loads of similarities indeed! but is it the same brand of fanaticism, mental disorder do u think?
e.g. small digression perhaps but if you compare jeez & mahomet, can't remember how the story goes for mahomet's passing but jeez, man, that was something! i mean the first come-back after the cross show thing! the resurrection & stuff... but then... do we know what happens in the end?... i mean i can't recall reading about jeez in his 50s and stuff!?? not that it matters i guess...
but so yeah, betting the ranch and losing it, plus the wife and the horses, AND coming back on top after a trip to gambler's hell etc, that reeks of jeez's story to some extent... sort of a 'jeez envy' complex perhaps...
but i'm sure some better learned people would have taken a closer look... any leads?