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Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 12:10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Advanced_Meditation] Halloween and Other Holidays



Greetings Everyone!

This informaton is more proof that the christians religions are still working
relentless, trying to hinder the apopuluce to stay away from the true of
developing true spirituality.


By DYLAN LOVAN
The Associated Press
updated 10/7/2010 8:54:03 AM.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Southern Baptist leader who is calling for Christians to
avoid yoga and its spiritual attachments is getting plenty of pushback from
enthusiasts who defend the ancient practice.

Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler says the stretching and
meditative discipline derived from Eastern religions is not a Christian pathway
to God.
Mohler said he objects to "the idea that the body is a vehicle for reaching
consciousness with the divine."
"That's just not Christianity," Mohler told The Associated Press.
Mohler said feedback has come through e-mail and comments on blogs and other
websites since he wrote an essay to address questions about yoga he has heard
for years.
"I'm really surprised by the depth of the commitment to yoga found on the part
of many who identify as Christians," Mohler said.
Yoga fans say their numbers have been growing in the U.S. A 2008 study by the
Yoga Journal put the number at 15.8 million, or nearly 7 percent of adults.
About 6.7 percent of American adults are Southern Baptists, according to a 2007
survey by the Pew Research Center Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Mohler argued in his online essay last month that Christians who practice yoga
"must either deny the reality of what yoga represents or fail to see the
contradictions between their Christian commitments and their embrace of yoga.
He said his view is "not an eccentric Christian position."
Other Christian leaders have said practicing yoga is incompatible with the
teachings of Jesus. Pat Robertson has called the chanting and other spiritual
components that go along with yoga "really spooky." California megachurch pastor
John MacArthur called yoga a "false religion." Muslim clerics have banned
Muslims from practicing yoga in Egypt, Malaysia and Indonesia, citing similar
concerns.
Yoga proponents say the wide-ranging discipline, which originated in India,
offers physical and mental healing through stretching poses and concentration.
"Lots of people come to yoga because they are often in chronic pain. Others
come because they think it's a nice workout," said Allison Terracio, who runs
the Infinite Bliss studio in Louisville.
'Opened my spirit'
And some yoga studios have made the techniques more palatable for Christians by
removing the chanting and associations to eastern religions, namely Hinduism
and its multiple deities.
Stephanie Dillon, who has injected Christian themes into her studio in
Louisville, said yoga brought her closer to her Christian faith, which had
faded after college and service in the Army.
"What I found is that it opened my spirit, it renewed my spirituality," Dillon
said. "That happened first and then I went back to church." Dillon attends
Southeast Christian Church in Louisville and says many evangelical Christians
from the church attend her yoga classes.
She said she prayed on the question of whether to mix yoga and Christianity
before opening her studio, PM Yoga, where she discusses her relationship with
Jesus during classes.
"My objection (to Mohler's view) personally is that I feel that yoga enhances a
person's spirituality," Dillon said. "I don't like to look at religion from a
law standpoint but a relationship standpoint, a relationship with Jesus Christ
specifically."
Mohler wrote the essay after reading "The Subtle Body," where author Stefanie
Syman traces the history of yoga in America. Syman noted the growing popularity
of yoga in the U.S. by pointing out that first lady Michelle Obama has added it
to the festivities at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the front lawn.
Mohler said many people have written him to say they're simply doing exercises
and forgoing yoga's eastern mysticism and meditation.
"My response to that would be simple and straightforward: You're just not doing
yoga," Mohler said.Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 9:52:19 PM
Subject: [Advanced_Meditation] Halloween and Other Holidays


I am writing this in response to several posts in the JoS Teens for Satan group
inquiring how holidays should be celebrated as a Satanist. This is basically for
people who are new to Satanism.


First off, in regards to xianity [christianity], EVERYTHING in that foul
program was stolen and corrupted. Xianity has nothing of its own. For further
information and PROOF of this, study the following website:
http://www.exposingchristianity.com/

Now, Halloween is a wonderful holiday. Personally, this is my very favorite of
all of the holidays of the year and always has been since I was pre-school age.
The only thing we Satanists refuse to do on Halloween is to make a mockery of
Satan and his Demons, with the plethora of hideous 'Devil' masks and other
insulting images.


The enemy promotes ugly, and most vile images of our Beloved Father Satan.
Obviously, no dedicated Satanist would want to take part in these. This doesn't
need explaining, it speaks for itself.


Celebrate Halloween to the fullest and have fun. Dress up and be creative with
your costumes. This is one of the best times of the year, also for rituals and
astral communications after the partying and/or trick or treating.

http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpent ... mhain.html

Now, as for the Yule Season, the Yule has been around much longer than xianity.
It has absolutely NOTHING to do with that foul nazarene.


The Yule Season

The Yule season is a season of enjoyment and indulgence.

Cooking
Baking
Gift giving
Decorating
Building snowmen and winter sports in places where there is snow
Tree decorating
Blue lights in honor of Lucifer
Partying
Santa Clause for the kids
Shopping and more.
The Nazarene as you can see has no place in the Yule season. December 25th is
actually the Persian deity Mithra's birthday. The Yule was stolen from the
Pagans and incorporated into the Xian religion as Xmas. We need to take back our
holiday!!

Celebrate and Indulge!!
HAIL SATAN!!
http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpentis666/Yule.html

Now, as for Easter, this one was stolen and corrupted as well. "Easter" was
stolen from Astaroth. Originally known as "Ashtar." This holiday coincides with
the Vernal Equinox of spring when day and night are of equal length. Known as
"Eastre" to the Anglo-Saxons. As the Goddess of fertility, she was associated
with rabbits and eggs. The Christians stole this holiday and twisted its
meaning. Other names include: Easter, Eastre, Eos, Eostre, Ester, Estrus,
(Estrus is when an animal goes into heat; mating season) Oestrus, Oistros, and
Ostara. Again, the "Lamb of God" was stolen from the Zodiac sign of Aries the
Ram which occurs every spring.


For more information:
http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpent ... IDAYS.html

High Priestess Maxine Dietrich
http://www.joyofsatan.org





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