Alabama upholds a ban on yoga in school citing fears of the practice spreading Hinduism

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[–]InvoluntaryHalibut 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I think they are right, that it is a form of hindu meditation. I think it is reasonable to say that this is promotion of a pagan religion which is in conflict with christian beliefs and probably some other religions too. It makes total sense to me that devout christians object to it.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

What do you think about the exercises (postures) themselves? Could the physical movements be successfully separated from the hindu religious trappings?

[–]InvoluntaryHalibut 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Down facing dog is the the devils conduit to your soullllll!!!!!

Look, I think christians have a valid gripe here all joking aside. If you allow some yoga teacher to teach it to kids, even if you call it something else, it is from hinduism. I dont think you could ever divorce it from its origins in a way that would be satisfactory to devout christians who reject paganism. It is more incrementalism of globalism/progressivism on their way of life. Symbols mean something. This is a symbol of paganism. It really is a pagan practice. It doesnt bother me, but I dont see why they need to put up with it in the schools. Fuck, why are they wasting time on that shit anyway. Have them jog around the gym a couple times and then get back to math lessons.

Nobody swears around here. Am I going to get thrown off the pyramid or something.

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I kind of see your point, but I'd also separate "modern" Christians from the less than 1% of actual Christians. Care of the temple is found in the yoga exercises, even if the moderns are more oriented towards corporate sports.

I know a lot of yoga teaching is oriented towards the hindu version, but I'm not seeing anti-Christianity in the actual physical movements. I might be missing something, but is there anything inherently anti-Christian in the postures themselves?

You might not call it 'yoga' if you put a Christian templet on it to replace the hindu stuff. But physical body movement that's oriented towards temple maintenance seems like it could easily be a Christian practice.