Modern people have no strength, courage, conviction, higher virtue, honor, real identity, purpose/meaning, heritage etc. They have nothing they would fight for - or more importantly build towards.
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Ah, so you've moved the goalposts. You need to flow like water on that, and have no mortal spot, and nothing can harm you.
Since there is no authority to decide what is, or isn't canon, then you can add or leave books as you desire as an individual believer in Taoism. The Bible was set in the 300s by the only authority on it at the time. Later, Protestants removed 7 books because they didn't like what the implications were theologically. Further, you have most of them ignoring the stuff about sodomy, so they may as well drop those as well.
Thus in Christianity today, you have the same issue as Taoism. You can take or leave writings as you desire, and call anything canon or not.
So you think it’s a problem in taoism because there “isn’t a canon” (there is, for the 5th time, it’s called “the Tao te Ching”. Full stop.)
And you also think it’s a problem in Christianity, even with their (various) canon(s).
So what the fuck is your point even? You frankly don’t have one which is why I might seem annoyed by your comments lmao
There is no canon in Taoism, because there is no authority to say what is, and isn't Taoism.
You can say it's the Tao te Ching and "full stop" as often as you like, but you're yelling at clouds old man. Reality doesn't change because you want it to change. Taoism ought to inform you of that if nothing else.