Given the social, political, economic and environmental issues that society and churches are grappling with today, I was astonished to read Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler's recent comments regarding yoga. I have practiced yoga for 12 years, and many of my fellow practitioners are some of the most compassionate, reverent, spiritual, selfless, and ethical people I have ever met.
As with the case of which sports team emerges victorious, who wins an Oscar, and where you left your car keys on any given day, I'm pretty sure that God (or whichever Deity you prefer) has bigger fish to fry than condemning those folks on their mats, pursuing health of mind and body. I would suggest that President Mohler follow suit and focus more on the tasks associated with his position, and less on passing judgment of others. Namaste.
SUSAN MULDOON,
Ph.D., M.P.H.
Louisville 40205
Why The Courier-Journal thinks that Albert Mohler's opinion of yoga as a threat to Christians is newsworthy is beyond me. He is certainly entitled to his own personal beliefs as much as any other person. My objection is to the C-J giving over the space to his views, which for many of us elicit a ?who cares?? response. To devote paper space to his bizarre beliefs provides him with a free platform to proselytize a version of Christianity which is anything but Christian. He has a blog already. Let's leave it at that.
PAUL FRIDELL
Louisville 40299
As many athletes know, concerted physical activity induces a state of mind similar to meditation. This suspension of our conscious separation of mind/body can result in feelings of calm and oneness with the universe. I expect that this is also possible with the vigorous pursuit of dance, walking, and even work. But at the least, I can attest that by Albert Mohler's theology, basketball and jogging are un-Christian.
(2 of 3)DENNIS A. MARTIN
Louisville 40217
Yoga evolved out of the Hindu practice of meditation. Yoga (simple stretching exercises) prepared the body for the unusually difficult task of sitting still for 20 minutes or more ... and the even more difficult task of calming the mind to allow whatever spiritual thoughts that lay within the subconscious to surface. No yoga instructor I've ever known has ever promoted any religious dogma other than loving kindness. It's been said, ?Prayer is talking to God. Meditation is listening to God.? How bad is that, Mr. Mohler?
R.W. DOWNS
Louisville 40207
Now I understand why they keep the room so hot in yoga.
RICK LYONS
Louisville 40206
Possibility City.
Possibility of police chief saying a bad cop is no worse than others on force: 100 percent.
Possibility of police investigation whitewash of bad cop: 100 percent.
Possibility of housing authority head misappropriating money for her mother: 100 percent.
Possibility of city government engaging in back handed and unethical dealings: 100 percent.
Possibility of most local politicians really doing anything for the people: Slim to none.
Possibility of most local politicians actually doing anything constructive for Louisville/Jefferson County without lining their own pockets: Slim to none.
Possibility of getting an East End bridge built in the next decade: Slim to none.
Possibility of getting some East End, big money high-and-mightys to quit blocking the logical solution to the traffic congestion: Slim to none.
Possibility of actually being a Possibility City: Slim to none.
Possibility of getting rid of a mayor for life: 100 percent.
Possibility of the new mayor being better than the old one: ?
(3 of 3)DAN WRIGHT
Louisville 40214
After 67 years of living on this planet I have come to the belief that vampires are alive and well in the good old U.S A.
The term ?vampire? is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as ?one who lives by preying on others.? As a witness to the economic collapse of this country perpetuated by George W. Bush's administration, I am appalled that a new generation of ?Bushies? has resurfaced.
Political ?vampires? such as Rand Paul, Sharron Angle, Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell are advocating the death of New Deal programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. They cloak their cowardly schemes with the threads of ?privatization? and ?tax cuts.?
What do these ?political bloodsuckers? have to offer the citizens of the United States of America? Nothing. Once they do away with all our safety nets, do they really expect to continue to tax us for various ?nation building? schemes that will line the pockets of their corporate benefactors? Are we really that stupid or ignorant to forget the evaporation of the Clinton surplus and George W. Bush's economic train wreck created by the unjustified invasion of a country that failed to have weapons of mass destruction?
Alas, I have now come to believe that ?The Party of No? is nothing more than a political group of ?blood suckers? that care only about themselves, and their main agenda is to suck the lifeblood out of our beloved country.
BILL GIESIN
Louisville 40242
Joe Gerth's article in Friday's C-J is just a continuation of the Rand Paul bashing that goes on daily. He makes a big deal out of telling the readers that Rand Paul says that Medicare recipients will need to pay higher premiums to cover the higher costs of Medicare. He gives several quotes/slurs from Jack Conway about Paul wanting to have seniors pay more so he can line his own pockets.
What Gerth's article omits completely is what Jack Conway's response to higher Medicare costs is. Conway's Democratic Party is the one which passed the Healthcare Reform Act that is going to take $500 billion out of Medicare. This is a bill that Conway supports. You will never see The C-J exposing that information to its readership, just like you will undoubtedly not see this letter printed in The C-J.
DICK WOOD
Prospect, Ky. 40059
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