Is yoga demonic or no?

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PRmerger said:
Fair enough.

I find that odd, though. If I knew that demons were possibly being conjured in a room next to me, I certainly would not be dancing in the room next door. 🤷
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Well according to your earlier comment, you had no problem with a group of kids playing around an Ouija board. (Granted, you did say that if they were just doing it for fun with no “intent” to communicate with the other side). Regardless, “demons could possibly be conjured up” in that scenario regardless of intent)It’s hard to point out my faults with the beam in your own eye, isn’t it?
 
Michael_Mayo said:
Doing Hatha Yoga is not adopting their religion.

The first that comes to my mind is circumcision:
The earliest historical record of circumcision comes from Egypt, in the form of an image of the circumcision of an adult carved into the tomb of Ankh-Mahor at Saqqara, dating to about 2400–2300 BCE.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision#Middle_East.2C_Africa_and_Europe
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Interesting…Where does God explicitly say to mix religions though? I wasn’t aware that circumcision was a religion.
 
Evania said:
Well according to your earlier comment, you had no problem with a group of kids playing around an Ouija board. (Granted, you did say that if they were just doing it for fun with no “intent” to communicate with the other side). Regardless, “demons could possibly be conjured up” in that scenario regardless of intent)It’s hard to point out my faults with the beam in your own eye, isn’t it?
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Oh, believe me, Evania. If demons are being conjured up, I would be no where near a place. And I would certainly have a problem with a group of kids playing around a Ouija board IF DEMONS ARE BEING CONJURED.

If they are simply pushing the planchette around a board, it’s odd to think that this is going to conjure up any evil spirits, any more than typing on a keyboard will.

I don’t believe in that. It’s superstition. And our Church forbids embracing superstition.
 
PRmerger said:
I too doubt that exercise is what St. Paul was referring to.

I find them quite applicable, Evania.

I just don’t see yoga as being yoked to Hinduism. And there is no Catholic teaching that states this. At all.
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It’s a fact that it is yoked to Hinduism. There doesn’t have to be a Catholic teaching to state this. Holy Trinity’s post earlier was a slam dunk. Want proof? Many people privately messaged me saying that they had no idea…

So even if the three of you refuse to accept the references that were provided. I am content to know that there are those who have read and whose eyes are open.
 
PRmerger said:
Oh, believe me, Evania. If demons are being conjured up, I would be no where near a place. And I would certainly have a problem with a group of kids playing around a Ouija board IF DEMONS ARE BEING CONJURED.

If they are simply pushing the planchette around a board, it’s odd to think that this is going to conjure up any evil spirits, any more than typing on a keyboard will.

I don’t believe in that. It’s superstition. And our Church forbids embracing superstition.
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What do you consider superstition? Please stop posting your own opinions and saying that the Church forbids people to think otherwise. The Church would disagree with you on this. The practice of the occult is dangerous, period…whether intention is there it not.

This may surprise you, but Satan would prefer to have people not know that he exists. You don’t have to call on him in order to have him working actively in your life.
 
Evania said:
What do you consider superstition?
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From our Catechism, Evania (red my insertion)

Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. (such as pushing a planchette around)

and this:

Superstition in some sense represents a perverse excess of religion;
… but Satan would prefer to have people not know that he exists. You don’t have to call on him in order to have him working actively in your life.
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Amen! Very Catholic, this. 👍
 
What authoritative Church source states that certain types of exercise and breathing are yoked to Hinduism, and that because someone yoked them to Hinduism, the are no longer of God.

Oh, never mind, there is no source…you made it up.
 
TheWarriorMonk said:
What authoritative Church source states that certain types of exercise and breathing are yoked to Hinduism, and that because someone yoked them to Hinduism, the are no longer of God.

Oh, never mind, there is no source…you made it up.
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You didn’t read the references. Holy Trinity blew this out of the water.😃
 
Evania said:
So this is evidence that you really didn’t read the references that were provided.
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Yoga is not a religion. It is a practice.

If you want to assert that Yoga is a religion, then that has as much validity as saying that circumcision is a religion.
 
PRmerger said:
From our Catechism, Evania (red my insertion)

Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. (such as pushing a planchette around)

and this:

Superstition in some sense represents a perverse excess of religion;

Amen! Very Catholic, this. 👍
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Wrongo! That wouldn’t apply to the occult.

Because what would be the practice that would otherwise be lawful or necessary?
 
Evania said:
Wrongo! That wouldn’t apply to the occult.
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Well, you’re begging the question, Evania.

You need to first prove that pushing a planchette around is inherently an activity which is an occultish practice.

Otherwise, you are begging the question.
 
This is interesting:

From an email received from the Classical Yoga Hindu Academy:

“Is Yoga a religion that denies Jesus Christ? Yes. Just as Christianity denies the Hindu MahaDevas such as Siva, Vishnu, Durga and Krishna, to name a few, Hinduism and its many Yogas have nothing to do with God and Jesus (though we do respect that others believe in this way). As Hindus who live the Yogic lifestyle, we appreciate when others understand that all of Yoga is all about the Hindu religion. Modern so-called ‘yoga’ is dishonest to Hindus and to all non-Hindus such as the Christians.”

Danda,
Dharma Yoga Ashram
(Classical Yoga Hindu Academy)

(Mind if I quote St. Paul again?)

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
 
Evania said:
You didn’t read the references. Holy Trinity blew this out of the water.😃
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Actually, I read a pile of official Church documents today. The all reference the postures/etc. in the context of religious practice, NOT secular practice.

That is obviously the case. To believe otherwise is to believe that God designed our bodies to become demonically possessed if we breath or move a certain way, even while worshipping God. Purely ludicrous.
 
Evania said:
This is interesting:

From an email received from the Classical Yoga Hindu Academy:

“Is Yoga a religion that denies Jesus Christ? Yes. Just as Christianity denies the Hindu MahaDevas such as Siva, Vishnu, Durga and Krishna, to name a few, Hinduism and its many Yogas have nothing to do with God and Jesus (though we do respect that others believe in this way). As Hindus who live the Yogic lifestyle, we appreciate when others understand that all of Yoga is all about the Hindu religion. Modern so-called ‘yoga’ is dishonest to Hindus and to all non-Hindus such as the Christians.”

Danda,
Dharma Yoga Ashram
(Classical Yoga Hindu Academy)

(Mind if I quote St. Paul again?)

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
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And yet here is something which states that yoga is not a religion:

Is Yoga a Religion?

No. Yoga is contained within religions.Religion is not contained within Yoga. Here are a few of the things that are usually part of religions, but which are missing with Yoga:
Yoga has no deity to worship.
Yoga has no worship services to attend.
Yoga has no rituals to perform.
Yoga has no sacred icons.
Yoga has no creed or formal statement of religious belief.
Yoga has no requirement for a confession of faith.
Yoga has no ordained clergy or priests to lead religious services.
Yoga has no institutional structure, leader or group of overseers.
Yoga has no membership procedure.
Yoga has no congregation of members or followers.
Yoga has no system of temples or churches.

ayubowanyoga.com/yoga-and-religion.html

:hmmm:
 
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