Overviews of world religious studies often reveal a forgotten aspect of the landscape. Rare enough are authors who actually compare the exclusive teachings of particular religions. However, listing really unique aspects of different belief systems is even more neglected, especially if these items could possibly have an evidential basis. For example, how long after the founder of a major world religion dies are his or her major teachings actually written down and recorded, especially such that they can be accurately retrieved? When is the earliest extant copy of the written texts? Often, it is very difficult to even locate these sorts of data. Why is this the case?
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