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I agree.
It is little surprise you have no interest in facts. You ignore the fact that there is absolutely no evidence of chi; you only consider things that support your current beliefs. And your beliefs, which lacks evidence, is faith.
It is mysticism, and has the same objective worth as a Christian's belief in angels,…
So all those videos on your youtube channel are not about increasing your supernatural spiritual powers using ancient rituals created by organized belief systems? No, they are? And chakra and chi have been actually proven to exist and are not just mythology, right? No?
"Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, c…
"One love lost is one love gained."
What you are asking is if it is compassionate to intentionally cause suffering? If your concept of truth is whatever you happen to make up, then sure, you can rationalize anything you want.
That does not change the fact that a thing is not necessarily true just because a man believes it.
Are you so sure your way is…
Why would I care what people think, when they clearly do not care about facts? That is the very definition of ignorance.
Nice backtracking. You went from claiming Buddhism was not at all influenced by Taoisim, to claiming that most schools of Buddhism were influenced by Taoisim in a single post.
Newsflash: Hinduism is a religion. Buddhism was not just derived from Hinduism; it was derived from the Vedic traditions that claim that humans can evolve into supernatural 'Devas', god like creatures who can transcend space and time. Sure you can make a distinction between Buddhist philosophy and Buddhist religion;…
You better go edit wikipedia then, because that is the first thing it says about the subject.
Sorry, but all belief systems can't be right. 'Religion' as a whole encompasses so much conflicting mythology that by its very nature it is wrong.
I laughed.
If you had bothered to do any research whatsoever you would know I've already married. Then I left my wife to be with my mistress, who is much hotter!
Enjoy being wrong about everything.
Did you not read? Using Zen as an example of a form of 'Good' Bhuddisim only proved my point.
The school of Zen was developed some 500 years after Taoisim, by Taoists, using Taoist philosophical principals. Before then there was only the superstitious dogmatic schools of Bhuddisim.
"Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism[…
Zen is a version of Buddhism stripped of its dogma by Taoists. The development of Zen was heavily influenced by Taoisim. Quote wiki article on the Origins of Zen:
"When Buddhism came to China from India, it was initially adapted to the Chinese culture and understanding. Buddhism was exposed to Confucianist[26] and Taois…
It seems you are unfamiliar with hard science. Most scientific discoveries and inventions are made independently and more or less simultaneously by multiple scientists and inventors.
It is not like Buddha made the stuff up, he 'discovered' it. His teachings are largely based on the Vedic traditions, which were in turn…
If you can't help me, you can't help yourself. Most of my thoughts about the subject were formulated after lengthy discourse with one of my oldest friends, who was raised from birth as a devout conservative Tibetan Buddhist.
The main meditation at the temple closest to where we lived was called the "Unifying Practice"…
So what you are saying is that people had to create a special offshoot religion to take the mythology out of Bhuddisim?
Taoisim is on the other hand a philosophy, and does not preclude an individual from believing in religion. I know devout Christian Taoists.
And what books of the Taoist canon are those deities described in? Certainly none I have ever read.
Most Christians in the US are an extremely rude and intolerant bunch too. Those that are not rude and intolerant tend to be those that are Christians in name only, and do not actually believe in any literal interpretation of the religion they self identify with.