“To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is disease”
- Lao Tzu -
2006-09-26 03:20:03 · 13 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Angry C: When Lao Tzu says "disease", I believe that he means something that stops you from reaching your full potential, not a physical disease...
2006-09-26 03:26:59 · update #1
Angryc: I am a Buddhist, not a Christian.
2006-09-26 03:28:07 · update #2
Gorgeoustx: No, quite the opposite really. Read it again.
2006-09-26 03:31:30 · update #3
You have arrived at your decision not by blind faith but by your own reasoning. You know.
“When you know a thing, to recognize that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to recognize that you do not know it. That is knowledge”
- Confucius -
2006-09-26 03:37:52 · update #4
It is a great saying. The more you learn the more you realize that you don't know.Saying you know stops you from knowing.
I believe the complete answer will unknown yet known.
2006-09-26 03:38:51 · answer #1 · answered by eva b 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christians pretend to know because they believe in a book written by other human beings. Are Christians diseased because they really don't know, either? It's called faith, right? Not absolute proof. And please don't use the circular argument that the bible must be true because it says it is.
EDIT: My response was for all the Christians who claim their way is the only way. Lao Tzu's quote reinforces MY belief that Christians are as "diseased" as non-believers because NOBODY really knows for sure. Again, that's why it's called faith or a religious belief. Proof positive is absent.
2006-09-26 03:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by Angry C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer think of Buddhists are agnostic - they simply have faith in a distinctive non secular means than God, as we understand him in a Christian society. Buddha is in certainty asserting what your mom consistently pronounced "If all your individuals have been leaping off a bridge, might you do it to?" In different words, no count what you notice or pay attention, in case you do no longer experience that is acceptable - then that is not suitable for you.
2016-10-18 00:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by turrill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Works for me.
Got to remember, agnostics are not necessarily skeptical or worse, cynical about faith.
We have arrived at the personal conclusion that we just do not "know" & are comfortable with it.
Conciously pretending to know & is the worst hypocrisy especially when it is preached to others.
Definitely a disease.
2006-09-26 04:18:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists only claim to know what is proven. Religious people can't grasp that concept. Agnostics are the next step to religious.
2006-09-26 03:23:08 · answer #5 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not quite sure. I cannot prove there is a God, but I believe there is a God. I do not believe in any one religion. Does that mean that I am diseased?
2006-09-26 03:28:59 · answer #6 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We're always pretending to know what we do not know because we ppretend to know some when no one knows anything. At the same time you do know something if you truly believe it even if it is not true to the world.
2006-09-26 03:24:09 · answer #7 · answered by Locke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes perfect sense, and I agree. Particularly with the last part.
It's something I live by.
2006-09-26 03:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not agnostic ,but I think it would lead to absolute embarrassment.
2006-09-26 03:28:32 · answer #9 · answered by Virginia V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wonderful quote.
All people could learn from its wisdom.
2006-09-26 03:23:05 · answer #10 · answered by Colin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋