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kj replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
I think of ism's as being a collection of rules. I know that is reducing it quite a bit, but ultimately its a system of conducting yourself and how to behave towards the people around you.
After you have shrugged off the mantle of religion,…
Clarence Dember commented on Mike Pence's video
I watched your video.
I never was in the Jehova's Witnesses. When I was an altar boy, I remember memorizing the mass in Latin. I asked what it meant and was told to "just memorize it".
The thing that's wrong with religion is it…
Ralph Dumain replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
How embarrassing, I forgot the link:
http://www.culturewars.org.uk/index.php/site/article/what_confucius_said/
Ralph Dumain replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
I have written quite a bit about the ideological dimension of the importation of eastern philosophy into the west. I think this little piece I wrote some time ago sums up Taoism quite nicely:
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching), a new…
Ralph Dumain replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
One can often extract rational content out of the ideology in which it was originally embedded. But I question whether we can afford illusions about Confucianism, given its shady history and rehabilitation. After the Jesuits first made Chinese…
Ralph Dumain replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
The "grass is greener" phenomenon as a socially influential ideology dates back at least as far as the aftermath of World War I, which destroyed the self-confidence of Western civilization. It has roots going farther back. When the…
Clarence Dember replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
This from my Holy Bible and Sacred Texts 3000 wingear cd-rom. Just to illustrate there are intelligent things to be found in such things...
In the Confucianism Doctrine of the MEAN, find the following:
"Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The…
Martin Snowden replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
I agree with you on the greener grass and am also dismayed by the strong counter-traffic. I have known people personally in both Singapore and China who have become Christian fundies through the evangelizing of local churches out there. Those local…
Clarence Dember replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
I spent 6 months in Kenya on a coffee cooperative in the mid 70's. Didn't follow a particular "map" as you've put it- and learned I had the requirement of a map to gain ground as an independent adult. Now, over 30 years…
Фелч Гроган replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
Martin Snowden: I think those few that then profess to have found it are little better than the "new age" crowd: either naive, downright foolish or, in whichever years the -ism was fashionable, just trying to be trendy.
Its simple…
Ralph Dumain replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
In my last post I began by referring to Greg Pierce, who didn't make a bit of sense to me.
The diffusion of Eastern thought in the West since the late 19th century, and perhaps in a different way from the late 18th-mid-19th century, was…
Ralph Dumain replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
I have no idea what you're talking about. As for Taoism (Daoism), there is value in a few of the fundamental texts, in isolation, sundered from tradition. However, that value is not absolute, because the world view and the politics of Taoism…
Greg Pierce replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
Comfort is a different path for differnt people I think. All these 'isms' mentioned just make me think of conformism, which I reject. How about truthism? Or intellectualism? Is there no comfort in this? I think it's these…
Martin Snowden replied to Mike Pence's discussion 'Buddhism, Taoism -- is there a godless -ism for me, besides, you know, atheism?'
Oh well, you can only lead a horse to water I guess...
Tarvu tarvooti,
Oboonoo cTooti,
Mimmin O'tibbi noonah,
Mdfitty fitty noonah,
Arvu immentiBarvu,
Tarvu.
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