Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!decvax!tektronix!orca!pogo!daveb
From: daveb@pogo.UUCP
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: The Most Memorable Character I Never Met
Message-ID: <2771@pogo.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-Oct-86 18:38:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: pogo.2771
Posted: Sat Oct  4 18:38:12 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Oct-86 05:35:15 EDT
Reply-To: daveb@pogo.UUCP (Dave Butler)
Distribution: na
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
Lines: 32


    Haven't had time to respond to the net lately, so my responce have sort
of backed up. Among other things I'd thought I'd reply to Gene Ward Smith,
who pointed out that:
	a) my placing the Buddha at 1000 bc was mistake.
	b) _Trivial_Pursuits_ isn't the best of references to prove that
	Buddha is the man most represented in art, rather that Jesus.
Genes right on the first point, Siddhartha lived in the 6th bc, not the 10th. 
I admit it Gene, I popped off a quick reply to Kiki, without going to my
library first. I wrote it to the best of my memory, but I obviously blew 
it. It may have been that I confused the advent of Buddhism with of the 
beginning of Hinduism, which was before 1000 bc (approx 1500 bc). After
all most Hindus worship Buddha as one of the incarnations of Vishnu. On 
the other hand I could have just plain screwed up. Thanks for correcting me.
Since I expect to correct others when I see that they have some facts wrong,
I also expect others to correct me when I'm wrong. Of course, this means that
I'll be taking a little longer to reply, so that I can check up on all my
"facts".
   As to _Trivial_Pursuits_ not being a sufficient source, I've now checked
the Guiness (sp?) Book of World Records. They say the man with the most 
Statues, Busts and figurines is ... Lenin, (second is Mao). Something tells
me that Kiki isn't going to like that answer either. Since I now have two
conflicting sources, I am going to write the  _Trivial_Pursuits_ people 
and find out what their source is. I'll inform the net of any answer.

				Enjoyed this Immensely,

				Dave Butler


    Its more important to know what is correct, rather than who is correct.
    Remember: Silly is a state of Mind, Stupid is a way of Life.