How come we never learn about Taoism or any other liberal philosophies/religions at schools, if more people grasped Taoism earlier a lot of world problems would never occur??? It doesn't seem much to ask, a few days out of how ever many years to learn about taoism
They don't want you to know about it because a sheep who doesn't stay on their path is not useful for them.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing it just seems too blatant. As banksy once said " A lot of people never use their initiative because nobody told them to"
it's sad really you have the option at liberal colleges...but IF religion is going to be taught in public schools (k-12) it should include glimpses of many world religions in an unbiased view...not gonna be easy for many public schools across the country...doubt it will happen any time soon
I went to an all boys Catholic High School. The education I received was superb, but socially it left a lot to be desired. In our Religion and Social Studies classes we studied a variety of religions other than Christianity/Catholicism. It was a great exposure to different thoughts. It would be difficult to study World Civilization without incorporating religion. So much of what's transpired throughout history has been influenced by religious beliefs and the animosity it's created between different faiths and cultures.
I went to a Catholic school (not all boys thank goodness) and they taught us about other religious beliefs including Taoism.
would like to learn about wantism? it could be said to be the culmination of many things, mainly from Zen, Taoism, and Shamanism but really it is just what it is... a movement to do with living The philosophy of Wantism is if you are true, and you offer a sincere effort, towards that which you think is the best thing to do, then by virtue of that, you win, and are completing the great work, no matter what your original circumstance, what matters is ness, and this is honesty it is an observation over time, that all and no things exist, and that one is captain of one's own soul, which is infinite and totally free by innate nature, wantism is the worship and meditation of time, wantism is also the laughter that breaks out purely and lifts everything up... wantism is an ancient way, that has just been written, innocent as a breath or the growing grass, its been written, and that is just what has seemed to happen the symbol of wantism fob n br me is a tree, any tree, any plant, anything of nature, and wanti is that nation which is afloat in the air, here and there, everywhere and nowhere... no one can answer questions of wanti, and everyone can, all around, but what is a question but to hold hands with the universe? "every mouth and thought is the mouth and thought of the Lady, verily, and every heart is her's, and she is no one" whatever that means, for me wantism is about feminism... and unexpected enlightenment but for someone else who knows, honestly, I know very little, and I may be the smartest among them! Its not really a religion, but a spiritual movement, there are no real leaders, though some may pretend to pass the time and hopefully they are kind and inspired, Goddess is the unification of all that is, no action is indepedent, with the tiniest motion, the whole existence and non existence ripple. Live, grow and love.
whole mess of americans are christians and don't play well with others plus the tao makes no sense at all everything here has to at least pretend to make sense [even though very little of it does] glad to see in a post above that catholic schools are teaching, well, at least comparative philosophy
BAM! You nailed it, lunarverse. Western culture, government, religion, attitudes-- chiefly defined by one thing: consumers. And like others are saying, the theistic modes of thought are built around selling a product, not illuminating the soul and nature.
