>>16211335Concept of going to heaven for your righteous deeds and vice versa for evil people (a central concept for christians) was taken from Zoroastrianism by rabbis who tried to justify why Judea was in such shitty state at the time of roman occupation and why righteous Jews had to suffer
christianity is a literal copypasta and a cope
>According to tradition, the soul is judged by the Yazatas Mithra, Sraosha, and Rashnu, where depending on the verdict one is either greeted at the bridge by a beautiful, sweet-smelling maiden or by an ugly, foul-smelling old hag representing their Daena affected by their actions in life. >The maiden leads the dead safely across the bridge, which widens and becomes pleasant for the righteous, towards the House of Song. The hag leads the dead down a bridge that narrows to a razor's edge and is full of stench until the departed falls off into the abyss towards the House of Lies.[120][125] Those with a balance of good and evil go to Hamistagan, a purgatorial realm mentioned in the 9th century work Dadestan-i Denig.[126] 