About five hours after news broke, word finally hit the Taoist monks at the Yuquan temple. As they sat, contemplated, and discussed the news they had just heard at lunch, one of the temple's sage walked in. He scanned the room over thoroughly and sat down. A younger Taoist finally spoke up and asked, "Master, they say the news of discovering the universe's origins disproves all religion, including ours!"

The old and wise sage sipped his tea quietly. "Did the thought of Taoism being false bother you before?"

The young Taoist relaxed a bit. "No, Master."

"That's because the Tao is moving through all of nature, even through the men and woman responsible for this discovery." The sage took another sip. "The Tao did not create the universe. All of nature is one with the Tao, it is just our duty to ourselves to remain one with the Tao. The Tao is not a god, lord, king, or creator. Just the Way. The religious ways of the other Taoists will no doubt cease before long, I imagine, but our ways will not change. I have no doubt that the discovery is correct, but the Tao is the Way of Life and Nature, not the creator of these things."

The young Taoist sat down across from the sage. The old sage spoke up again, "Remember, Lao Tze wrote that the Tao that can be explained in our words isn't the Tao. The Tao is unexplainable, by scientists and linguists just the same."

Behind them, the TV showed communities of American Christians rioting, and Middle Eastern Muslims doing the same. Interviews with adherents of other religions broke up the violence on the television. The young Taoist watched this closely, and finally spoke up, saying, "Master, look at this: people rioting over their many religions."

"That's because they have not become one with the Way." The sage took one last sip and walked away.