[Buddha-l] Re: rebirth

[F.K. Lehman (F.K.L. Chit Hlaing)]

Responding to Benito Carral on my earlier posting: What earthly 
differenced does it make to  my argument (which is related, as Erik 
points out, to Gombrich's) whether (as I thoughtlessly put it) 
'everyone' in ancient India believed in rebirth or not? Enough did 
one way or other to make it a common cultural/secular background It 
is important to, say, Western civilisation or culture that, say, 
evolution happened, or that there was a 'Big Bang', yet far from 
everyone accepts either idea. But, accept it or not, everyone in 
'our' society has to come to terms with such stuff.

-- 
F. K. L. Chit Hlaing
Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign