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![WHAT IS THE TAOIST (OR, DAOIST) BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [6 of 6] In God’s creation, there is no Taoist-type balance between good and evil. First Peter 5:8 says the devil is like a lion that wonders around roaring. And Colossians 2:15 explains that Jesus whooped lion-like Lucifer when Christ died on the cross to glorify God and save all creation. One of my seminary instructors gave a perfect, biblical description of modern-day Satan, since he was wrecked by Jesus: He said, though the devil can still cause serious harm on earth, he is a defanged lion; Christ easily crushed his claim on our world. So, for today’s Christians, Lucifer is like a starving, declawed, toothless lion, dragging around his emaciated little body, trying to frighten people into doing what he says, but only managing to loudly smack his gums.
What reaction would you have if you saw that coming at you? Would you run, or would you tell that rat-headed liar to scram. Non-Christians face the same old lethal devil, but we who have the authority of Christ’s name wield His power over all evil. Bringing that back to the teachings of Taoism, a Christian’s wonderful life and amazing eternal future—spent with the Creator of the universe—is not what Taoists have; instead, their yin-and-yang mentality (“the force” in Star Wars) has them equating evil with God—which is ludicrous. Still, unfortunate people around the world (now including vast numbers of Westerners and even Christians) have accepted the Buddhist, Taoist, Star Wars mindset. Today, all those people are living a life of running scared, even though God has assured us of these facts: "I am God. Beside me, there is no other,” and “Greater is He [the Holy Spirit, or Spirit of Christ] that is in you [Christians]
than he [the evil spirit of the Antichrist] that is in this world.”
Praise God that we Christians never need to run scared! | image tagged in taoism,daoism,buddhism,god,devil,bible | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ynhrn.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE TAOIST (OR, DAOIST) BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [3 of 6] Followers of Taoism vary in beliefs and practices, but among those are biblically abominable necromancy (contacting the dead) and Roman or Egyptian-type polytheism (worshiping many gods—Scripture also calls them idols). Taoists tend to worship mostly on their calendar’s religious holidays, setting food out as a sacrifice to the gods or the spirits of their departed ancestors. The Bible’s Deuteronomy shows us that God has some harsh condemnation for these Taoist practices: "When you enter the land that the Lord, your God has given you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter into the fire, who practices
divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft or
casts spells, who is a medium or spiritist, or who consults with the
dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. And because these are detestable practices, the Lord, your God will drive out those nations before you. You, though, must be blameless before the Lord, your God.” Obviously, God detests the practices of those who communicate with dead people. Why is that? Well, once dead, if we were Christians, we instantly go to heaven to be with God. But non-Christians suddenly find themselves in hell. From that point, we remain in either place. Thank God we do not get kicked out of heaven, but hell is also permanent. Either way, we don’t travel back to have a chat with living friends or relatives on earth. There is no second chance and we can’t communicate with the living. That said, I believe people who say some spirit entity showed up and communicated with them, but the Bible is clear about what that is: it is not your loved one, no matter what kind of familiar, luminescent, friendly, or helpful demeanor the deceiving entity portrays.
Scripture warns that those are “familiar” spirits, just the same old demons that
have been duping people for thousands of years. Yet, the religion of Taoism
promotes these extremely dangerous encounters. | image tagged in taoism,daoism,buddhism,god,bible,hindu | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ynfgv.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE TAOIST (OR, DAOIST) BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [1 of 6] Another spin-off from Buddhist Hinduism is called either Taoism or Daoism, a religion practiced mainly in China, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and Singapore. Those nations are where we see Taoist temples, but the practice has also become popular in the Western world. Taoism’s set of “scriptures” are referred to as the Tao, and other included texts make up their full spectrum of religious materials they call the Tao-te Ching. “Tao” is a Chinese alphabetic character that means “a way” or “a path." So, Taoism means "the way,” which reveals more about
the Buddhist religion of George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars. In fact, that franchise recently put out a popular new series called The Mandalorian, a show about a fictitious, mercenary people who follow a philosophy they often verbalize as, “This is the way.” But what is the real truth that we know from the Bible? Who is the only way, the truth, and the life? John 14:6 says no one is able to reach heaven to be with God unless they go through Jesus Christ. So, Star Wars’ and Taoism’s “way” is death—choosing to reject Jesus—suffering in hell for eternity, a horrific end. We get to
heaven by accepting Christ’s free gift of salvation through
His sacrifice on the cross. That is the only way. | image tagged in mandolorian,star wars,taoism,george lucas,buddhism,bible | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ynday.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE TAOIST (OR, DAOIST) BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [2 of 6] Never being technically unified into an overall religion, Taoism (or Daoism) can be divided into three categories: philosophical, religionist, and Chinese-folk beliefs. The Bible has nothing good to say about the last one involving ancestor worship—the practice of communicating with dead people. God calls that the abomination of necromancy, and He is deeply offended by it. In fact, Judaism’s first monarch, King Saul, went too far one day when he practiced necromancy through help from a witch. That led to God’s immediate judgement on Saul, having him die in battle the next day—along with every one of his many sons; within twenty-four hours, Saul and all his heirs to the throne
were dead. Because of the division of practices in Taoism, it’s difficult to pinpoint
exactly what they believe, but generally speaking we see Taoist themes
in many movies, like the previously mentioned Star Wars franchise. Roughly stated, Taoism teaches a “flow of the universe,” or “force,” that supposedly keeps everything balanced in a natural order, and is said to be the source of both existence and nonexistence. Some Eastern mystic religions like Taoism refer to this as the “yin and yang” principle, which can express itself through equal forces of good and evil opposing each other. What does that sound like? It is exactly the religion of Star Wars. And the movie series even decided to build more doctrine into that false faith, the idea that a nifty
machine can be placed close to a being, and in that way, it takes a blood sample
that measures “midi-chlorians.” The more the gage rises, the better
that life form is said to be able to manipulate the “force." While
Star Wars films are popular because the stories are well written
and produced, unfortunately, they have greatly increased
the popularity of Buddhist Taoism around the world. | image tagged in star wars,yoda,taoism,daoism,bible,buddhism | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5yne13.jpg)
