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The clergyman of the Catholic Church of the Irish city of Derry reported that he was concerned about the craze for yoga in our time. By According to the priest, these physical and mental practices have come to us from a culture alien to Christianity, therefore people who are fond of similar techniques can be influenced by none other than Satan
According to Ronald Colhoun, his statement is not worth it take it as a joke – yoga classes are really capable pave our way to the kingdom of darkness. The whole thing, it turns out, is that, adopting Christianity, a person imposes on himself certain obligations to higher powers. When he starts to learn dubious spiritual practices that have nothing common with Christian culture, the creator may turn his back on him, and with such an outcome of events there is every chance to get on the network to the devil. The abbot believes that evil, of course, is capable of faster take possession of souls thanks to obvious sins committed by people, however, yoga should not be discounted either.
It is worth recalling that Pope Benedict XVI at one time too criticized yoga. Then he informed his followers that yoga, Zen and other kinds of subconscious meditation become the cause of the development of a body cult in people, and this directly contradicts truths from the scriptures. Strange that winged latin the expression “In a healthy body – a healthy mind” among Catholics in memory for some reason it does not pop up at all.
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