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Namaste in Church
Asked Sep 30, 2011, 10:26 AM
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45 Answers The video was sent to me by a friend who is a Hindu. I share Jesus with him through emails, but he throws back works of false christians telling me that Christianity is full of hypocrates. I have explained him many times who is a real follower of Jesus and who is a mere christian. However he does not get that. This Youtube video was another attempt from him to prove that many churches are adapting Eastern religious stuff. Pastor Eddie D. Smith Sr. - The Meaning of Namaste' - YouTube I fully know that since we are in the Last Days, mixing of religious practices and people falling away from faith, is bound to happen. This Pastor needs to to be told what wrong he is doing. In my church my priest was doing the same thing everytime she would start her sermon. One day I talked to her about this and told about the roots of Hinduism. After that she stopped. Now I do not know whether she does not say "Namaste" when I am present in the congregation, though I had no intention of putting her down. Am I judgemental and should not do it? Or let the pastor know before many fall away from Truth? |
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| Dave, It isn't about worse teachings. It is about wrong teachings.. Triunds concern is that Christianty is being watered down and mixed with false teachings. It is subtle...but then so is Satan. The teaching is false! who cares if it is a hindu term or a indian term, if it is being taught in error? You miss the point i think. | ||||
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????? We should stop if it is biblically incorrect and if it changes the truth of the Gospel. Neither is true. I don't know why this is so hard to understand. How this word was being preached is biblically wrong. Why tolerate it? | ||||
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| Tess got me right on this issue. Whether Namaste is a religious or not, the point is are we Christians so dumb that we have to borrow traditions from others to worship and communicate with our Living God who is the one who loves us and cares for us? Has not Jesus told us how to communicate with our neighbour? Should it not be that others should look upto and listen to our God? I know two incidences in Old Testament where people from other followings attested about Living God. One is in the story of Army commander Naaman in 2 Kings 5 and reference for second is eluding me. Anyway, this was OT, and there are millions of cases today who attest the sovereignity of Lord God. Namaste is just a small thing, but if we are not alert and careful, slowly and slowly we will lose our saltiness. And Jesus has already told about worthlessness of salt. | ||||
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| I've never met a Sikh who says Namaste. They denounce all things Hindi, orthodox are not allowed to do yoga or yogic mudras either. The ignorance in this thread was utterly astounding. I love the way some of the posters tried to tell a person BORN and RAISED in INDIA about what namaste meant. You guys are so ignorant. Learn about the diversity and difference in people before you make such blanket statements. Namaste comes out of ancient vedic texts which are the basis for hinduism. A Muslim will not say Namaste nor will a Sikh. Each religious group has different ways to greet one another, ergo the arrogance in saying that everybody indian says Namaste which simply isn't true. Mode of greeting: the Hindus use "Ram Ram Namaste", the Muslims say "Aslaamlekum" the Sikhs have Waheguruji da Khalsa, Waheguruji Di Fateh." | ||||
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