Donegal priest claims yoga is "putting souls in jeopardy"

realdanbreen wrote: »

Thats because 'he' has a days work to do and doesn't have time for all this naval gazing, pontificating, lookatmeI'mcool,green tea drinking, calorie watching,D4 accent, never played hurling,lovesthe soundof his ownvoice, horseshyte!

I don't drink green tea and I'm from Meath, so that rules out the D4 accent. I don't play hurling, in fact the only sport I get involved in is go-karting. I watch calories to keep my weight down and to improve my health, and not for vanity. As a former victim of bullying I still can't think of myself as "cool".

It seems that the nastiest, most bile-filled people on Boards are mostly conservatives like yourself - the ones who make it tempting to change the "on" in "conservative" to an "unt".

lazybones32 wrote: »

Do people using A/A suffer reading difficulties?

You're not helping your argument, such as it is, here.

I didn't raise the subject of demonic possession: I was asked a Q and the rest of you jumped on board. I never raised the subject of empirically proving demonic possession

You stated that 1% of the mentally ill are "genuine" cases of "demonic possession" -

lazybones32 wrote: »

The vast majority of people who think they're possessed are actually suffering from a mental illness. There is the 1 in 100 who has a genuine possession and not all are unwelcome possessions (the person has sought to be possessed).

Can you please substantiate your claim that cases of "genuine demonic possession" exist?

realdanbreen wrote: »

Interesting that you see believers as being 'conservative', would I be right in thinking that insecurity might be an issue with you.

Yes, the more ardent believers are conservative. They're the ones who scream about their religious rights being trampled if the Minister for Education dares to mention a few dozen schools being transferred out of the RCC's grip. They're the ones who slut-shame women who've had abortions. They're the ones who sneer at LGBT couples.

It's International Yoga Day today, so designated by the current government of India.

Some international commentators have taken this as a positive, because like Yoga's good for everything right?

Other have pointed out the political and religious issues built into this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/20/opinion/india-and-the-politics-of-yoga.html?_r=0

"Not everyone is enthusiastic. Some Muslim preachers and opposition politicians have accused Mr. Modi of using the day to foist Hinduism on religious minorities under the guise of yoga."

http://www.smh.com.au/world/indian-pm-narendra-modi-hopes-yoga-day-will-stretch-indias-influence-20150621-ghtqbf.html

"Guinness World Record officials were called to establish a record for the largest yoga demonstration at a single venue. India's celebrity yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who's credited the practice with curing cancer and homosexuality, was roped in".

For my part I believe yoga is mostly used as a non-religious exercise which is beneficial to people. If people want to go down the spiritual route too, that's their choice.

The priest has a point though in terms that he's just doing his job. Yoga has religious roots, and plenty of people will use it as a gateway to various kinds of "Eastern Spirituality" which they think is inherently superior to whatever religion they grew up with.