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That's an easy one (for me at least): yes, at least the Jesus part.

When converting to the Orthodox faith, one does not expect to go back and rewrite their past, but begin their journey from the point of commitment.

"Depending on how we look at Buddhism, we may describe it as a religion, a science of mind, or a philosophy. We do not need to say it is one and not the others, for Buddhism embraces aspects of all three. "

Probably the most accurate answer is, ‘It depends on who you ask.”

Dictionaries define recitation as the action of repeating something aloud from memory.

An easy out is to say that Buddha and his teachings were not patriarchal but Buddhist institutions were and many still are. But this is too simple.