[Buddha-l] The Lost Tomb of Jesus

[Franz Metcalf]

Gang,

Stan Ziobro wrote,

> It doesn't take faith to question the veracity of the claims.

Touché, Stan! A model post: cogent, convincing, and funny to boot. And 
thanks, Weng Fai, for the gamut of links you've sent. The tomb stuff 
has been fun, but the religion-as-byproduct article was really quite 
provocative to me. I need to think further about it. No doubt some 
folks will say it doesn't apply to Buddhism, as Buddhism does not 
ascribe agency or mind to the universe (though it does ascribe 
causality to it). The facts on the ground, though, show that Buddhism 
for the vast majority does (always) ascribe all three qualities to this 
saha world. I don't know if I buy the adaptationist view, but I'm 
considering it.

Franz