Some people just aren't cut out for yoga. Particularly Christians—at least from the perspective of Dr. R. Albert Mohler. In a recent blog post, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary warns Christians about "flirting" with this religiously-influenced exercise of Indian origin. His main beef is that it "threatens to transform their own spiritual lives into a 'post-Christian, spiritually polyglot' reality":
On Tuesday, Mohler's words were displayed on Kentucky's Courier-Journal website and they caused quite a ruckus. One commenter writes, "I'm sorry, but this is idiotic. I'm a lifelong Southern Baptist, but this is too far outside the boundaries of reason." Another says, "Just a reminder that Dr. Mohler does not speak for all Christians. He may think he does, though." Coming to his defense, another commenter writes:

I don't think his point is that you cannot stretch or exercise in Yoga-like ways, but that true Yoga - specifically the type of meditation - goes against principles taught in the Bible. So a Christ follower needs to be aware that they may be playing with fire so to speak. This is truth. You may agree or disagree but at least Mohler doesn't water down the Biblical truth to cater to the wave of universalism sweeping this nation.

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