I was told to give Kung fu or my religion,Is Kung Fu against your religion? if so why?

Question

I am into Kung Fu as much as it is in me, somewhere we are one, my self and my "merit master." I see into my mind the reflections of my primary thought, by stilling my thoughts like calming the waters of a pool until I can see the reflection, I open doors with my breath. I see the reflection of my mind with my breath and I am happy and full of peace. My breath becomes the string of the kite that is my mind and the wind is the thoughts that I control with my breath,. No, this is not the string theory !
I was told by Christians that this is all evil. It totally made me reevaluate Christianity with a suspicious mind, indeed good thing!. It had me fooled.

david m...
what you say is true from a catholic point of view, but you must remember you got no room to talk about education or being more Christian then others. U see to me you are all evil in you ignorance. That my friend is where your sin is at your door and you do not know it.

shannonde...
very Good! :)
:) R U 2 know this!

Answer 1

Kung fu would come in handy much more often than Christianity, and if the evangelicals mess with you, you can always just punch them in the throat.

Answer 2

Kung Fu is an art of self-defence & a form of exercise.
If Kung Fu is evil then so are other forms of exercise
like aerobics, boxing, yoga or even cardio workouts
as all these exercises requires breathing techniques of
some sort. There's nothing wrong with meditations as it
helps to calm the mind and gives you peace.

However, it is not Christianity that judges it to be good or evil but the narrow minds of certain groups or individuals
who cannot accept Kung Fu just because it originated
from a country which practises Buddhism/Taoism.
These so-called christians need to be educated that God
had been teaching humankind of different nations even before Jesus came & if you do some research into Buddhism, it is similar to the Gospel's teachings only they have not known Christ. I also like to point out that in the book of Genesis, it is written; God breathe into the clump of dust & Adam was brought to life. This is the Qi or Breath as the Bible calls it. So using the breathing technique which God has imparted unto is is not by any standard evil. What is evil is the mind of humankind who profess to be Christians but not following the teachings of
Christ by passing judgement on other people who does not form part of their norm. As the saying goes, judge not & you shall not be judged.

Answer 3

I am Roman Catholic. Ours is the oldest of all Christian churches. I see no problem at all with practicing Kung Fu. It teaches discipline and only uses violence in self-defense or in defense of weaker people. That is totally in line with Christian teaching and far from sacrilegious. The Christians who told you this were likely fundamentalists. These people are usually poorly educated in matters of religion. You can join their churches by raising your hand at the right time and mimicking a prayer. That means that many of their members are lost people that do not even know what they joined. Do not worry, they also tell us that we are not Christians even though their churches (and Bible) originated with us. God is also the creator of common sense. There is no reason to defy it.

Answer 4

are not getting the incorrect theory approximately Kung Fu, surprisingly Shaolin Kung Fu and their conditioning techniques. Shaolin priests do insane quantities of severe and merciless conditioning to excel as martial artists. in case you study Kung Fu, you will probable study it at a typical college and not a Buddhist temple or monastery. you will no longer adventure the style of outstanding conditioning that priests prepare in. Your epidermis won't replace into impenetrable, you will by no potential be invincible. once you get hit, it is going to nonetheless harm. you would be heavily injured and harm in fights. training in Kung Fu, even on the tiers that priests prepare in, would not make you a god. Now, that being mentioned, confident, Kung Fu is particularly solid against street warring parties. you will hit with greater potential than your friends, to boot as discovering greater assorted varieties of brilliant (kicks, etc). previous your potential, your accuracy will improve and you will come to have an just about surgical precision with your strikes. you will greater efficient comprehend the physics of a combat and specific different concepts that the untrained do no longer comprehend or comprehend, to boot as even possibly the psychology of a combat. you will study some "biology", it fairly is, the places to strike to maximise consequence and you will study the thank you to hit those spots. And between the main severe issues you will study, is obstructing techniques, so as which you will steer away from being struck. 'Interception' blocks are between the main advantageous blocking off techniques, if no longer of all techniques, that a martial artist can use in a combat against an untrained opponent. even however i'm a fairly huge recommend of all varieties of Kung Fu, do no longer close your self off from different martial arts. seem around at martial arts colleges of differing arts, and probable attempt some arts different than Shaolin Kung Fu. I prepare Kung Fu via fact that's what i like and that's what works for me. Others are greater ideal in direction of different arts which could be basically as efficient for them as Kung Fu is for me. better of effective fortune.

Answer 5

no, kung fu does not go against chistianity, because they have the same basic values... peace, an open mind (though in my opinion christianity is a little more close minded than it likes to think) and an open palm versus a closed fist (or am i thinking tai chi?) anyway, its a good thing that it made you look at christianity from a different perspective for there are a lot of loopholes and asinine/hypocritical parts to it.

Answer 6

As a Buddhist, no, it is not against my religion.

What we try to do however, is avoid conflicts at all costs, and if one does arise, we do only what is necessary to subdue and immobilize an attacker, not causing unneeded harm to our aggressor. Kung-fu is a primarily offensive martial arts practice, so it is not practiced by many Buddhists. I myself am a Gokyu in Aikido, a primarily defensive martial arts focused on blending in with your attacker and stopping conflict quickly, instead of meeting force with force.

Answer 7

Pls read your question and your quote over to yourself.
Yes what you believe and teaching yourself is wrong to true Christians. Christian faith is about Jesus I hear nothing except I, I ,I and me in your question and quote, now how can that be a religion unless you are worshiping yourself? How can that be of Christ if we are to live our lives for Christ? As a Christian Jesus is our Master not "merit master". So yes what you are doing is wrong for the Christian faith and no if you are practicing this theory then no you are not a Christian.

Answer 8

I don't see how it is against Chrisianity. If seems fine to me, unless you meditate to some other GOD or something like that. Learning Kung-Fu is a positive thing.

Answer 9

dood, kung fu is an art.
like dancing, and it can save your christian *** if you get good at it.
try and avoid hard core in your face religions.
GOD is pretty laid back.
reading the other responses,
my advice would be that you should avoid confrintation at all costs however if you feel threatened strike first, strike fast, and strike hard.

Answer 10

Wait..what?