Are you a Taoist? I'm interested in knowing what religion you follow, or you are an atheist. Not that there's anything wrong, but you seems to mistake several stuff there

Nobody said Buddhist cannot eat beef. Some Taoist just refrain from eating beef.
No one said Guan Yin is a religion either.

Buddhism is more of a philosophy

Taoism is a polytheism religion, just like Hinduism
Islam and Christianity are monotheism.

Buddhism is none of those

This post has been edited by Hornet: Apr 28 2010, 12:10 AM

I can't say I've came across such case as most of my Chinese friends do eat beef, but yeah I agree. I don't know the details, but the Buddhism teaching have certainly found its way to wherever Taoism originated, and its like mixed up now for Chinese. There are certain element like Karma which have been incorporated into Taoism.

I also agree that Taoism isn't strictly followed these days, though most Chinese who follows taoism takes many element from it in more of a cultural way.

But actually that's what I like about Taoism. Firstly, its not an organized religion, which is a huge plus. There isn't anyone out there who's forcing every little teaching onto its followers, or you get burned at the stake. And certainly no one to tell us that god created the universe or that birth control is a sin.

No offend meant btw



Anyway,

To contribute to the subject at hand, personally i believe there's no room in modern society for strict organized religion. Its really sad when I read this incident about a group of religious zealots in US protest at the funeral of a Marine because he was gay. Its insane that these people are driven to the extreme end and lose all their common sense or the sense of decency, all they see is their own believe to be the greatest thing and they must force it upon everyone else.


I also think that society should not treat religious figure like they are a larger than life figure and are above the law. Take for example the current scandal surrounding RCC where priest molested altar boys (brings a whole new meaning to "God loves you, and I do to"). These priest are still allow to roam free.

If it was a ordinary child rapist, we would have police kicking down the door and dragging him to jail in cuffs. But here we are, giving special treatment to those priest as if they are above the law. Since when is up to the Vatican to take action? It should have been a criminal case handled by the law enforcement bodies.

No offence meant to Christians. I don't have any problem with Christianity, but I think organized religion must go. You don't need to have a special organization to tell you what to believe in, or to take your hard earn cash every Sunday morning

This post has been edited by Hornet: Apr 28 2010, 12:34 AM