RE: [TruthTalk] Re [Truth Talk] Saved -- Salvation -- and the pigpen

[ShieldsFamily]

I see the yin-yang concept as an elementary understanding of the balance of life that God has placed in the world—such as between male/female, heavy/light, etc.  There is much truth that can be extracted from other non-Christian cultures if one is not fearful of their misunderstanding of who God really is.  We don’t need to get involved in error to appreciate whatever bits of truth—or at least seeking after truth--are there.  For example, I can appreciate the Japanese concept of appreciation for decorating with occupied/non-occupied space---very serene.  Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judy Taylor Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:39 AM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Re [Truth Talk] Saved -- Salvation -- and the pigpen   Taoism is not just a word it's a philosophy of life and if the friend keeps reading she will understand that it is a philosophy that has nothing at all to do with the Lord Jesus Christ because Taoism is a blending of light and dark or good and evil - whereas God the Word is ALL light.  jt   On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:31:55 -0500 Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Caroline Wong wrote: A Taiwanese friend was struggling in a bible study where my pastor was explaining "The Word" as in "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." She went home and looked the passage up in her Chinese bible and the translation for "The Word" is "Tao" and she smiles and says, "I get it!"   But did she? :-)   Love,   Caroline   P.S. for all ya mono-culture people, linguists often say Tao is one of the best translation for Logos. It's symbol is the familiar yin-yang symbol. ================================================================= Familiar??????????????????