# Hate literature placed in my hotel room by the Gideons....what should I do?

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**Created:** [June 1, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-literature-placed-in-my-hotel-room-by-the-gideons-what-should-i-do/451346 "2008-06-01T14:03:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-literature-placed-in-my-hotel-room-by-the-gideons-what-should-i-do/451346/401 "2008-06-24T15:21:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Malthus]  
Hey, maybe Jesus _was_ a Bodhi. 😃  
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You jest, but many Buddhist teachers have said exactly that.

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-literature-placed-in-my-hotel-room-by-the-gideons-what-should-i-do/451346/402 "2008-06-24T15:36:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]  
You jest, but many Buddhist teachers have said exactly that.  
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There is nothing inconsistent about it. 🙂

The Buddha is said to have been an incarnation of Vishnu, too:

> **[Avatar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar#Dasavatara:_Ten_Avatars_of_Vishnu_in_the_Garuda_Purana)**
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> Avatar (Sanskrit: अवतार, IAST: Avatāra; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced \[ɐʋɐt̪aːɾɐ\]) is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means 'descent'. The concept, with a different name, can also be found within Buddhism and Yazidism. It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, or spirit...

Heh, would be an interesting “six degrees of seperation” exercise to see just how many theological figures could be linked this way (my guess is that they all can be).

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-literature-placed-in-my-hotel-room-by-the-gideons-what-should-i-do/451346/403 "2008-06-24T16:04:05Z")

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It’s not unusual for certain religions to claim all the great founders of other religions as really being one of their own. Jesus, Buddha and Mohammed were all really Eck masters, Boddhisatvas, avatars or aliens depending on who you talk to.

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