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its all superstitious bullshit.

Humans suck and will probably self destruct. good luck with that.

i hate bigotry.

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Its a lie.

Zealots...

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nothing inspires. its all useless, and im leaving and taking my posts with me.

Please delete this post. I have edited it away because my original assumptions in it were not valid. It is now defunct. Thanks Moderators.

Mak Tin Si, What school of Daoism do you come from? Are you with the Zhengyi Dao (Orthodox unity) or are you from the school of Complete Reality? The Zheng yi sect is the one Im most interested in. Perhaps you arent in a sect, I am only assuming you are in one because my intuition says so. But Ive been wrong before lol.

I have an Idea of what Philosophical Taoism versus Religious Taoism is. I have been having trouble find a concrete definition of the two paths online however, and in the books I have from the library. Here is my definition thus far. Philosophical Taoism is the intellectual study of the oldest Taoist texts such as the Tao Te Ching and the Book of Chuang Tze as originally written before the integration of these books of Philosophy with animistic/polytheistic religious rituals and magic of traditional chinese folk religion. And Religious Taoism I see as the later synchronization of Philosophical Taoism with those Traditional Chinese Folk Beliefs/Shamanism and new rituals made specifically for this new (at the time) religion. Does that sound about right or am I missing something? Please note for Religous Taoists on this board who may read this that I do not consider Religous Taoism to be in any way invalid or less than Philosophical Taoism. It is quite possible that the texts and teachings do have spiritual meaning and were revealed by celestial teachers and deities. I am just trying to define the differences between the two for my own understanding and study.