or he’s just as far gone as you are. I have a friend who knows Fr. Amoreth. Who went to the Pope’s special meeting of Exorisit priests in Rome in October. And NONE of them act like that. And none would recommend doing that.

Yes, some people channel the devil…but 99.9% of people are just doing things to have a good time.
 
Now, I don’t have full information that a friend is really practicing this, but if I ask I might get caught with his other occult practicing friends. Should I risk it in order to ask him if he really does practice the occult? I don’t really have any other means of contacting him right now.
 
fakename said:
Now, I don’t have full information that a friend is really practicing this, but if I ask I might get caught with his other occult practicing friends. Should I risk it in order to ask him if he really does practice the occult? I don’t really have any other means of contacting him right now.
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The spiritual aspects of yoga have nothing to do with the devil or demons.
 
So if some people believe in psychics does that also mean we ditch them.
They’re the ones getting fooled by believing the rubbish they say. We can tell them the wrongs of superstition but if they dont listen, the evil spirits wont brush onto us.
 
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