You know what else is Satanic, padre? Molesting children. In fact, on the sliding scale of Satanic Stuff, I'd say a yoga-ing Harry Potter fan is a wee bit less Satanic than a Catholic priest. OK? So take your judgmental dogmatic bullcrap and shove it right on up your tired old ass. Thanks.

Father Gabriele Amorth, who for years was the Vatican's chief exorcist and claims to have cleansed hundreds of people of evil spirits, said yoga is Satanic because it leads to a worship of Hinduism and "all eastern religions are based on a false belief in reincarnation".

The fact that this man is in any position of authority within the Catholic Church is simply reason #65 for why I can't take that institution seriously.

/reason #14 is the Pope hat

The Harry Potter books, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, "seem innocuous" but in fact encourage children to believe in black magic and wizardry, Father Amorth said.

Sorry bud, but people are able to determine which things are real and which are fictitious and fantasy, like magic wizards and god

Yoga pants thread?

Reading Harry Potter didn't make me evil but it did make me an atheist...

FTA: "Father Gabriele Amorth, who for years was the Vatican's chief exorcist and claims to have cleansed hundreds of people of evil spirits, said yoga is Satanic because it leads to a worship of Hinduism and "all eastern religions are based on a false belief in reincarnation".


I was this guy's teacher in a past life.

I told his parents then that he was an idiot.

My mother really believed stuff like this.

Idiots like this guy are the reason I quit going to to church for 25 years. Then I figured out that you can have a relationship with God without putting up with legalistic bullshiat.

As a Catholic I'm calling this guy out as a grumpy jerk.

There are lots of Catholic yoga meditation type things that fuse some old monastic traditions with the yoga postures for mediatation, and I'm sorry, but we aren't one of the churches that thinks D+D, Harry Potter, and all that jazz are evil.

He does not speak for all Catholics, or even the teachings of the church

Holy shi#, that's an actual quote. I thought our submitter was trolling.

Send your money now, so we can stem this evil tide...

If this thread doesn't become a "pretty girls in yoga pants" thread, THAT would in fact be evil.

Death_Poot: Idiots like this guy are the reason I quit going to to church for 25 years. Then I figured out that you can have a relationship with God without putting up with legalistic bullshiat.

I barely miss the crackers and wine

Idiot priest:

"Father Gabriele Amorth, who for years was the Vatican's chief exorcist and claims to have cleansed hundreds of people of evil spirits"

By "cleansing" they really mean "molesting."


/the sick farks.

Oh for fark's sake.... that's all we need.

/ I guess the kiddy-diddling wasn't bad enough press
// Cathaholic

maxheck: If this thread doesn't become a "pretty girls in yoga pants" thread, THAT would in fact be evil.

Notabunny: fta Yoga poses could create a feeling of well-being in the body but it was erroneous to confuse that with "the authentic consolations of the Holy Spirit," the document said.

My wife and some of her friends take yoga. I haven't heard anything about the instructor saying there's a religious or spiritual aspect. Any farkers have an instructor who does?

There's a spiritual side to yoga but in the US at least it's seldom taught.

www.yogajournal.com

How many variations on this holy theme got play?



Bunch of preverts if you ask me.

What a Satanist might look like.

Notabunny: Nick Nostril: // Cathaholic

You Catholics do a lot of good and charitable work. You ought to try to get some of that in the news now and then, too.

We need better PR.

FerneJohn: maxheck: If this thread doesn't become a "pretty girls in yoga pants" thread, THAT would in fact be evil.

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I hate you.

FerneJohn:

The Evil Stink-eye. You've earned it. :P

Close2TheEdge: What a Satanist might look like.

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I would follow that straight to hell, FLAMES before I give her up.

FerneJohn: maxheck: If this thread doesn't become a "pretty girls in yoga pants" thread, THAT would in fact be evil.

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Holy cats! How do they keep from falling into the Rancor Pit?

Must I do everything around here?

You know what else is Satanic, padre?

Bumper sticker in Seattle: You can't be Catholic and pro-abortion.

But pedophilia gets you promoted!

/FTFA: Reincarnation a la Jesus is teh evil???

The Catholic Church: Keeping things relevant since The Dark Ages.

The Harry Potter books, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, "seem innocuous" but in fact encourage children to believe in black magic and wizardry, Father Amorth said.


Unlike the priest, who just wants you to believe in an evil spirit that can capture your soul with dark powers, but which can be fought off by his wielding potent icons and invoking powerful rituals.

So let's not focus on real evil like child molesters, murders, war, famine and Congress. HELL NO! let's focus on people trying to balance on one leg. Yeah, that's it.

beerbaron: Must I do everything around here?

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Yes, you must....

If this is satanism.... sign me up. As long as I don't have to do any of those poses, that is.

This is just ridiculous.
Just because something is of a different religion doesn't make it "Satanic".

Yoga, itself, is just a tool. It does not lead to evil. If done for spiritual purposes, it leads to God. Regardless of whether you're Christian, Hindu, New Age, or whatever.

But most yoga in the US isn't particularly religious oriented. Just a bunch of hatha yoga positions designed to make you relax. Certainly not anything evil or Satanic.

Close2TheEdge: What a Satanist might look like.

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Hey, he's right! I want to do all sorts of evil things to dat ass.

G2V: The Harry Potter books, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, "seem innocuous" but in fact encourage children to believe in black magic and wizardry, Father Amorth said.


Unlike the priest, who just wants you to believe in an evil spirit that can capture your soul with dark powers, but which can be fought off by his wielding potent icons and invoking powerful rituals.

blasphemer

/but dead on

"Practicing yoga is Satanic...



/idiot

"He has also claimed that the sex abuse scandals which have engulfed the Catholic Church in the US, Ireland, Germany and other countries was proof that the Anti-Christ is waging a war against the Holy See."


Yes. That's right. It's all Satan, that totally absolves responsibility from the Church. The Church had nothing to do with all of those child-molesting priests being moved from parish to parish.