When you see Christian, Jewish and Muslim clerics get together and celebrate festivals as one, say a Christmas celebration, are 2 of the 3 violating their beliefs?
Your beliefs are your own, paying respects to other people’s beliefs only compromises you if you feel the differences as opposed to the common ground.
Christians light candles and pray for departed. Taoists light incense. Atheists ponder while religious pray. If difference is what you look for, you’ll find it. The same is true of common ground.
I was schooled in lay taoism by a crazy old monk who made the point repeatedly that they accommodate all religions and faiths by the choices available to exercise the religion. Which part you used and how you practiced.
If a ‘devout’ Christian has issues with Lion Dancing and showing respect at an altar as worshiping Idols, I’l like to know how they feel about iPhones, BMWs and Ray Bans… Just to frame the conversation.
[QUOTE=mawali;1257372]WTF!
What do you mean by not violating Christian doctrine? It is Ok to come to someone’s land and take it from them and put the people in reservations while enslaving men in the name of freedom just to fill your pocketbooks then bomb innocent women and children (aka the casualties of war) and say you are providng freedom of speech and the exercise therof of BS! Am I missing something here? He who has the most weapons will definitely win as long as it is backed by a religion that bless the powers to win at any cost.[/QUOTE]
I think you’d be hard pressed to find any of that in sync with the teachings of Christ…now what people do in His name, that’s quite another thing…
[QUOTE=Yum Cha;1257387]When you see Christian, Jewish and Muslim clerics get together and celebrate festivals as one, say a Christmas celebration, are 2 of the 3 violating their beliefs?
Your beliefs are your own, paying respects to other people’s beliefs only compromises you if you feel the differences as opposed to the common ground.
Christians light candles and pray for departed. Taoists light incense. Atheists ponder while religious pray. If difference is what you look for, you’ll find it. The same is true of common ground.
I was schooled in lay taoism by a crazy old monk who made the point repeatedly that they accommodate all religions and faiths by the choices available to exercise the religion. Which part you used and how you practiced.
If a ‘devout’ Christian has issues with Lion Dancing and showing respect at an altar as worshiping Idols, I’l like to know how they feel about iPhones, BMWs and Ray Bans… Just to frame the conversation.[/QUOTE]
This sort of common sense has no place in religion or TCMA!
If you practice TCMA, you will go to hell. It doesn’t matter what religion you belong to.
Some interesting points everyone on this thread are making.
The question came to me after hearing a small argument over whether or not a Christian should practice yoga because of its connection to the Hindu religion.
As a Christian, my personal opinion is that its not about the history or origin of a given practice, but rather the individual’s motive or reason for doing it that determines whether or not said practice violates their belief system. Practices change and evolve all the time. If as a Christian I could not practice TCMA because many of its practices are rooted in other belief systems, then the same could be argued against the practice of celebrating Christmas which used to be a pagan holiday.
[QUOTE=Lucas;1257391]If you practice TCMA, you will go to hell. It doesn’t matter what religion you belong to.[/QUOTE]
What if I just watch a lot of Donnie Yen movies?
Perhaps Bawang would like to educate us all on the connection between Christianity and Choy Lay Fut?
[QUOTE=Wuxia007;1257394]Some interesting points everyone on this thread are making.
The question came to me after hearing a small argument over whether or not a Christian should practice yoga because of its connection to the Hindu religion.
As a Christian, my personal opinion is that its not about the history or origin of a given practice, but rather the individual’s motive or reason for doing it that determines whether or not said practice violates their belief system. Practices change and evolve all the time. If as a Christian I could not practice TCMA because many of its practices are rooted in other belief systems, then the same could be argued against the practice of celebrating Christmas which used to be a pagan holiday.[/QUOTE]
No “used to” about it. I am a Celtic Pagan and Winter Solstice is still Our Holiday. I am a Buddhist/Taoist and am fond of wielding a Templar Blade, does this mean I am anti-Islamic or merely an infidel? 
Infidel 
choy lee fut is Christian kung fu. its the only style of kung fu endorsed by jesus.
cha quan and tan tui are halal.
[QUOTE=bawang;1257401]choy lee fut is Christian kung fu. its the only style of kung fu endorsed by jesus.
cha quan and tan tui are halal.[/QUOTE]
What are Jesus’s views on Judo?
Jesus was very fond of Judoism.
The only god that is valid is the one that gives me special fighting power.
Therefore, I pray to Jinnaluo.
if your religion says don’t worship idols, then you asks if its ok to worship idols, then yes, its ok to worship idols.
As long as you don’t watch American Idol on TV, it’s OK to practice idolatry. It’s a lot like having sports altars with bobbleHeads. BuddhaBobbleHeads are all-omnipotent.
I worship SwordMaster Jesus (the Return of).
[QUOTE=PalmStriker;1257414]I worship SwordMaster Jesus (the Return of). :)[/QUOTE]
Conan what is good in life?
“To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the Lamentations of the women.”
This is the wisdom of Crom, he laughs at your silly gods.
[QUOTE=Lucas;1257391]If you practice TCMA, you will go to hell.
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Well first, you end up posting here… and after a few years in Kungfu Magazine Forums, hell hardly bothers you at all
“he’s a druid”
“what does that mean”?
“they worship at trees”.
“oh”
“but he’s reformed…”
“so”?
“he can worship at just bushes”…
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“he can worship at just bushes”…[/QUOTE]
Some bushes are worth worshiping.