Religion
In reply to the discussion: Why Science Can’t Replace Religion [View all]intaglio
(8,170 posts)They cherrypick from the bible, repeatedly quoting the parts that please them while ignoring context. They ignore the parts that don't please them - declaring them metaphor or only applying for their time. Cherries are sorted from the Tao or from the Analects or the Sutra or from the hundreds of more petty faiths to sooth their worries, whilst the vast contradictions between these words are ignored
The cherrypick from Darwin as well as Einstein. They ignore the fact that Newton was trying to be a magician and his faith subverted his life into pamphleteering.
The Tao is not about "oneness" it is about a path. It is not even one path but many leading towards a complete and peaceful soul or consciousness. The Tao makes few claims about an "afterlife" except that there are Gods and "Saints" (Exemplars) and that these can aid humans - if the mood takes them.