| Deathiness Criteria | Islam | Christianity |
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| Belief in an afterlife | Yes. | Yes. |
| Prophet's cause of death | Peacefully, of natural causes aged 62 or 63, while being comforted by his wife. | Agonising torture and public execution lasting days. Ultimate responsibility assigned to a conspiracy, resulting in millenia of persecution for the prophet's own people. |
| Prophet's posthumous appearances | Not so much as a postcard. | Countless occassions beginning with full corporeal appearance to disciples, thence a multitude of forms from a blinding light to grilled cheese on toast. |
| Holy day celebrating birth of prophet | Not one of the significant holidays, nonetheless celebrated by most adherents, often with a street party, including music and nibblies. | Date of birth unknown, so celebrating the prophet's birth has become part of the traditional pagan midwinter festival. |
| Holy day commemorating death of prophet | No commemoration of the prophet's death. However of the two major holidays one celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, which could be seen as a little bit deathy, although in the end the son was unharmed (physically, at least). | Four straight days of contemplation of the terminal suffering of the prophet, subsequent resurrection, and ascention to the astral realm. Date of death unknown, so celebrated during the pagan fertility festival in the Northern Spring. |
| Posthumous deification of prophet | Nope. | The fundamental, if complicated, tenet of the religion. |
| Posthumous deification of other leaders | None. | Church continued the Roman practice of deifying leaders and other significant figures, who were also often assigned divine responsibility for particular earthly and heavenly matters. Not all sects recognise this practice today. |
| Conclusion | A teensy bit deathy. | Really quite deathy indeed. |