ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors provide their second responses to philosopher and other authors to read the Position Statements. The philosopher and other authors are Charles Taliaferro, Jerome Gellman, Freya Mathews and Trichur S. Rukmani. Taliaferro asks: Does Gold Mountain Daoism give an adequate account of evil? Gellman asks why a Christian would look to Daoism. He also asks whether comparative theology is needed for discovering what is already present in one's own tradition. As Mathews points out, there are many parallels between Daoism and panpsychism, due to the fact that both traditions have felt the enormous influence of shamanism. Rukmani rightly points to various similarities between the Daoist and Hindu traditions, some of which share historical origins, as with the admonitions and precepts. Proponents of the Daoist view appear to side with those process philosophers, like A. N. Whitehead, who prioritize act over being, whereas Advaita Vedantins tend to place being before act.
