Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Parallels in the Teachings of Christ and Buddha

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The result was speedy delete. G12, copyright violation (according to the dates, the blog was created first) Mgm|^(talk) 08:42, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Parallels in the Teachings of Christ and Buddha[edit]

Original research. An article can be written about the possible influence of Buddhism on the gospels (we may have one, I don't know). A list of parallels though is inherently a POV / OR list, where what one person considers a parallel may be a coincidence or unrelated to another person. No good rules can be given as to what can be included and what can't. Fram (talk) 15:13, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

keep As books have been written on this, I would suggest that an article does not require OR. "Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings

By Marcus Borg, Jack Kornfield, Ray Riegert Contributor Jack Kornfield Edition: illustrated Published by Ulysses Press, 2004 ISBN 1569754616, 9781569754610 160 pages" [1] and more — Preceding unsigned comment added by Collect (talk • contribs)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions. —J.Mundo (talk) 15:41, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per collect, but with no prejudice against extensive copyediting of the article to remove OR that exceeds what sources document. Jclemens (talk) 16:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is quite interesting, but not really an encyclopedia article on a topic. Many people would also object that there is no proof that the sayings quoted are really from Buddha or Jesus. They could be older folk wisdom later attributed to both. BTW Buddha's name should really come first since he is older. Redddogg (talk) 17:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Actual atribution is pretty irrelevent to this discussion, since reliable sources comment on these sayings assuming they originate as supposed. Jclemens (talk) 17:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep encyclopedic and sourceable topic that's a reasonable fork-for-length of Buddhism and Christianity. Article needs a significant amount of work--no evidence that this isn't at least a case of WP:SYNTH--but lots of Google hits for parallels between the sayings of the two. Needs sourcing (see extensive sources at Buddhism and Christianity)--who says those particular passages are comparable? JJL (talk) 17:31, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: for everyone wanting to keep this; please take note that this article is not a discussion of the parallels between the two, but a list. An article (as a split from the main article) discussing the general principle of similarities and differences between the sayings of the two may be very encyclopedic (I would prefer more well-known scientific publishers than Ulysses Press, but I can imagine that scholars of comparative religion have extensively written about this as well): but such añ article needs only some short examples, and that's it. An article dedicated solely to a list of such parallels is one-sided and, even when sourced, belongs more in Wikisource than here. Fram (talk) 19:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nomLOTRrules _Talk ^Contribs 20:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I was about to vote to keep but to rename and rework it, until I realised that it was a split from a main article. What's useful here can be moved back to the main article, but the side-by-side comparisons are very OR and article writer's shouldn't make direct comparisons like this even if they are similiar. Themfromspace (talk) 22:03, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete for Plagiarism It appears the author of this article "borrowed" the text from this blog: [2] -- even down to the typo about foxes having "wholes." Pastor Theo (talk) 22:59, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unnecessary fork of the main article. Fails WP:SYNTH. --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 01:05, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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