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Reform Taoism and the Reform Taoist Congregation (formerly the Western Reform Taoist Congregation) is an organised religious movement based on philosophical Taoism, that does not believe in a god or deity; but in an impersonal force called the Tao. The religion itself has very little to do with Chinese Taoism other than a respect for the classical texts of Taoism. They have no established concept of an afterlife or in a soul. Reform Taoism believes that the Tao Te Ching, their central text, was not divinely inspired but was written because Lao Tzu observed patterns in the world around him—patterns that didn't require blind faith and acceptance of logical contradiction to recognize.
On the Reform Taoist Congregation website they state their creed as follows:
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We believe in the formless and eternal Tao, and we recognize all personified deities as being mere human constructs. We reject hatred, intolerance, and unnecessary violence, and embrace harmony, love and learning, as we are taught by Nature. We place our trust and our lives in the Tao, that we may live in peace and balance with the Universe, both in this mortal life and beyond. |
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