Book Report #99 Jesus and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings

Jesus and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings Edited by Martin Aronson

This book cleared a lot up. I grew up thinking that The Bible had to have been poorly written because I understood next to nothing of it (and apparently as a child I had an ego the size of France). When I picked up the Tao Te Ching later in life it all made sense. Now I see they're saying the same thing! The Tao Te Ching lays it all out plainly while The Bible says the same thing in story format with characters and plot and enough to confuse you beyond recognition if that's not how your brain works.

Here were a couple of selections that hit me over the head:

And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to the span of your life?
Luke 12:25

Love is victorious in attack
and invulnerable in defense.
Tao Te Ching 67

Ritual is the husk of faith and loyalty,
the beginning of confusion.
Tao Te Ching 38

General consensus: The light bulb finally went on!