i'm not really arguing in favor of one or the other, there are tons of bad people who are both. but christianity is, definitively, a death based philosophy. i don't know how anyone can try to argue otherwise. it's like ancient egyptian thought...one life which just serves as a test.  why wouldn't you get at least 3 with 3 continues? like nes. doesn't make sense to me. a punishing deity can punish only its own failures. it is illogical to create beings to punish, question of free will be damned.  the universe is probably inherently logical, which is why i think reality and consciousness are probably information based. the idea that consciousness predates reality is really catching on, and extremely intriguing, since quantum physics experiments can prove that the universe doesn't seem to decide on things unless they are observed.
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