Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass.

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Yeah, I would expect that they would but I wouldn't take them very seriously.

I'll have to have a look into that. Of course, just like Jesus, there was bound to be some dude wandering about at whatever time that you could stick a hat on, but I'd be interested to know if the stories were intended to be historical or fictional in the first place. It sounds like if they are meant to be historical, you've found potential problems already.

Time for Wikipedia to give the definitive answer