Marxism
Marx's ideas about about society make sense to me. However I think his idea of religion is over simplified. I simply do not believe that all religion is a tool for serving the elite at the detriment of the masses, and I do not believe that all religion is bad. How does Theravada Buddhism support the power structure of the elite? It does teach people to be moral, I guess you could see that as "enslavement to the system" if you really wanted to. Then there is Daoism, how does Daoism subjugate people to the power-elite. The most popular Daoist text says that the less government there is the better the people are. It is not too difficult to imagine anarchistic forms of Christianity because either, because in the Gospels Jesus tells people they should leave their jobs, families, and everything to follow him. However I don't know that any such form of Christianity still exits. Forms of Shivism encourage people to withdraw from the world.
posted by Brandon Stocks at 1:02 PM
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Daoism has been an oppressive, profit oriented religion? Well I guess if Buddhism and Christianity can be perverted to those ends Daoism can to. I've heard that the magickal side of Daoism was concerned with alchemy. That might be used for profit.
That is interesting. My knowledge of Daoism is limited to what is called philosophical or mystical Daoism, not magical Daoism. But I did know that there is a long history of occult Daoism like what you are talking about.
God you guys are total fucking losers! Is this all you idiots think about all day long? I bet Andrew has never been laid, that fucking Chuangtzu pumpkin headed bastard.
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