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- From: raghavan@wk28.nas.nasa.gov (Venkatraman Raghavan)
- Subject: Re: Why is Yoga considered an occult practise?
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 20:00:27 GMT
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- prabhak@giga.cs.umn.edu (Satya Prabhakar) writes:
- >On a recent trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, I turned on the TV in the
- >hotel at about midnight. What I saw on the Christian network struck
- >me as interesting.
- >
- >The program was dedicated to exposing how anti-Christian forces
- >have taken American schools hostage. The program backed this assertion
- >up by quoting several instances where occult and satanic material
- >is taught to children. And the program cited Yoga as an example of
- >>occult devil worship which left me a little amazed.
- >>....
- >>My question is as follows: Is the branding of Yoga as a form of
- >>devil worship chiefly out of ignorance or is it me that is missing
- >>a part of this picture?
-
- Salesmanship. This National Enquirer version of evangelism brings
- in megabucks to these ministries. They don't care if what they
- are saying is true or not.
-
- Raghavan, V.
-