Is wu wei good religious teaching? Is taoism a good religion?

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"The term wu wei constitutes the leading ethical concept in Taoism.[158] Wei refers to any intentional or deliberated action, while wu carries the meaning of "there is no ..." or "lacking, without". Common translations are nonaction, effortless action, action without intent, noninterference and nonintervention.


[159][158] The meaning is sometimes emphasized by using the paradoxical expression "wei wu wei": action without action.[160] Kohn writes that wuwei refers to "letting go of egoistic concerns" and "to abstain from forceful and interfering measures that cause tensions and disruption in favor of gentleness, adaptation, and ease."[147]


In ancient Taoist texts, wu-wei is associated with water through its yielding nature and the effortless way it flows around obstacles.[161] Taoist philosophy, in accordance with the I Ching, proposes that the universe works harmoniously according to its own ways. When someone exerts their will against the world in a manner that is out of rhythm with the cycles of change, they may disrupt that harmony and unintended consequences may more likely result rather than the willed outcome.[162] 


Thus the Tao Te Ching says: "act of things and you will ruin them. Grasp for things and you will lose them. Therefore the sage acts with inaction and has no ruin, lets go of grasping and has no loss."[147]


Taoism does not identify one's will as the root problem. Rather, it asserts that one must place their will in harmony with the natural way of the universe.


[162] Thus, a potentially harmful interference may be avoided, and in this way, goals can be achieved effortlessly.[163][164] "By wu-wei, the sage seeks to come into harmony with the great Tao, which itself accomplishes by nonaction."[158]"


Its kinda like the Art of War, that says how you should try to win by not doing anything.

The important Taoist principles are inaction, simplicity and living in harmony with nature.

It would be good if Christians, Muslims and Jews practiced inaction and stopped circumcising babies and killing each other.
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i like the bahi faith. it teaches a lot of truth that is similar to near death experiences. but it's based on the quran, which is self evidently a man made book and not of God (chopping off heads, chopping off hands, getting virgins at death etc) 

buddhism has a lot of englightened teachings, but it is just a philsophy that men have came up with, and doesn't try to pretend be more than that, or a 'true' religion. that's cool, but it's not the 'truth'. 

id throw in how ridiculous hinduism seems, but i dont know enough about it to talk about it. 

christianity is the only religion that teaches the truth. look at how its philsophy meshes with the human condition, seeking supernatural love and the importance o relationships. how it meshes with the message of near death experiences, which is obviously good evidence for the afterlife and self evidently to anyone without a stone heart, a message of God and enlightenment on the human condition.