Master Vigil
Well-Known Member
Dudley Thoth -- "If the Bible is false and Jesus didn't really defeat evil Then my faith is worthless."
It is possible though, isn't it?
Dudley Thoth --
"The Dao is not a dualism of good and evil."
The Eternal Tao is the perfect balance between ALL opposites. Good and evil are in fact opposites are they not?
"The Dao is a dualism of 'positive' and 'negative'.
Good is a balance of 'positive' and 'negative'."
That is subjective.
"Evil is an imbalance of 'positive' and 'negative'."
Also subjetive.
Is this correct?"
First you must recognize that good, evil, balance, imbalance, positive, and negative are all opposites. The Eternal Tao is the perfect balance between these. Taoists would avoid extremes, so therefore they would say that too much evil is unecessary, and too much good is unecessary. For yes, it would cause imbalance. So good isn't good, and bad isn't bad. What we want is balance. Good and evil are subjective to our ideas and definitions of them. Now to say that the Tao does not exist for its perfect balance would allow imbalance everywhere else would be so if the Tao dictated anything. The Tao doesn't tell us how to live, or give us laws. For imbalance is still part of the Tao, it's just within one side of it. While balance is in the other. And for some, balance would be subjective as well. The Eternal Tao is so perfect a union that either opposite almost ceases to exist in it. Therefore, the natural Tao allows us to understand the way of the universe using opposites, for our knowledge of the Tao is limited.
It is possible though, isn't it?
Dudley Thoth --
"The Dao is not a dualism of good and evil."
The Eternal Tao is the perfect balance between ALL opposites. Good and evil are in fact opposites are they not?
"The Dao is a dualism of 'positive' and 'negative'.
Good is a balance of 'positive' and 'negative'."
That is subjective.
"Evil is an imbalance of 'positive' and 'negative'."
Also subjetive.
Is this correct?"
First you must recognize that good, evil, balance, imbalance, positive, and negative are all opposites. The Eternal Tao is the perfect balance between these. Taoists would avoid extremes, so therefore they would say that too much evil is unecessary, and too much good is unecessary. For yes, it would cause imbalance. So good isn't good, and bad isn't bad. What we want is balance. Good and evil are subjective to our ideas and definitions of them. Now to say that the Tao does not exist for its perfect balance would allow imbalance everywhere else would be so if the Tao dictated anything. The Tao doesn't tell us how to live, or give us laws. For imbalance is still part of the Tao, it's just within one side of it. While balance is in the other. And for some, balance would be subjective as well. The Eternal Tao is so perfect a union that either opposite almost ceases to exist in it. Therefore, the natural Tao allows us to understand the way of the universe using opposites, for our knowledge of the Tao is limited.