Tao Bible - Matthew 12:10-12

And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
~ King James version ~

To the ordinary person, the body of humanity seems vast. In truth, it is neither bigger nor smaller than anything else.
~ from Verse 19 of the Hua Hu Ching ~

Beginning in the Book of Genesis and carried on throughout the Bible, we see this declaration that humankind is THE top being, that which was created in the image of the creator.

Taoism sees it differently. The sheep is of no greater nor lesser value than a human. All being comes from one source and so each form is but one manifestation of the formless Tao.

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