simon_says wrote:
Judaism is a pretty good deal. If you were basing the choice on risk assessment you are better off going with it over Islam or Christianity. The reason being the lack of eternal punishment. A brief purgatory period is the general view whereas the general view in Christianity and Islam is the pit or lake of fire for an eternity or at least a very long period. You need to have a very high opinion of yourself, or be delusional about your virtuous nature or capacity for faith, to take on the risk of eternal punishment for finite sins that you may not anticipate committing.
Of course if you were rational, well... never mind.
wait? how's judaism a good deal in this scenario? If you're a christian, and judaism would have been the correct answer, there's no eternal punishment.
if you're a jew, and christianity would have been the right answer, you'll burn in hell.
it's always advisable to choose the religion with the most horrible possible afterlife for non-believers, that way, you're definitely choosing either the best or at least the second-to-worst possible outcome, but never the number one worst outcome.
so to answer the original question: you shouldn't!
you should, however, among the religions mentioned above, also consider Mayan Mythology. Xibalba sounds like a bad place.
actually, come to think of it: you should create your own religion and imagine the most horrible hell ever imagined (good luck with that)- just to make sure your risk assessment strategy is definitely betting on the right horse, or at the least, only the second-to worst.
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