I believe that no individual is capable, on their own, of acheiving the perfection that is necessary to attain entrance into heaven. Whether that means "go to hell," in the sense that you mean, is a different story. The Bible speaks of hell as merely the absence from God, and that we suffer because of that.
No one tried to mislead me and their explanations are completely parallel with what you said.
Then you should be more careful with what you are saying. It's not the non-belief in God that prevents a person from being admitted into Heaven; it is their failure to either lead a life free of sin or to repent. I'm not sure if you are consciously or unconsciously putting up a view of Christianity that is Bible-School simplistic, but it doesn't do anyone any favors in these types of discussions.
Do you believe that all devout Hindus go to hell?
Assuming they haven't accepted Christ, yes. And I'm frankly a bit puzzled as to what's so awful about this. God has appeared and offered humanity everything for nothing. There are some people that choose not to accept this offer, but that, of course, does not mean that it is an unfair one.
Assuming they haven't accepted Christ, yes. And I'm frankly a bit puzzled as to what's so awful about this.
It's comforting to know that you are most likely a reasonable person, who wouldn't normally support the genocide of so many souls, and that only religion could make you believe something so ghastly.
Another reason I'm glad I'm no longer a partaker in superstition and religion.
Well, then, since a devout Hindu has given the Christian God nothing, he gets everything.
If all non-Christians go to hell, why does God bother to make them non-Christians? God knows everything we are going to do, including the exact time of our death. If God knows someone is going to die a non-Christian, isn’t that a little unfair? Wouldn’t this mean that God knows who is going to go to hell, before He even creates them?