But you see, that's the thing. Reincarnation is by definition not eternal. There's an end point. Hell has no end. It will exist for all time. Also, Christianity has no concept of reincarnation. Once is all you get, then it's heaven or hell, so the choices you make in this life will affect your eternal destiny.
What I'm saying is you're trying to compare apples to oranges. You might be able to draw up some similarities in concepts, but at some point the comparison will fail. What you can say is that both concepts basically incentivize good behavior in this life by threatening negative consequences following it (either by eternal damnation or being reincarnated as something undesirable).
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