Wufang Shangdi Puns

Forward:

Hello. I've not posted here at all but I feel the need now to share what I have been studying with the Taoist community here on reddit. My primary reason for not sharing this was my concern that this knowledge would be either ignored or rejected by what I surmised to be essentially "sola scriptura" following Taoists. That is, Taoists who see Taoism mainly as a philosophy and not a religion. That is fine. I am not really concerned about being down voted. I am concerned that this information may fall on deaf ears. However, after seeing some of the posts by /u/jamesteaking and /u/CloudwalkingOwl, it seems that there are some on this sub who are more interested in Taoism as a religion or at least in the case of Mr. Coons, the traditions and practices of Internal Elixer Cultivation.

To express this, I will be drawing a lot of parallels between Taoist religion and Abrahamic faiths because most people are more familiar with Abrahamic religions and their theology. I find it very useful to do this. Now, on to the info.

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Recently I've been looking into more of the gods expressed in Taoism. One little piece I've fallen quite in love with is the Wufang Shangdi. According to Wikipedia, these gods are actually different manifestations of one supreme God who is the creator deity. One could liken this to Trinitarian ideas in Christianity (i.e The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit). This segment of the Taoist pantheon is also known as the five interchangeable faces. The interesting thing about these deities is that they are compatible with I Ching expressions of the five elements that are the sources of constant change. This makes sense as they are an expression of the Tao's constantly changing nature. Furthermore, they have cosmological metaphors in constellations. This is very similar to Jewish and Muslim ideas about the heavens.

The veneration of these gods has a rich and oft confusing history. I find it best to look at the older rituals and rites first because they are the precursor to how these deities came to be worshiped. In the time shortly after the reign of the Yellow Emperor, veneration and sacrifices were carried out to the Highest Deity, often on the sot where he was supposed to have done sacrifices. However, during the Han Dynasty, there was a debate that broke out between Confucians and some proto-Taoists. The Confucians wanted a more centralized worship while proto-Taoists encouraged the worship of local deities in *serv

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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!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

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!

Buenosdillas

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

Nothing, he was gladiator.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Just to clarify, 12345678