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>"David Wright" <[email protected]> wrote
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>> Calling Taoism a monotheistic religion is a serious misnomer.
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>No it isn't. Taoism is one of the many spiritual traditions I explored.
How nice for you. If you think it's any sort of monotheistic religion
in the sense of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam, you are sadly
mistaken.
>Taoism recognizes the one (the Tao)
Yes -- which is not the same as God in the sense of the religions I
mention above.
>> Bah. Tao Te Ching in its current form is probably about 2500 years
>> old. The early Taoists did exist, and *might* go back 5000 years, but
>> the "Lao Tzu" form of Taoism is much more recent than that.
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>I never said that Taoism as expressed in the Tao Te Ching was 5000 years
>old. I said Taoism was more than 5000 years old. Over the millennia; theere
>have been MANY Taoist traditions practised. some dealt with magick, others
>like Inner alchemy Taoism were seeking immortality, etc. They were all forms
>of of Taoism.
But until you add Lao Tzu, you're not talking about anything like
current practices. Shucks, you can go all the way back to shamanism
if you like, but sooner or later you have to admit that there's a
pretty serious disconnect between what you wind up with and what
exists today.
-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)