I’m really new to Taoism. I own the Tao Te Ching and I’m trying to make a comprehensive bibliography to get me started, I’ve also taken at World Religions class and have studied Taoism a little, but I still need y’alls input. My understanding is that Taoism fundamentally is a nontheistic religion. This would mean that anybody could be a Taoist despite their belief in God or gods. However, all the Taoist temples I’ve seen are polytheistic. I personally want to incorporate my Christianity with Taoism. I want to get deep in Taoist philosophy but I feel restricted because I can’t believe in multiple gods.
Is it possible to be nontheistic Taoist in modern society?
Also, if y’all could list books that K should get to help my journey that would be great. Additionally I am interested in Chi Magic and Feng Shui and I’d like some help finding recourses on that stuff.
Thanks guys!
Are there Quakers who do not believe in a theistic God? I am an atheist, but for the past three years have also developed a strong Zen Buddhist practice (meditation, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path). I find no conflict at all between the two. The Buddhist aspirations of compassion for all sentient beings, non-harming behavior, forgiveness, etc. don't involve any kind of belief in a god.
I have great respect and admiration for Quakers. They seem very often to be "on the right side of history", especially on moral questions. But do they pretty much all believe in God?
Has anyone here felt that tripping has made them more firmly atheistic? Or actually turned them atheist? Most trippers tend to talk of finding god, whether a personal creator deity or pantheism, but I found the experience doesn’t do it to me. I’m still a Mahayana Buddhist, so maybe not as hardline as a physicalist-atheist. But I was that way pre-tripping too.
Guys help me out, is there any notable difference between the two?
I'm thinking that they are synonymous, and the choice of which word one decides to use has to deal with the connotation of it (atheists have a negative stigma attached to them.)
i tried researching into these and was only confused by the complex phrases they were using. I'm trying to find out the three beliefs, celebrations (if they have any don't expect nontheism to have any) and any other information, wikipedia confused me, and other websites just confused me. i dont expect anyone to know or understand all three so if you know a lot about any of the three and can explain it to me i would be grateful.
I noticed this term on the Freedom From Religion Foundation's page and think I rather like it. It's not the 'correct' term, but since 'atheism' seems to be associated with the very worst parts (and made up parts) of the atheist community, I'm strongly inclined to consider myself a 'nontheist' for the sake of making people I tell it to think, rather than immediately impose the prejudice placed on the atheism name that society has created.
Thoughts?
Edit: Hmm, on second thought, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontheism details its meaning and it's not really the same thing. Buddhism is consider nontheistic. Ah well.
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/b9789004319301s007
I saw nontheism in a book about certain Buddhist sects' lack of belief in an all powerful god. I read about it some more onWikipedia and I just wanted to get some feedback and opinions from the "clergy". Thanks!
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
And now I’m cannelloni
