Christianity and other religions

Okay. So you're probably wondering how Christianity is so different from other religions such as Mormonism, Bhuddism, Hinduism, Shintoism, etc. Also, why is Christianity better than other religions? The answers may surprise you.

First of all, why pursue religion in the first place? Because we have a gaping void in our souls that we must fill. At the beginning of days, humans were perfect because God made them perfect. The first man and the first woman knew God personally. They obeyed him because they loved him. But one day, that all changed. Long story short, devil deceived woman, woman ate apple, woman gave man apple, man chose woman over God and ate apple. Since that dark day, we have a void we try to fill with religion among other things.

Christianity is different from these other religions in a simple fact, which we find in Romans 6:23: "But the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord." (italics mine) Christianity is the only religion that says paradise is being offered as a gift. It's for free. Just ask and you'll get it. Sweet deal, huh? Other religions all say the same thing: you have to earn your way. Even religions that have come from a semi-Christian understanding say this. Examples are Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses. Followers of these religions believe that Jesus died on the cross. Then, I ask, what good is Jesus' death? If we have to earn our way to heaven, than Jesus' death was worthless.

What's so wrong about earning our way to heaven. It's simple: Bad people are not allowed in heaven. Before you protest your innocence, let me ask you some questions.
Have you ever lied? If so, what would that make you?
Have you ever stolen anything (regardless of value)? If so, what would that make you?
Have you ever looked at somebody else with lust? In his sermon on the mount, Jesus said that if a man looked at a woman lustfully, he has committed adultery (sex out of marriage) with her in his heart. This applies to women as well. Women looking at men/women. Men looking at women/men.
If you said yes to these things, you have admitted that you are a lying, thieving, adulterer/adulteress at heart. Takes the wind out of you, doesn't it? We can't get to heaven with our good deeds. We must depend on the perfect life and the death of Jesus to get to heaven.