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Is Christianity compatible with Taoism?
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Oh, and Judaism. And, if you can believe it, I’m trans too. LMAO
Thanks in advance
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>>41895313
If it's been reinterpreted like in Christian mysticism of any kind then sure, all forms of mysticism are more or less the same anyways. What Christianity usually is, as formulated in Rome and taught in most churches, probibits all forms of magic or spirituality that isn't being utterly dependent on a historical figure of Jesus as your sole savior, so it won't mix well with a system of opposing metaphysics that's full of magic, divination, internal alchemy, etc.
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Who gives a shit
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>>41895446
Your family hate you btw
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>>41895313
I don't see why it couldn't.
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Jesuits were obsessed with the i ching at one point
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>>41895313
Christ is the truth and the only way, Christ fulfills the tao. There’s a book called “Christ the real Tao” you should check it out
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>>41895313
Truth is the religion of the soul.
Peace is the messiah.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is analogous to the Dao.

Just a different name, connsidering the simplicity of the aramaic language.
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the chinese, upon encountering christians and learning about it, classified it as a kind of buddhism
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>>41895313
Only in a very loose sense. If you’re willing to oversimplify things, you could say the Tao and the Logos are the same. This equivalence will eventually fall apart once you start getting into the details. But I do like the idea that Jesus is the Tao made flesh.
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>>41897000
I guess Turn the Other Cheek and forgive your enemies is pretty Taoist.

When I get in with my Antichrist bones I say The Name that Can be Named is not the Eternal Name.

Most scholarly work on Taoism emphasizes the transience of all conventional symbols.

Also
>I do not know who Created It; It is Older than God.
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>>41895313
>Is Christianity compatible with Taoism?
no, Taoism is far too scientific
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>>41897040
>I guess Turn the Other Cheek and forgive your enemies is pretty Taoist.
the fuck are you talking about, the taoists have quite traditionally defended themselves
its why so many never made it
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>>41895313
As long as you pick and choose what parts of the Bible to obey like most Christians do, it is compatible with everything.
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Change is the nature of all things and the metaphysical nature of change is expressed in one way as the fundamental theorem of calculus. The dynamic between integration and differentiation described is mirrored by a philosophical romance between being and becoming.

Taoism's yin and yang was an imprecise realization of this romance.
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>>41897040
>The Name that Can be Named is not the Eternal Name.

That is a good example of where the equivalence breaks down. The point of Christianity is the Logos has a name.
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>>41897121
>The Name that Can be Named is not the Eternal Name
you literally do not understand what this means
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>>41895313
please pray for me that God will communicate to me that i dont have to get open heart surgery and that not getting it isnt a sin.
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Veles is Pangu
Christ's baptism was his descent into Hades. Veles is Kronos and Kronos is John the Baptist.
Hades was depicted in Twin Peaks by David Lynch
And when the Yin and Yang spins, you see a beautiful Swastika.
Aryans are the chosen people.
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>>41895313
you tell me
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>>41897206
The Tao that can be understood is not the Tao :)
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>>41895313
Nope.

"Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. " (1 Corinthians 10:21)
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>>41897522
I thought baal/moloch were devils? the word for "lord" is same as for baal.. but it's just a coincidence of course it is
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>>41897546
>I'm an illiterate cuck but I must run my mouth
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Fr. Joaquim Angélico de Jesus Guerra S.J. (Chinese name: Ge Zhendong), a Portuguese missionary in China, thought Christianity was compatible with Taoism.

Look up the article: Confucius, a Chinese christian prophet? The translation of Chinese classics by the Priest Joaquim Guerra and the religious dialogue in 20th century - Andre Bueno
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>>41895313
very much so
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Like two weeks after that mugshot in kansas in Oklahoma city
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Now hold on

Listen here nigger

VNR
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>>41895313
Believing in Christ forces you to make a choice: follow God or be scattered.
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>>41895313
yep.
>>41898968
>what is ash
>what is dust
follow God AND be scattered
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>>41898586
An interesting read.
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>>41897575
yhvh is a blood egregore magick lodge protectorate for jews
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>>41895313
rather buddhism.
but i am sure you can make it into a taoist practice.
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>>41896690
retard detected.
the kingdom of heaven is not the heaven of the dao.
the dao is silent.
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>>41898586
Yes, Christ consioussness is tao.
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>>41895313
In Taoism a spoken way is other than a permanent way. Christ is "the word" according to Christians and if you listen to Kabalist they literally believe Hebrew letters have power. So no they are incompatible.
Less esoterically Christians are constantly fighting over how the Bible should be interpreted which is the result of humans trying to create a way of life out of a static document.
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Daoism teaches you many things about the world, the etheric body; dream magic; talismanic magic; how the future is created by your present actions (the law of karma); also about talking to deities and even astral projection!
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>>41895313
From Taoism's perspective, yes, probably.
From Christianity's perspective, unlikely.
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>>41898586
Daoism is horrible.
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JESUS, BUDDHA, KRISHNA, LAO TZU: The Parallel Sayings pdf
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Real Daoism, not the candy-ass version that dumb Westerners mentally masturbate about, is straight up evil, ugly shit.
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>>41895313
yes.
its like asking if a chistian can do marhal arts.
ofc can.

taoism is just energy work
and kung fu.
and when used its very useful in channeling it makes prayer look very weak dispite effectively doing the same thing.
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>>41907079
Why? Can you please elaborate?
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Check out critiques of Daoism, from Mohists, Legalists and analytic philosophers.

Daoism is full of self‑refuting claims, such as "the Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao," which is itself spoken.

Daoist sages say "follow the Dao," but the Dao is ineffable, how do you know they’re even following it?

Wu wei is only useful for rulers, but not for the population. Han Feizi even rewrote Daoist concepts to justify authoritarian governance.
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>>41907087
I agree with the Mohist objection that Daoism rejects Universal Love (兼愛 jian ai).

This is their deepest philosophical clash. Mohists believed in universal, impartial concern for all people and reducing harm everywhere.

Daoists emphasize "naturalness", non‑interference, letting things follow their course.

Mohists argued that Daoism lacks a commitment to helping others, encourages indifference, and undermines social solidarity.

To Mozi, Daoism’s "go with the flow" attitude was morally empty.
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Mohist critiques of early Daoism (specifically targeting Yang Zhu and the tendencies associated with Laozi and Zhuangzi) often focused on the selfishness caused by Daoist naturalism.
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Mohism and Christianity aren’t identical, but they rhyme in ways that Daoism simply doesn’t.

Mohism’s core teaching is jian ai — “impartial care” or “universal love.” Mozi argues that people should love others equally, not privileging family or clan.

Christianity teaches something similar: love your neighbor as yourself, love even your enemies.

Mozi believed that Heaven (天 tian) has intentions and that it rewards the good and punishes the wicked. Morality is objective and universal.

Daoism, by contrast, treats the Dao as impersonal and amoral (beyond good and evil).
Not a judge, not a lawgiver.

That makes Mohism feel much closer to Christian theism. Daoism’s "let things be" clashes with Christianity’s "go and do."

Mohism and Christianity share a moral universalism. Daoism and Christianity both have traditions of contemplation, but they don't share a moral framework.
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Mohists believed Heaven had a moral will and wanted humans to follow objective standards of right and wrong.

Daoists said morality itself is a symptom of disorder: "When the great Dao is lost, benevolence and righteousness appear."

Mohists saw Daoists as selfish, for refusing to help others, avoiding service, and refusing to take responsibility.

A Mohist would have no patience at all for the modern idea that Christianity and Daoism are "compatible." From a Mohist standpoint, the two traditions share almost nothing essential, and the places where they seem similar would be dismissed as superficial or even dangerously misleading.
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A Mohist critique goes straight for the ethical core: does this teaching benefit the world or does it encourage people to retreat into private comfort?

Daoism fails that test. Christianity passes it.

Daoism rejects universal moral obligation, seeing it as artificial and even harmful — Christianity requires it.

Mohists believed the world is full of suffering and that good people must intervene.

Christianity’s missionary impulse contradicts Daoist withdrawal. Mohists were missionaries too — they traveled, argued, persuaded, and tried to reform society.

Christianity builds moral structure. Daoism dissolves it. Compatibility is a fantasy.
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>>41907219
>Christianity builds moral structure
lol gouging your eyes and cutting your hands when u sin isn't a moral structure, it's barbarism
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Daoism generally creates narcissistic people that run away from consequences. That is the dark side.
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Mohists would see modern Western "pop‑Daoism" as harmful but because it often mutates into a kind of soft nihilism.

Actual classical Daoism is far more subtle, and not remotely the "nothing matters" vibe that Western pop culture often projects onto it. But Mohists weren’t reacting to Western appropriations—they were reacting to what they saw as a doctrine that in practice encouraged selfishness.
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Mohists criticized Daoism, for promoting selfishness and relativism, and Confucianism, for ritual excess and partiality.
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Only if Christ is central, and the Christianity part outweighs the Daoist part. Christianity is inherently a triadic belief structure, while Daoism is inherently a dyadic one. Dualism is a never ending battle between good and evil, Christ shifts the balance so that evil cannot win.
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>>41907344
Agreed, daoism is just human wisdom and in the end would only pollute the Word.
I'd argue that confucianism would be more adaptable to Christianity if you remove all the polytheist aspects and just keep the bureaucratic, ritualistic and social ones. But that is not desirable either since that's just the Phraisees.
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>>41907344
Dao is not dual but triadic.
> from one thing, two things were created.
> from those two things a third was born.
> from those three many things exist.

Dao is
> Yin.
> Yang.
> balance.

Genesis is :
> heaven
> earth
> EL

EL is the son of man that bring balance between heaven and earth.
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>>41895390
>I’m trans too
no one asked
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>>41907737
The Trinity isn’t a sequence or a balance. Father, Son, and Spirit are co-eternal persons who are God. God is not a fourth term behind them. Daoism doesn’t work that way. Yin and yang are the operative forces, and the “third” is just their interaction, not a co-equal force. A balance of two forces is inherently dyadic, a balance of three persons is inherently triadic.
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>>41907883
*a balance of three forces, not persons.
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>>41907883
> In the begining EL created Heaven and Earth.
Genesis 1:1 - Duality is the root of the old and new testament.
Father of Man, Son of Man and Holy Spirit are not 3 persons but one person. The son of man is born from man at his death. When you dye the son of man inside you will be born.
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christianity isn't even compatible with humanity lol

2000 years of it has only led to jewish worship and creating pointless systems of suffering
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>>41907973
> Plato's cave allegory
To be able to be freed you must lose your freedom first.
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>>41907992
>another nonsensical judeoabrahamic golem inversion

nah fuck off

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