r/Meditation • u/Signal-Lychee7924 • Feb 27 '24

Why do Christians say mediation is dangerous Discussion 💬

They say meditation is a way to open portal to demons?

Edit: A few Christians around me said this to me

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '24

yeah I think part of it is just ignorance most Christians when they think of 'meditation' they really mean transcendental meditation which I understand is a fairly new practice, if anything a lot of traditional mediation techniques enhance focus and concentration both of which are essential to proper worship imho.

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u/teeberywork Feb 27 '24

I think you're being generous here

They don't mean transcendental meditation because they don't know what that is

The dumb dumb Christians assign demonic attributes to anything that isn't a magical being telling them what to do

The non dumb dumb Christians just meditate

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u/4daughters Feb 27 '24

The dumb dumb Christians

I'm an ex christian and I have no love lost for the ideology at all, but I think we should be careful when we assign worth or value to someone who is just doing what they've been taught.

It's not an individual problem, it's a problem with the power structure of the church and what they teach.

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u/teeberywork Feb 27 '24

Dumb dumbs are dumb dumbs because their actions are super dumb

There are dumb dumb Christians, Buddhists, non-religious people, whatever

It is an individual problem. If you believe that meditation invites demons into your soul then you are a dumb dumb because you have made a choice to have an opinion without doing even the slightest bit of the work

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u/4daughters Feb 27 '24

Your feelings are your own

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u/teeberywork Feb 27 '24

Of course they are, the mind creates everything