Did you hear that KanawhaCounty (West Virginia) elementary school children are given time for prayer so that they can get closer to the Judeo-Christian God?Also, did you hear that their school spent five grand to hire a Bible teacher who will give all of the kids a "Jesus Gives Peace" T-shirt?

"No," you say. "That is bringing religion into the schools!"

Well, it's fine to have religious indoctrination in public schools, but not the type described above.

KanawhaCounty students are actually being indoctrinated in yoga which is New Age/Eastern mysticism central to Eastern religions, particularly Hinduism.

The argument that Yoga is used only for "relaxation, exercise, and self-confidence" is bogus.  If that argument is accepted then KanawhaCounty should allow Creation Science to be taught as long as it's for scientific purposes (no Bible or God references) and because Creation Science broadens the horizons and increases the cognitive processes of students.

Although there is no such thing--would the school system allow so-called "Christian Yoga" to be used? 

Yoga masters themselves have acknowledged that it is impossible to separate yoga from its religious foundation.

South African yogi, Maha Sabha, admits that "It is an indisputable fact that yoga has its origins in Hinduism."

All of the positions and breathing exercises are based upon the goal of connecting with Brahma, the main god of Hinduism.

Mike Shreve (former yoga teacher at four universities, student of an Indian guru, and operator of a yoga hermitage) says "The whole purpose of practicing yoga, in any of its aspects, is to bring a person to an altered state of consciousness."

The higher consciousness sought by knowledgeable yoga practitioners is claimed to be a "higher level of evolutionary development".When I was a Kanawha County teacher I attended a week-long teacher training session that clearly revealed this agenda.

In 1998 Educational Leadership, ran an article that praised a teacher training program that brought the "fundamentals of Buddhist practice into the classroom."

Tax money is being used to promote religion and the hypocritical ACLU is mute.The ACLU must be in an altered sate of consciousness.

I wonder how public school pioneers John Dewey (an ardent atheist) and Horace Mann (an unfeigned Unitarian) would feel.

Another article in Educational Leadership admitted that "curriculum and teachers serve as the primary instrument to mold attitudes and beliefs".

Libertarian Neal Boortz asks, "How can parents not understand that turning over their children to the state to be educated will have consequences?"

Parents may not have children in a blatant yoga public school, but the teachers and curriculum are infested with religious doctrine.Besides the aforementioned teacher brain-washing session my middle school math teacher-edition had "ESP" and "Muhammad the Prophet" activity sheets.The student edition science books had sections on ancient Egyptian gods.It is impossible for parents to protect their children from public school religion.

Now the kids are lying on the multi-purpose room floor, with the lights out, seeking an altered state of consciousness while their academic levels reach lower and lower levels.

Next the kids can be guided to repeat the yoga chant "Om Namah Shivaaya, Namah Shivaaya, Nama Shiva":"I bow to Lord Shiva, the peaceful one who is the embodiment of all that is cause by the universe."

To maintain multi-culturalism the students can leave the darkened room and run some laps chanting "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna".

Homeschooling parent Chuck Norris (Walker, Texas Ranger) says, "If one wants to control the future ebbs and flows of a country, one must have command over future generations."

If parents want the ebb and flow of America to be diverted back to the direction of our founders they should leave the public schools.

Priest,is a retired teacher and state coordinator of Exodus Mandate-West Virginia (http://exodusmandate-wv.org/), a group that promotes Christian education and homeschooling.