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Politics : Evolution
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To: LLCF who wrote (11550)12/25/2010 1:53:42 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (2) of 69300
 
Actually I challenged you to support your assertions that Taoist masters were known for levitating and healing people and you were unable to provide any support.

I pointed out you were wrong about the writings of Taoism and Buddhism being much older than the Christian scriptures.>

1.) You'll have to link in that assertion.

2.) Chinese invented paper... STRIKE THREE!!

Paper isn't necessary for writing .... see papyrus, parchment, etc.

And your false assertion that eastern scripture were older than Christian scriptures was debunked here:

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I suppose you're referring to Buddhism and Taoism. They may be older than Christianity as religious movements but we're talking about their scriptures.

The oldest Buddhist scriptures don't go back to Buddha - perhaps you don't know that. They were only written down centuries after - and I mean 6 centuries after - Buddha (refer to the Fourth Buddhist Council - yes, early Buddhism had councils like early Christianity). The Pali Canon may contain sayings of Buddha and probably has his basic teachings correct but the scriptures themselves aren't older than Christianity's.

I see some version of the tao te ching may be a few centuries older than the Christian scriptures though there are several versions of it and each of them go back to about the time of the writing of the Christian scriptures.

Interesting that the scriptures of Buddhism, Christianity, and Taoism are roughly about the same age.
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