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GhostofMaxwell.
07-10-07, 08:33 PM
Have you converted from theist or atheist or stayed the same?

EmptyForceOfChi
07-10-07, 09:09 PM
hey you did it,

peace.

EmptyForceOfChi
07-10-07, 09:10 PM
what would i class as? my family raised me agnostic/atheist and i converted to daoism?

peace.

GhostofMaxwell.
07-10-07, 09:11 PM
:shrug: I dont know, what is Daoism?

ashura
07-10-07, 09:19 PM
what would i class as? my family raised me agnostic/atheist and i converted to daoism?

peace.

Do you believe in a god?

god (gŏd) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. God
a. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
b. The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.
2. A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.
3. An image of a supernatural being; an idol.
4. One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god.

EmptyForceOfChi
07-10-07, 09:21 PM
:shrug: I dont know, what is Daoism?


its translated as "the way" here are a few translations of the dao de jin or tao te ching, whatever you want to call it,

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/taote-ex.html

http://www.wright-house.com/religions/taoism/tao-te-ching.html


just some different translations.

peace.

GhostofMaxwell.
07-10-07, 09:22 PM
Hmm some kind of chinese philosophy. Do you think this philosophy suggests creationalism?

EmptyForceOfChi
07-10-07, 09:24 PM
Do you believe in a god?

god (gŏd) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. God
a. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
b. The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.
2. A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.
3. An image of a supernatural being; an idol.
4. One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god.


a god? hmmm i believe in an infinite unseen force that lets all creation come to be. the dao.



peace.

EmptyForceOfChi
07-10-07, 09:26 PM
Hmm some kind of chinese philosophy. Do you think this philosophy suggests creationalism?

read it through and tell me what you think. :) i dont think it suggests creationism.

peace.

ashura
07-10-07, 09:37 PM
a god? hmmm i believe in an infinite unseen force that lets all creation come to be. the dao.



peace.

Oh? Is that force:

1. a force that is conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe?
2. a being of supernatural powers or attributes that controls some part of nature or reality?
3. a supernatural being?
4. something you worship, idealize, or follow?

EmptyForceOfChi
07-10-07, 09:49 PM
Oh? Is that force:

1. a force that is conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe?
2. a being of supernatural powers or attributes that controls some part of nature or reality?
3. a supernatural being?
4. something you worship, idealize, or follow?

http://www.thebigview.com/tao-te-ching/chapter01.html


keep clicking next.

1 = no apart from the dao is perfect.
2 = no
3 = no
4 = no you cant follow the dao, you will not see it,

peace.

ashura
07-10-07, 10:23 PM
http://www.thebigview.com/tao-te-ching/chapter01.html


keep clicking next.

1 = no apart from the dao is perfect.
2 = no
3 = no
4 = no you cant follow the dao, you will not see it,

peace.

Then you don't believe in a god. Welcome to the atheist club.

Sock puppet path
07-11-07, 07:47 AM
Was very religious in my youth asked alot of questions, maybe too many :p

12 years of catholic schooling, though I was baptized episcopalian when I was 13.