:Well, go for it. But that comparison is for the Comparison of Buddhism and Christianity article probably not influences as much. As for church organization, etc. some of it may even resemble the Boy Scouts, so that type of analogy is again hard to build on. In fact many armies have similar structures, just because human nature being what it is makes it necessary. As for influences you will need evidence, not just similarities. Back in the 1970s, Elaine Pagels asked the Buddhist scholars to help her provide proof Jesus had Buddhist influenceand since then she has had 30 years of deafening silence, according to In ictu oculi. Anyway, I am not working on this, so feel free to research it, but a discussion between us will become WP:OR pretty quickly.