Path: typhoon.sonic.net!newsfeed2.skycache.com!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!152.163.239.129!portc01.blue.aol.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.indiana.edu!not-for-mail From: Nathan Engle Newsgroups: alt.philosophy.taoism Subject: Re: The Tao? Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:27:17 -0500 Organization: Indiana University Lines: 20 Message-ID: <394A9BB5.7B27@indiana.edu> References: <39487E23.CCE1EF8E@religions.com> <8idc9n$n0o$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <394A39CB.75A2@aol.com> <8idj6m$sp2$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <394A6C68.23A4@indiana.edu> <394A6FF4.DECBEF77@mindspring.com> <394A7637.4826@indiana.edu> <8idvq8$6qc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Reply-To: nengle@indiana.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: mushroom.psych.indiana.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (WinNT; I) Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.philosophy.taoism:73036 river_bird@my-deja.com wrote: > nengle@indiana.edu wrote: > > Personally I count myself as a religious Taoist. > Really? With all the traditional tao-chiao ceremony and hoopla, or > just a taoist with "faith?" Just a Taoist with faith. For me to imitate Chinese cultural ceremonies would be rather empty. I honor those who follow them as part of their own culture, and I try to make do as best I can within the constraints of Western society. Eventually perhaps western Taoism will have its own customs and ceremonies. Perhaps not. -- Nathan Engle Shop Steward Electron Juggler's Guild, Local #1 nengle@indiana.edu http://php.indiana.edu/~nengle "Some Assembly Required"