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And I'd consider that disregard for the history, and historical faith, to be an example of some of the deep problems of modern Christendom.

What one considers disregard another views as liberation. It doesn't matter who agrees. We can't micromanage their walk with God. They have their priorities and we have ours. And I'm okay with that.

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Other than in one's imagination, I don't believe there any such thing as occult "powers". Power is the word I'm focusing on. What I was responding to is the "evil" component, not in some occult power sort of way, but more in the way that music can be used to move people in a desired direction.

Which can be explained through naturalistic processes, without needing to appeal to "woo".
 
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This is an interesting video. An x Buddhist says how yogic breathing is satanic etc. I guess I could see where it might be but on the other hand, certain breathing exercises can lower your blood pressure or oxygenate the body. This can be useful at night because blood pressure can rise at night and deep forceful breathing in bed can help you fall asleep sometimes. I find it interesting that some Buddhist monks can control their body temperature when it’s very cold out without wearing much clothes. Some yogis can control their heart rate. Isn’t this interesting from a scientific angle ? Is there a more nuanced view that could be taken about such things?

The guy in the video also talks about how martial arts promote anger. I think about some Christians who might take such views and yet promote wars based on propaganda or misinformation when they don’t understand what is going on. I’m afraid that it seems like almost the same type of thing that they claim to be against in that case

In other news, YouTube continues to be the place where poorly-informed people give their random hot takes on things they don’t understand. Film at 11.
 
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