YOGA...ooer!

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Bruised_Reed said:
I have to admit I don’t know what you are referring to here. You’ve made so many sarcastic and facetious comments that I wouldn’t know what you were serious about. You think yoga is wrong and I don’t think you really want the church to make it “binding.”

FWIW, the silly remarks you make about yoga may be to sound jolly or maybe to shame those who use yoga but ultimately it’s starting to sound childish. Like my ex-coworker who asked, “Lent. Isn’t that where you have to eat lentils?” The woman was raised Catholic so she should know but she typically made digs at things she didn’t understand. It got old.
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I can’t help myself here…
This… 100 percent… friardchips googles some yoga poses and surmises that a YMCA or P90X stretch class named “yoga” is the same as the stuff we all agree “can” be bad that includes meditation while sitting cross legged with your fingers touching…

It’s akin to someone handing me a picture of two people kneeling in front of the crucifix and suggest we worship statues.
 
friardchips said:
So, Bruised Reed, if you wish to stay in the thread then great but let’s keep it in the now, or if you decide to leave, then I hope your life will be blessed, and wish you the best. I’d like you to stay, but up to you.
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Thanks. I don’t need your permission, though. I’ll be back if I see something I want to comment on. 🤷
 
ptisme said:
I can’t help myself here…
This… 100 percent… friardchips googles some yoga poses and surmises that a YMCA or P90X stretch class named “yoga” is the same as the stuff we all agree “can” be bad that includes meditation while sitting cross legged with your fingers touching…

It’s akin to someone handing me a picture of two people kneeling in front of the crucifix and suggest we worship statues.
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Didn’t you know, or have your manners escaped you like so many people who seem to argue in favour of Yoga on this thread, that it is rude to talk about someone as if they are not there.
 
friardchips said:
Didn’t you know, or have your manners escaped you like so many people who seem to argue in favour of Yoga on this thread, that it is rude to talk about someone as if they are not there.
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I’m not arguing in favor of yoga as much as I’m defending myself against your insinuating that I’m doing something against my core values as a Christian.
 
friardchips said:
Didn’t you know, or have your manners escaped you like so many people who seem to argue in favour of Yoga on this thread, that it is rude to talk about someone as if they are not there.
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This is a message board not a dinner table. You aren’t here. I’m not there. There is nothing wrong with referencing something someone said.
 
ptisme said:
I’m not arguing in favor of yoga as much as I’m defending myself against your insinuating that I’m doing something against my core values as a Christian. I find that rude actually.
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As I have repeatedly said time and again on this thread, if you read the posts, I am discussing or was hoping to discuss, opinions on the subject of Yoga for or against, and have provided links for people to comment on. I have not written a thread called: ‘ptisme’s personal intentions behind doing Yoga’, have I? It is up to you if you bring personal comments into this and I welcome it but if you do and then choose to get offended by opinions against Yoga then that is your doing. I am interested in people’s intelligent and objective comments regarding Yoga, for or against, and especially concerning the links provided.
 
friardchips said:
There is a difference between jokey banter, objective opinions whether strong or not, and being rude (which includes constantly taking things the wrong way).
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Taking things the wrong way can only be rude if done deliberately and since I’ve admitted I can’t tell when you are being serious or joking. I’m not doing that. You think I’m being rude because I’m disagreeing with you? Pointing out how your posts might be perceived? Not rude. honest.

BTW, telling someone they are rude is rude. Check Miss Manners.
 
Bruised_Reed said:
Taking things the wrong way can only be rude if done deliberately and since I’ve admitted I can’t tell when you are being serious or joking. I’m not doing that. You think I’m being rude because I’m disagreeing with you? Pointing out how your posts might be perceived? Not rude. honest.

BTW, telling someone they are rude is rude. Check Miss Manners.
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If you think someone might have insulted you then one might ask that person politely: “Are you being serious now?” or “We are still joking, are we?” or “I find that a bit offensive, why did you say that?” Or “That hurt my feelings a bit” or “I’m not sure how to take that, how did you mean it?”

This way people don’t misunderstand each other and simply say: “you are being this and that and you have been this and that…etc”. I sometimes use emoticons to show my side of things.

These are communication skills that are tested on a blog and can be tricky. I can be ironic sometimes, it is true, but not to offend, and this seems to be the difference between my posts and those that appear to try and judge my intentions. It can be that people are over-sensitive, it is not a crime, but makes it difficult to have a conversation and this thread really hasn’t got anywhere because people are not wanting to respect my questions. Plain and simple.
 
I wouldn’t be overly gutted if the thread was closed(!) It has been disappointing, to say the least.
 
friardchips said:
Hi there! At last, an objective angle. True, our bodies are temples, it is a valid point, but aren’t we taught in Christianity to deny our bodies and take care of the Spirit within us?
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Do you deny your body when you genuflect or kneel? When you go to the doctor? When you get proper exercise and diet? Taking proper care of the Spirit within us involves proper care and discipline of the body because we are incarnated beings. Yoga stretches are one of many ways to do that.

Galatians 2:20"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."
 
ptisme said:
Don’t fret over it. You meant well. Here’s a peace offering from me to you starting at the 3:45 mark. God bless:thumbsup:
youtube.com/watch?v=t9gzGoPAs8g

Eph 4:32
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Thanks. I’ll watch it but fairly about this topic to be honest with you.

Either way, yes, might as well end in goodwill otherwise the whole thing failed anyway. After all the end doesn’t justify the means. The means is important too. Thanks for having stuck around a bit longer. I’m unsubscribing soon also. I hope all you do brings blessings.

God bless.
 
Michael_Mayo said:
Do you deny your body when you genuflect or kneel? When you go to the doctor? When you get proper exercise and diet? Taking proper care of the Spirit within us involves proper care and discipline of the body because we are incarnated beings. Yoga stretches are one of many ways to do that.

Galatians 2:20"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."
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Hi, to look after the body by feeding it, by giving it sleep, by keeping the heart rate up through running or something, by cleaning it, by keeping the mind active through some kind of sport or hobby, by stretching if one feels a bit of cramp, to give it medication if one is ill, is part and parcel of loving oneself as much as one needs, but Yoga is excessive, and part of a feel-good culture if one looks at it from a Christian perspective.

‘Testing in the Desert - Matthew 4:4: “Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’

Take care and God bless. 🙂
 
friardchips said:
… but Yoga is excessive, and part of a feel-good culture if one looks at it from a Christian perspective.
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You are certainly entitled to your opinion but I think from a Christian perspective yoga stretches are a way of honoring God through prayer of the body. You make it sound like masterbation (feel-good culture) when on the contrary, it is about alignment, strength, balance and focus.
 
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