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	<title>Comments on: Why don&#8217;t Confucianism, Taoism, and legalism focus on the after life?</title>
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		<title>By: Paul in Alaska</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul in Alaska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Introduction?  Redemption!  What does Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism say about redemption and the afterlife?

Confucianism&#039;s focus is primarily on secular ethics and morality.  As such, it is tied up with moral, social, political, philosophical, and religious thought.
While Taoism has never been a unified religion, its different sects have many varied beliefs that can contradict each other.  Still, all Taoist thought focuses on wu wei (&quot; action that does not involve struggle or excessive effort&quot; ) spontaneity, humanism, relativism, and emptiness.  So Taoist&#039;s believe in peace and detachment as the way to redemption.
Legalists allege against any view that law, not faith in God&#039;s grace, is the pre-eminent principle of redemption.

So in conclusion, we see that redemption isn&#039;t the main focus of these three religions.  They each have their own precepts on what it deems important towards society and spiritual growth as a person (ethics and morality for Confucianists, peace and detachment for Taoists, and following the letter of the law for Legalists).  Redemption follows when their members follow their precepts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Introduction?  Redemption!  What does Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism say about redemption and the afterlife?</p>
<p>Confucianism&#8217;s focus is primarily on secular ethics and morality.  As such, it is tied up with moral, social, political, philosophical, and religious thought.<br />
While Taoism has never been a unified religion, its different sects have many varied beliefs that can contradict each other.  Still, all Taoist thought focuses on wu wei (&#8221; action that does not involve struggle or excessive effort&#8221; ) spontaneity, humanism, relativism, and emptiness.  So Taoist&#8217;s believe in peace and detachment as the way to redemption.<br />
Legalists allege against any view that law, not faith in God&#8217;s grace, is the pre-eminent principle of redemption.</p>
<p>So in conclusion, we see that redemption isn&#8217;t the main focus of these three religions.  They each have their own precepts on what it deems important towards society and spiritual growth as a person (ethics and morality for Confucianists, peace and detachment for Taoists, and following the letter of the law for Legalists).  Redemption follows when their members follow their precepts.</p>
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		<title>By: Ergot W</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ergot W</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;legalism&quot;  ? Not a religion I&#039;ve run across before. Are you sure that&#039;s right?

The other 2 are not religions that focus on an afterlife because they don&#039;t see the world the same way that Christians, Jews and Muslims. 

In the Confucian system, a divine being does not have a significant role; his philosophy is human-centered and relies on self-effort. Humans strive to attain the ideal character through education, self-effort, and self-reflection. The goal of life was to live a good moral life. 
 Taoism also sees the goal of life as achievementof harmony, not an afterlife . Humans are just another part of nature for Taoism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;legalism&#8221;  ? Not a religion I&#8217;ve run across before. Are you sure that&#8217;s right?</p>
<p>The other 2 are not religions that focus on an afterlife because they don&#8217;t see the world the same way that Christians, Jews and Muslims. </p>
<p>In the Confucian system, a divine being does not have a significant role; his philosophy is human-centered and relies on self-effort. Humans strive to attain the ideal character through education, self-effort, and self-reflection. The goal of life was to live a good moral life.<br />
 Taoism also sees the goal of life as achievementof harmony, not an afterlife . Humans are just another part of nature for Taoism.</p>
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