NationStates

-Jochistan- wrote:

Luminesa wrote:Venerated in both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches too, fam-bam.

Oh yeah, they venerate Saints that did because they don't want to do anything themselves.

They're more concerned about hardcore nationalism, ultraconservative moral fixations and fancy robes.

They're like Hasidic Jews on Speed.

Luminesa wrote:

-Jochistan- wrote:Oh yeah, they generate Saints that did because they don't want to.

They're more concerned about hardcore nationalism, ultraconservative moral fixations and fancy robes.

They're like Hasidic Jews on Speed.

And you’re not into “hardcore nationalism”?

War Gears wrote:

Sanctissima wrote:
Heresy!

Truth be told I find Daoism to be the most natural and reality-based of all religions, hence my appeal for it. The problem with placing too much value with yin or yang is that it inherently creates a state of unnecessary and unhealthy imbalance. Yin focuses too much on order and earthly matters, whereas Yang focuses too much on the spiritual and more philosophical matters. The extreme of the former is a control freak, whereas the extreme of the latter is an ascetic.

Combined however, in they achieve equilibrium, and complement one another.

You'd think a former fashyboo would appreciate the equilibrium of extremes. :^)

As someone who finds next to nothing appealing about masculinity, I'm pretty content with a feminine extreme. Unfortunately some of the dualistic influence found it's way into Shinto and perverted the more feminine-centric element of it.

War Gears wrote:

Luminesa wrote:And you’re not into “hardcore nationalism”?

As someone who knows him pretty well, I can safely say that Jochi is not nationalist in the slightest, much less "hardcore nationalist."

Luminesa wrote:

-Jochistan- wrote:Oh yeah, they generate Saints that did because they don't want to.

They're more concerned about hardcore nationalism, ultraconservative moral fixations and fancy robes.

They're like Hasidic Jews on Speed.

And you’re not into “hardcore nationalism”?

-Jochistan- wrote:

Luminesa wrote:And you’re not into “hardcore nationalism”?

Only in self defense.

Ethnic groups aren't doormats. Won't complain if they decide to fight back against something.

-Jochistan- wrote:

Luminesa wrote:Venerated in both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches too, fam-bam.

Oh yeah, they venerate Saints that did because they don't want to do anything themselves.

They're more concerned about hardcore nationalism, ultraconservative moral fixations and fancy robes.

They're like Hasidic Jews on Speed.

-Jochistan- wrote:

Luminesa wrote:And you’re not into “hardcore nationalism”?

Only in self defense.

Ethnic groups aren't doormats. Won't complain if they decide to fight back against something.
Like in the case of Palestine or the Kurds.

Luminesa wrote:

-Jochistan- wrote:Only in self defense.

Ethnic groups aren't doormats. Won't complain if they decide to fight back against something.

So “hardcore nationalism” only in self-defense?...Son that doesn’t make any sense!

Sanctissima wrote:

War Gears wrote:
As someone who finds next to nothing appealing about masculinity, I'm pretty content with a feminine extreme. Unfortunately some of the dualistic influence found it's way into Shinto and perverted the more feminine-centric element of it.

Eh, Yang isn't so much exclusively masculine as much as it is the chaotic component of the human psyche. It's as much associated with light and the realm of spirits as it is with the male gender.

Daoist dualism influenced Shintoism due to the natural dominance and hegemony of Papa Zhongguo over little Baby Nippon. :^)

-Jochistan- wrote:

Luminesa wrote:And you’re not into “hardcore nationalism”?

Only in self defense.

Ethnic groups aren't doormats. Won't complain if they decide to fight back against something.
Like in the case of Palestine or the Kurds.

But I'm really not a fan of violent ethnic expansionism.

Northern Davincia wrote:

-Jochistan- wrote:Only in self defense.

Ethnic groups aren't doormats. Won't complain if they decide to fight back against something.
Like in the case of Palestine or the Kurds.

But I'm really not a fan of violent ethnic expansionism.

Palestine (especially their attempts at resistance) is a joke. An unfunny one, but a joke nonetheless.

-Jochistan- wrote:

Luminesa wrote:Venerated in both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches too, fam-bam.

Oh yeah, they venerate Saints that did because they don't want to do anything themselves.

They're more concerned about hardcore nationalism, ultraconservative moral fixations and fancy robes.

They're like Hasidic Jews on Speed.

-Jochistan- wrote:

Northern Davincia wrote:Palestine (especially their attempts at resistance) is a joke. An unfunny one, but a joke nonetheless.

The meek shall inherit the earth babe

Hakons wrote:

-Jochistan- wrote:Oh yeah, they venerate Saints that did because they don't want to do anything themselves.

They're more concerned about hardcore nationalism, ultraconservative moral fixations and fancy robes.

They're like Hasidic Jews on Speed.

Stop talking out of your arse. Religious institutions provide daily aid to the impoverished just about anywhere in the world.

-Jochistan- wrote:

Northern Davincia wrote:Palestine (especially their attempts at resistance) is a joke. An unfunny one, but a joke nonetheless.

The meek shall inherit the earth babe

Luminesa wrote:

-Jochistan- wrote:The meek shall inherit the earth babe

Then it looks like you’re not getting a single penny.

Furthermore, why not a two-state solution? Israel and Palestine exist in peace?

-Jochistan- wrote:

Luminesa wrote:Then it looks like you’re not getting a single penny.

Furthermore, why not a two-state solution? Israel and Palestine exist in peace?

Because Israel is an invasive settler state.

-Jochistan- wrote:

Luminesa wrote:Then it looks like you’re not getting a single penny.

Furthermore, why not a two-state solution? Israel and Palestine exist in peace?

Because Israel is an invasive settler state. And needs to be flushed out.

Hakons wrote:

-Jochistan- wrote:Because Israel is an invasive settler state. And needs to be flushed out.

Israel is the spearhead of Western Civilization returning to the Middle East. The Mandates never should have been disbanded.

Hakons wrote:

-Jochistan- wrote:Because Israel is an invasive settler state. And needs to be flushed out.

Israel is the spearhead of Western Civilization returning to the Middle East. The Mandates never should have been disbanded.

War Gears wrote:

Hakons wrote:
Israel is the spearhead of Western Civilization returning to the Middle East. The Mandates never should have been disbanded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

Doesn't seem very Western or civilized, to be honest.

War Gears wrote:

Hakons wrote:
Israel is the spearhead of Western Civilization returning to the Middle East. The Mandates never should have been disbanded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

Doesn't seem very Western or civilized, to be honest.

Sanctissima wrote:

The Parkus Empire wrote:
No, literally the Dao incarnate. The Word is not conscious entity except as a placeholder. The Word is beyond being and prefigures reality. The Word does not think, at least not in a mechanical sense, because the Word does not deliberate. The Word does as the Word is, and the Word's doing (energies) is enternal and without change. And the Word, which is superreal, became man; not changing the nature of the Word, but adding and binding a human nature with thought and will.

Your lot came up with the Trinity, not me.

Jesus is quintessentially a reincarnation of God in human form. Or at least, that's the simplest way I can explain centuries of Christian theology regarding the role of the Son within the Trinity.

Hence, an avatar of the Dao, but not the Dao per se. If we were to apply it in Daoist terms.

Which, again, doesn't really fit in with Daoist cosmology since the Dao isn't really considered to be a conscious entity. Hell, it's barely even considered an entity at all, but moreso the natural rhythm of the universe.