“John Brown University, a private Christian college, is coming under fire for publishing an op-ed by a faculty member which warns students about yoga and claims it is influenced by “demonic Hindu gods.”
The article, “Rethink Yoga,” was published in the school’s student-run paper, The Threefold Advocate. The author, Deborah Dana, is listed on the JBU website as a math specialist and a tutor coordinator, according to NWA.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Yasmine Hafiz / The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/20/yoga-demonic-john-brown-university_n_4993864.html
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Pat Robertson said this on air over a year ago in response to a viewers question about whether or not yoga was “sinful”. He responded that doing yoga was the same as worshipping the Hindu gods and a “good” Christian should not practice yoga.