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Hello all, my understanding is that Western scholars have tended to focus almost exclusively on the Laozi and the Zhuangzi when examining so-called “philosophical Daoism” (daojia). However, the main concerns of “religious Daoism” (daojiao)—prosperity rituals, immortality elixirs, alchemy, etc.—seem to have very little precedent in the Zhuangzi specifically. The text seems to have almost no ritual component and an overall attitude of equanimity toward death, though I can certainly see Daoist concerns for good health prefigured there. So my question is, what was the nature of this text’s influence on the traditions that came after it, given the seemingly notable discrepancies in emphasis and attitude?

Atheism entirely denies the fact that the god exists, so Its relatively convenient to debate with atheists, because debate is binary - one side claims that there is god, and the other - denies that. Whereas in debate believer VS believer they both believe in god, so the question is why your religion is true, and my false? Would be interesting to see what kind of arguments they would give to each other in order to prove for example that Quran is true and Bible is not

What happens if you genuinely have faith and believe a closed religion? Are you just not allowed to participate in holidays/traditions/ceremonies, or do you just have to stop believing all of it?

So I am non-religious and my so goes to a youth group and is now scheduled to be baptized. Im 100% fine with that, my kids are free to explore and find religion if that's where their passions take them. I'm being asked by my wife if I want to go to the baptism, my son hasn't asked at all just my wife. To me, it holds no meaning and isn't really important to me, I would also have to take a day off work for it.

So I guess my question is for people, either parents or people who have been the child this situation, how important is it that I go? I support my son, just not really interested. I also know there is going to be a mass, and the only other time I've ever sat through a mass (for a wedding) it was awful and I have no desire to do that again. Is this something that will cause him some deep trauma that he doesn't realize he has until he's older and then resents me for it?

It's more like a silly question that I wanted to ask for a long time now, just don't take it too serious im just curious.

So we recently started the topic Judaism in our religious education class and I was really interested in the holidays and festivals they celebrate, I liked that. But of course we also viewed the more orthodox or stricter side of Judaism (we do that with every religion), so we watched a documentary about Israel or Jerusalem and looked at Jewish districts, the very orthodox ones.

And how do I say it respectfully but damn those men did look great, like wow. Im sorry but I never liked men with beards, but some of these men looked so good (but just those, I still don't like men with beards but I like Jews with beards). I loved the outfits too, the hats some were wearing or just everything, the whole look.

I don't think there are many of them in Germany...for obvious reasons, more in Israel but I just want to know, would a orthodox Jew consider dating me? I know im not jewish or any other Religion but I am very open and like I said, I think Judaism is a pretty interesting religion.

Im the complete opposite too but it was just a funny thought. I mean if a orthodox Jew would like me, couldn't we just date despite those differences...? Or would someone like that not even look at me?

when is fear of god a great tool to keep people safe in your society? is it during tough times like a pandemic, colonial invasion or when the planet is in jeopardy?