So, just what are we talking about?

[Taem]

"I think that if I am wrong about this, then nothing will happen to me, but if I am right, then I am saved, so better safe than sorry."

That would be Pascal's Wager. Unfortunately, it is fallacious. What if Islam is correct, and you're pretty much going to hell, not for disbelief, but for wrong belief? Or Zoroastrianism? Or a God who resembles the christian god in all aspects, but has reversed the heaven/hell entrance requirements?

There's no evidence whatsoever that you're "better safe than sorry".

Jester

Yes, indeed you have a good point, however I came to what I feel is a solid structure for my beliefs (as I'm sure all people do). In the following text, I am in no way trying to discount what your saying and am not including the following list to seem in any way "superiour" in my religious studies; I want to make a point that all religions are, after all, man made based on what their conception is of god, and that I choose my path after doing the following:

1.) A religious studies class
2.) In-depth study/research on the standardized Christian Bible
3.) In-depth study on the fine points of Mormonism (had a friend that went to a Mormon church and talked to the pastor about what Mormons believed)
4.) In-depth study on the fine points of Jehovah’s Witness (had a friend that went to a Jehovah’s Witness church and talked to the pastor about what Jehovah’s Witnesses believed)
5.) Researched the fine and minute differences between the many different Christian religions starting with Catholicism, Baptist, first baptism, Prespeterian, Christian science, and Lucern.
6.) Attended a lecture on the differences between Islam, Muslim, and the Christian world
7.) Read the entire Buddhism philosophy, including Tibetan Book of Life and Death

After lots of different lectures, sermons, reading tons of material, books, pamphlets, and personal reflection, I came to a place in my life where I feel comfortable with my religious beliefs. It is my opinion that Christ is the correct path, although I'm not discounting other avenues, as all religions are, in essence, man made. Until any one religion can prove beyond the shadow of a doubt the existence of a god, then I take ALL religions with a grain of salt.