Yes, but he apparently had precocious talent beyond that which was taught to him, even before age 5.
It's just that Christianity and Buddhism both sound like versions of their previous religions, Judaism and Hinduism, and they both contain teachings that are not congruent with each other.
For a divine teacher, it would be truer to the universal truth to give teachings directly, rather than in the context of an already existing religion, which already contains 'untruths' and precepts that are social or only in the context of that time.
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