[Buddha-l] the existence of God in Buddhism

Richard Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Thu Aug 24 11:54:10 MDT 2006


On Thursday 24 August 2006 11:11, curt wrote:

> The book "Beyond Phenomenology" holds out, at least to
> me, the promise of something like a "fresh start" in defining what
> Religion is - in which the starting point isn't interrogating the local
> savages as to whether or not they have yet accepted Jesus Christ as
> their Lord and Savior, and then analyzing which methods of "persuasion"
> are most effective and/or amusing.

The start you describe may have been fresh in 1893, but it is now pretty much 
old hat. (It was a welcome substitution when what is now old hat replaced old 
hate.)

-- 
Richard P. Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes


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