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[thisficklemob]

A few more recent stories I wanted to share...

More of what our Congresscritters (tm Revere at Effect Measure) are up to:

Senator Spector is considering putting a hold on NSA funds until Bush answers questions about the wiretapping. This may well be the only way Congress can get Bush to actually listen to them on anything, even on matters that

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[txvoodoo]

"Apparently some people in America are now doing "Christian Yoga", i.e., praying while doing yoga and listening to Jesus-y music. This according to a BBC World News "look at what those crazy Yanks are doing now" report. I couldn't find a link online - perhaps BBC has removed the story because it gave it a migraine. I wouldn't blame them."

There was a substitute instructor who taught a class at our community center once. She was all "Hi! I'm a cheerleader for Christ!" kinda bouncy blonde chicky, who instead of having us "find our centers", exhorted us to "feel our connection to Jesus" in contemplative poses.

I really don't think I can explain how many eyerolls were exchanged during this class :D Afterwards, we always rate substitutes, and we all discovered we said the same thing - we don't come to exercise to get religion, kthnxbai.

[thisficklemob]

Yeah, really. The thing about the "Hinduism" that usually filters into American yoga classes - it's not usually exclusivist. You can take it as belief, or as positive thinking and visualization. Even the chanting is fairly benign since no one (Hindi speakers included) really speaks Sanskrit anymore except for the priests.

Maybe if they told you to find your connection to Jesus in Latin or Greek you wouldn't mind. *g*

But at least these Christian yoga people probably let you know what you're getting in for. That substitute just springing it on you is skeery.

[fishsanwitt]

'cheerleader for Christ'?

Mother of God. ::rolls eyes right out of head::

[bloodypoetry]

Oh that's not even the worst I've seen. Out here, they have a martial arts class called "Warriors for Christ!". I mean, most of those martial arts that I can't spell are basically based on eastern thinking and religion, and are, in fact, important when teaching someone to actually become a living weapon. Grrr.

[thisficklemob]

Ok, that worries me. It goes right past cultural misappropriation straight into... How do you say "jihad" in Christian? O.o

[anne_jumps]

I'm not at all surprised to find that a certain stripe of Christian finds the existence of other religions offensive.

[thisficklemob]

Well, there is that... but since when do they do yoga? They should stick to exercise that's more appropriately AryanEuropean, like Pilates. ;-)

[thisficklemob]

Hee. Perzactly. "I have nothing against God, it's his fanclub that bothers me."