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Can practicing yoga turn an atheist into a believer and how?

Asked by Aster (20023points) August 25th, 2013

Yogis seem so spiritual to me. I cannot imagine a practitioner of yoga being an atheist. Am I mistaken? Can you believe in nothing while practicing yoga regularly?

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SavoirFaire's avatar

Atheists don’t believe in nothing. They just don’t believe in God.

syz's avatar

self edit

drhat77's avatar

Easy with those self edits @syz. You’ll go blind.

drhat77's avatar

Yoga is now moving into the suburbs for soccer moms and sleaze bags who want to hit on them. Belief has nothing to do with strip mall yoga.

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

Even if Jesus H Christ taught the class… no. Atheists would not become Theists.

Unless of course he happened to do the touch n’ heal on their bum hip.
That might get their attention.

Aster's avatar

@SavoirFaire of course. Atheists don’t say nothing exists. They know full well chairs and socks exist. I meant God and only God.

thorninmud's avatar

Spirituality ≠ Theism

SavoirFaire's avatar

@Aster I wasn’t talking about chairs and socks, either. As @thorninmud points out just above me, spirituality and theism are not the same. There are atheistic religions. There are atheistic spiritualities. And even the most committed adherent of metaphysical naturalism can be overcome by a sense of awe and wonder when looking at the world.

LornaLove's avatar

Doubt it, isn’t yoga more about the self and finding resources and calm within?

ragingloli's avatar

It could only turn them into devil worshippers because yoga is SATANIC!

(that is what christians say, anyway)

Neodarwinian's avatar

” I cannot imagine a practitioner of yoga being an atheist. Am I mistaken? Can you believe in nothing while practicing yoga ”

First. Your imagination is gone a begging!

Second. You obviously know nothing about atheism. Can you believe in nothing while not collecting stamps?

Seek's avatar

I do yoga occasionally.

I also sometimes mess about with tarot cards. (I have justification for this. no I do not believe they tell the future)

I also enjoy sunrises and laughing babies and the sound of rain on my roof.

no god needed.

livelaughlove21's avatar

What everyone else said. Yoga has nothing to do with God.

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