Christianity...Seems legit

[Major Nikon]

118. We don't know that leprechauns are false either

When considering which of those two concepts are more or less plausible, consider that Christian doctrine expects you to believe god sent himself, to sacrifice himself, to himself, to save everyone from himself. The obvious purpose of offering such a conveniently unverifiable promise of reward/punishment is to manipulate people into a system of control that makes things like subjugation, misogyny, xenophobia, racism, slavery, etc. far more palatable to those who would otherwise reject such nefariousness if they spent much time thinking about it. The idea we should just blindly believe in any unfalsifiable notion with zero evidence that defies reason is simply a road to gullibility with all sorts of potholes along the way.

I can’t really think of any worse gambles at the moment, but can certainly imagine a lot better ones.