Nihil Obstat Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 [quote name='Ziggamafu' post='1742910' date='Jan 4 2009, 06:31 PM']Hmm. Shintoism is a national religion, specifically Japanese. I've never heard of anyone but the Japanese practicing Shinto. And it is very much so a religion. Are you thinking of Confucianism? That sounds more like what you're describing. That and strictly philosophical Taoism.[/quote] You're right; I think I'm confused with Taoism.
chloeaustyn Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' post='1742971' date='Jan 4 2009, 09:07 PM']You're right; I think I'm confused with Taoism.[/quote] "Taoist propriety and ethics emphasize the Three Jewels of the Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility." -Wikipedia Not a bad thing to be confused with, I say. Sounds kind of like the first 3 Hail Mary's on a Rosary... Faith, Hope, and Charity. But at least we don't have to have those in moderation!
KnightofChrist Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Voodoo is a form of Witchcraft. Which of course makes it forbidden for faithful Catholics.
Vincent Vega Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 [quote name='KnightofChrist' post='1743178' date='Jan 5 2009, 02:44 AM']Voodoo is a form of Witchcraft. Which of course makes it forbidden for faithful Catholics.[/quote] I think we've already established that.
Ziggamafu Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 [quote name='chloeaustyn' post='1743169' date='Jan 5 2009, 02:34 AM']"Taoist propriety and ethics emphasize the Three Jewels of the Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility." -Wikipedia Not a bad thing to be confused with, I say. Sounds kind of like the first 3 Hail Mary's on a Rosary... Faith, Hope, and Charity. But at least we don't have to have those in moderation! [/quote] Before I gave my life back to Christ (which was years before I gave my life fully to his Church) there was a time that I considered myself a Taoist. Taoism is much easier to bridge to Christianity than other religions and philosophies. The thing about the Tao Te Ching - the original and prime text of Taoism - is that it is a philosophical text. Later on texts appeared that blended Taoism with other religions. Anyway, there are many passages of the Tao Te Ching that seem very prophetic of Christ, which reminds me of the theory that God has spoken to various non-Christian cultures through shadowy types (which of course tend to be obfuscated by other errors in the religions) to aid in preparing a given people to receive the Gospel. To this day, Chinese Bible translations use the word "Tao" to translate "Logos" and, if I recall correctly, Taoism was used in many ways when the Chinese people were first evangelized. There is a book called [i]Christ the Eternal Tao[/i] that researches the topic.
Nihil Obstat Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Ziggamafu' post='1743283' date='Jan 5 2009, 07:25 AM']Before I gave my life back to Christ (which was years before I gave my life fully to his Church) there was a time that I considered myself a Taoist. Taoism is much easier to bridge to Christianity than other religions and philosophies. The thing about the Tao Te Ching - the original and prime text of Taoism - is that it is a philosophical text. Later on texts appeared that blended Taoism with other religions. Anyway, there are many passages of the Tao Te Ching that seem very prophetic of Christ, which reminds me of the theory that God has spoken to various non-Christian cultures through shadowy types (which of course tend to be obfuscated by other errors in the religions) to aid in preparing a given people to receive the Gospel. To this day, Chinese Bible translations use the word "Tao" to translate "Logos" and, if I recall correctly, Taoism was used in many ways when the Chinese people were first evangelized. There is a book called [i]Christ the Eternal Tao[/i] that researches the topic.[/quote] Now, it's quite possible I'm entirely confused again, but isn't Taoism the one that emphasizes the idea of 'inaction'? Wu wei I believe was the term used. The yin yang idea too. See those, and a couple other aspects in particular, very much set me against Taoism as a philosophy or religion. Edited January 5, 2009 by Nihil Obstat
HisChildForever Posted January 5, 2009 Author Posted January 5, 2009 How do you people know all this stuff? I wish I was this smart.
Lil Red Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 [quote name='HisChildForever' post='1743326' date='Jan 5 2009, 09:36 AM']How do you people know all this stuff? I wish I was this smart.[/quote] +J.M.J.+ me too.
Vincent Vega Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 [quote name='HisChildForever' post='1743326' date='Jan 5 2009, 12:36 PM']How do you people know all this stuff? I wish I was this smart.[/quote] I know, right? I guess we all have our niches though. I wish religion/theology was a bigger one of mine.
Nihil Obstat Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 [quote name='HisChildForever' post='1743326' date='Jan 5 2009, 10:36 AM']How do you people know all this stuff? I wish I was this smart.[/quote] If you're referring to me personally, it's actually nothing at all. I'm in the seperate school board, which is a government funded Catholic system. They have that in Alberta, amazingly. The biggest difference between us and the public system is that we're required to take religion classes in kindergarten through until grade twelve. In high school, part of the curriculum is world religions, and grade eleven and twelve spend a fair bit of time on some Asian religions, which for us included Shinto, Taoism, Buddhism... plus still like Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and other Christian denominations. No big secret. I had to take a couple tests on it.
Tinkerlina Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 [quote name='Ziggamafu' post='1743283' date='Jan 5 2009, 09:25 AM']Before I gave my life back to Christ (which was years before I gave my life fully to his Church) there was a time that I considered myself a Taoist. Taoism is much easier to bridge to Christianity than other religions and philosophies. The thing about the Tao Te Ching - the original and prime text of Taoism - is that it is a philosophical text. Later on texts appeared that blended Taoism with other religions. Anyway, there are many passages of the Tao Te Ching that seem very prophetic of Christ, which reminds me of the theory that God has spoken to various non-Christian cultures through shadowy types (which of course tend to be obfuscated by other errors in the religions) to aid in preparing a given people to receive the Gospel. To this day, Chinese Bible translations use the word "Tao" to translate "Logos" and, if I recall correctly, Taoism was used in many ways when the Chinese people were first evangelized. There is a book called [i]Christ the Eternal Tao[/i] that researches the topic.[/quote] Interesting-I definitely agree about God speaking to non Christian cultures throughout history. Have you ever read anything about J.R.R Tolkien's "True Myth" concept? It's pretty cool. In case you haven't heard of it, here's a link to an article about it by Joseph Pearce who did a great autobiography on Tolkien: [url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0107.html"]http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0107.html[/url] -Katie
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