[pilliwinks]

WRT your comment on foxholes I totally agree. Nothing less convincing than a frightened person praying 'god, if there is a god, save me and I promise to be good'! I was by no means praising or recommending this kind of 'conversion'.

Personally, I suspect that 'multiple tries' is not an option: I am no expert on what persists after death, but I suspect it is not transferable to babies.

If it were, I am not sure this would be desirable. Bear in mind that as god you know how much damage that person is going to do in their next how ever many tries. Real people have to suffer for your well-intentioned reform plan. Isn't that like refraining from imprisoning violent criminals on the basis that they'll learn the error of their ways sooner or later? That is benevolent only in a rather perverse and focussed way!