Did you know that in our history of civilization. There has not once been a holy war in the Far East. Our guest speaker Dr. Arthur Sokoloff, used his latest book, Zen meets Freud, to talk to us about the three religions in the Far East. As well as a little history of our own religious past. The basis of our western and European civilization, values, philosophy and democracy is based upon the Greek. Pretty much the rest of the globe (60%) doesn't care for our way of life. In the Arab culture, it is taught that there is no tax on lying.
Geographically speaking, everything east of India is considered the Far East. Everyone there has at least three or more religions, Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. The reason there has never been a holy war is because none of these beliefs conflict. No jealous Gods, no biblical crusades, just a way of life. Most of these beliefs were founded around the same period of time of 500 B.C.
The first of these is Taoism, Tao meaning Force. The......
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