I posted a photo in Facebook and someone told me that "Planking" is a devil worship. I was shocked at first, because as a lover and a servant of my Saviour Jesus Christ, I really thought that what I did made me committed such a great sin. I researched about it and a message is circulating at the social networking sites that "Planking" is a demonic exercise and/or worshiping the devil.
I was actually really sorry for God that what I did was wrong. But I suddenly thought of researching about it and with this, I discovered that "planking" is very controversial. Most comments from people to sites don't believe about the rumor, hence rumor, and the source of that news can not be identified, whether the person who started spreading it or even the historical correlation of planking vs. devil worship.
Anyway, to start this discussion, let us start by understanding some basic and core concepts:
According to the circulating message, Flanking or Planking (resting exercise) is an old Eastern Religious practice or demonic exercise that leads to death to many people in the past, they are now beginning to revive this demonic practice and most victim are young people - Don't do that and please don't be an example of this demonic practice! - That is the content of the rumor.
However to some contexts, Planking comes from the word "Plank", it means a piece of lumber cut thicker than a board. The Latin word for Plank is Tabula, Tabula is defined as: board, gaming board, painted panel.
To some minds, planking has lead to death of many people so it is correlated to "evil." As a Christian, who grew at the Sunday School of our church at the Assemblies of God Church in our city, a worship song leader (I sing for God), a former dancer (I used to dance for God when I was a kid), a youth leader (I see to it that I must become a good model to every young people) and a hardcore follower of Christ, this is my point of view and I made this as objective as I can.
Yes, it might be true, planking has lead to death of some correlating it to devil worship but I just want to express my idea about this. As I said, I am a hardcore follower of Jesus Christ!
Planking is really deadly if you won't do it with caution because in fact, the one reason of doing planking is to do it a risky as possible. It is just an internet game and it just measures how creative are you in appearing to photos in planking position.
I have to say that in everything that we do, if we do not execute it in caution, it could lead to death. But the death toll isn't that too significant to be compared for people who also died jumping from a cliff to river, skate boarding (for the extreme injuries), motorbike and car racing and the like. They are all activities linked to risks not to mention sky diving, scuba diving, "eating" a fire, riding on a roller coaster and I don't think doing such risky thing is a devil worship. There is always a risk everywhere that could lead to circumstances we don't want to happen.
So, I think it should not be correlated to devil worship because it depends upon your intention. Me, I felt so guilty when I learned about the news but when I did planking, I did it just for fun and just to showcase the beautiful scenery with an unusual position so I really had to research about it to alleviate the fear of committing such act.
To the source of this rumor, thank you for warning us about this. But I guess, in my humble opinion, stealing 25 centavos from your mother's pocket makes you worship the devil even more than doing planking with an intention of only for fun.
Personally, right before the Planking became so popular, I have already adapted "Planking" as my position when I pray to God before sleep. I am on a prone position while praying because it just always reminds me that I need to be humble before God and instead of kneeling down, I am down to a prone position (planking) and humbly put myself at the Feet of my God recognizing that I only deserve to be at His feet being the Righteous God and me as a sinner.
So to sum it up, it depends on your intention, as of me, my intention to plank is to pray to God (as I said, I have done it just before planking became popular) and for photography. I just want to leave a simple note, why people doesn't focus to suppress pornography as an act of devil worship than planking? Well, I guess, pornography has many fans - even Christians can hardly resist it. It is even more an evil act than just a simple planking with an intention for photography. But why planking is even more controversial than pornography? Just a last note, before doing anything, ask your self, what is my intention - in planking, in watching porn, in jumping, in crying, in saying bad words, in helping other people, in preaching the Gospel and name them all. I think it is "we" ourselves can answer if we are really worshiping the devil or not - it is your intention. If you want to worship the devil standing, you can still do that without planking but please don't ever do that. I am just siting an example.
As for me, I did it to pray to God (I reiterate) right before planking became popular. So, I think it is so unfair for "us" who had the "right" intention to regard planking as devil worship. Intention of doing really matters.
Lastly, when I sleep, I do "Planking" to my bed the whole night! Now tell me, is planking an evil worship? I will answer my own question, It depends in your intention. You, what is your intention? Would you share them?
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