As a Christian, would you...1. worship the sun?
2. practice various ritual genuflects to idols?
3. seek to have your spirit leave your body in an attempt to gain mystical knowledge?
4. arouse the "Serpent Power" at the base of your spine to allow a new spirit to enter your brain?
5. merge with a demon to find your "god in us?"
6. writhe on the floor helpless in fear, uncontrollable laughing or weeping, intervals of ecstasy, tremors, spasms, and violent shaking?
7. dabble in the occult in seeking unearthly power?
8. believe that you are God and all is God?
"No way!" you'd easily exclaim. And yet, those are the very things one does when participating in the eastern occultic practice of
Yoga.
Yoga is HinduismNow, I know what you might be thinking. "Occult? Oh, come on now! Aren't we overreacting just a little bit? Yoga is just exercise."
But, did you know that
Yoga is one of the essential religious practices of Hinduism? As Subhas Tiwari, a professor of yoga philosophy and mediation at the
Hindu University of America in Orlando, Florida stated in the September 5, 2005 issue of
Time Magazine — "Yoga is Hinduism."
Hinduism is monotheistic, sort of. It recognizes one supreme deity known as Brahman, or "ultimate reality." Brahman is the universe and all it contains. Essentially, god is everything, and everything is god, a belief that is known as pantheism. To take the concept further, if everything is god, then that would include you and me. Unlike Christianity, Hinduism has no concept of a personal and knowable God, who is separate from His creation. To a Hindu, Brahman is simply all that exists.
Hinduism also has a polytheistic side. It includes aspects of worship of multiple deities that are all considered manifestations of the one "ultimate reality." In addition to the major incarnations of Brahman, forces of nature, animals, and humans can all be deified, giving Hindus a pantheon of 330
million gods and goddesses to worship.
And, in fact,
Yoga is the major missionary arm of Hinduism and the New Age movement in North America."Christian" Yoga?There are a surprising number of Hindu influences in our North American culture. Many of these go unchecked or even unnoticed by the
Christian Church. Yoga for one has really caught on in the Christian community and many church calendars have become filled with Yoga classes. The spiritual effects, though, have been detrimental.
Christians will often say about Yoga, "Well, I don't practice the spiritual part of Yoga, I just do it for the exercise. It's the same as the
Apostle Paul saying it's OK to eat food sacrificed to idols" (1 Cor. 8).
But, how many people who know of the New Age indoctrinations behind Yoga are standing outside watching Christians practicing it?
What by our example are we telling the world?In verses 9-11, Paul warns,
"Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols? So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge."Not only does the Christian ruin the testimony of Christ to others, but as verse 12 states,
"When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ."The Christian ResponseWhat should we do with Yoga, then? Verse 13 concludes,
"Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall."Yoga is not worth the workout if it puts your walk with Jesus in peril and ruins the chances of someone coming to Christ.Because there is a proliferation of false teachers promoting
false doctrines indicating we're living in the end times, Jesus is about to fulfill His promise to return (Matt. 24:24; Mk. 13:22). May He not arrive and find us stretching to a "
sun salutation" in a Yoga class.
For a detailed look into the
occultic practices of Yoga, read the article on
The Christ in Prophecy Journal blog or on the
Berean Watchmen Ministries' website.
KFC
Allegedly Not Serving Real Chicken The Truth About KFC’s Name Change.
KFC has been a part of our American traditions for many years. Many
people, every day, eat at KFC religiously. However, do they really know
what they are eating?
During
a recent study of KFC done at the University of New Hampshire, they
allegedly found some very upsetting facts. First of all, why did they
change their name? Several years ago Kentucky fried chicken became KFC.
Does anybody know why? Most thought the real reason was because of the
“fried” food issue. But that is not the case. The real reason why they
call it KFC is because they allegedly cannot use the word chicken
anymore. Why? KFC does not use real chickens? They allegedly use
genetically manipulated organisms.
These
so-called “chickens” are kept alive by tubes inserted into their bodies
to pump blood and nutrients throughout their structure. They have no
beaks, no feathers and no feet. They grow with multiple legs and wings
on one “chicken”. Their bone structure is dramatically shrunk to get
more meat out of them. This is great for KFC because it saves them money
for their production costs. There is no more plucking of the feathers
or the removal of the beaks and feet. The government allegedly required
them to change their name and banned them from using the word “chicken”.
I find this matter very disturbing. I hope people will start to realize
this and let other people know.