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Here’s my understanding:

In Christianity, god extorts adherence through the revelation that there’s eternal life after death and the threat of eternal damnation as punishment for insubordination. The requirements to enter Heaven are acknowledgment and acceptance of Jesus’ crucifixion as atonement for your transgressions (and possibly repentance).

In Islam, god extorts adherence through the revelation that there’s eternal life after death and the threat of eternal damnation as punishment for insubordination. The requirements to enter Paradise are not explicitly defined (aside possibly through dying in a Jihad) so strict adherence is arguable more crucial than in Christianity.

In Scientology, god extorts adherence by eliciting confessions of past transgressions on videotaped counseling sessions and threatening public exposure for insubordination, among other tactics.




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