idea_or_tradition,category,independent_convergence,convergence_examples,suppression_resistance,suppression_examples,secular_rediscovery,rediscovery_examples,three_signature_score
Golden rule (love of neighbor; do not do what you hate),core_content,strong,"Confucian (Analects 15:23), Hindu, Buddhist (Dhammapada), Jewish (Lev 19:18; Hillel), Christian (Matt 7:12), Islamic hadith, Zoroastrian, Kantian",strong,Survives every suppression across every tradition,strong,"Kant categorical imperative; Rawls original position; contemporary moral philosophy",passes all three
Non-violence / non-retaliation,core_content,strong,"Buddhist, Jain (ahimsa), Christian (Matt 5:38-42), Gandhi (Hindu synthesis), contemporary conflict-resolution research",strong,"Periodically suppressed, repeatedly re-emerges; core of reform traditions",strong,MLK from Gandhi from Tolstoy from Jesus; secular peace research (Galtung),passes all three
Universal human dignity (beyond tribe),core_content,strong,"Stoic, Christian imago Dei, Gal 3:28, Kantian, secular human rights",strong,Survives totalitarian and tribal suppression repeatedly,strong,UN Declaration of Human Rights; secular moral philosophy,passes all three
Care for the vulnerable (poor sick outsiders),core_content,strong,"Nearly all axial traditions; Confucian ren, Buddhist compassion, Hebrew prophetic, Christian, Islamic zakat",strong,Resurfaces across reform movements,strong,Secular humanitarian movements; welfare-state ethics; effective altruism,passes all three
Truthfulness / opposition to deception,core_content,strong,Universal ethical norm across traditions,strong,Survives authoritarian suppression,strong,Contemporary epistemic ethics; journalism ethics; science ethics,passes all three
Self-examination / moral inwardness (conscience),core_content,strong,"Socratic, Confucian self-cultivation, Buddhist, Christian, Kantian",strong,Survives,strong,Psychotherapy tradition; contemporary virtue ethics,passes all three
Forgiveness,core_content,strong,"Christian, Buddhist, Jewish teshuvah, restorative-justice research",strong,Survives,strong,Contemporary psychology of forgiveness (meta-analytic forgiveness intervention literature),passes all three
Kingdom-reversal / priority of the marginalized,core_content,strong,"Prophetic Hebrew, Christian, liberation traditions, parts of Buddhism",strong,Recurring reassertion through history against institutional power,strong,Modern social justice frameworks; Rawlsian maximin principle,passes all three
Astrology,contrast_negative,partial (many cultures),mixed tradition-specific claims,strong (survives despite repeated refutation),Persists across eras despite scientific refutation,fails,Secular thinkers do not re-derive it through independent reasoning,fails secular-rediscovery
Specific eschatological date-setting,contrast_negative,fails (tradition-specific),Isolated to specific movements,usually collapses after prediction failure,"Millerites, Jehovah's Witnesses date revisions, etc.",fails,Not re-derived,fails all three
Literal six-day creation,contrast_negative,fails (tradition-specific),Specific to young-earth creationist traditions,strong (survives among believers),Persists among subset of religious communities,fails,Actively contradicted by scientific inquiry; not re-derived,fails two
Divine right of kings,contrast_negative,partial,"Some parallel concepts across monarchies, but differing justifications",fails (largely extinguished),Replaced by democratic frameworks,fails,Not re-derived by independent moral reasoning,fails two
Race-based human hierarchy,contrast_negative,fails,Not a universal convergence,fails (actively rejected once examined),Rejected across modern moral inquiry,fails,Rejected by moral inquiry,fails all three
Jesus specific divinity / Trinitarian metaphysics,christian_metaphysical_packaging,fails (specific to Christian tradition),Not converged on by non-Christian traditions,survives within Christianity,Preserved by Christian institutions,fails,Not re-derived by non-Christian moral inquiry,fails two (Lens 3 prediction)
Literal bodily resurrection,christian_metaphysical_packaging,fails (specific to Christian tradition),Not a universal claim pattern,survives within Christianity,Preserved by Christian institutions,fails,Not re-derived by non-Christian inquiry,fails two (Lens 3 prediction)