I really don't know what to say to these people.
Lately a LARGE amount of people I know have been saying you don't need to know Christ to get into heaven. That since buddhism, hinduism, muslim, etc. tell laws about how to be holy as well, that if they follow the laws perfectly, they can go to heaven without knowing Christ.
...Obviously this is insane and totally untrue.
I've pulled up several Bible verses for them (explaining how we're sinful, why we can't get into heaven and how Christ is the only way we can get there), but they just snuff them out. The one guy has a girlfriend who's hindu (plus a grandfather who was jewish) so I have a feeling he's not budging on the grounds that "my loved ones can't go to hell!"
Plus a lot of them keep pulling the "God loves everyone" card. One guy even told me my image of God was "petty" if He truely would send non-believers to hell. He also brought up Matthew 25:31-46 as "proof" that people who do good works go to heaven.
Now I think I totally understand what Matthew is talking about here, but can someone tell me? Does it REALLY support his words? Because when I read that passage I see it as refering to Christians (since when we accept Christ we do become kinder and holier in our behavior), but I just...need something to say.
Never in my life have I been around so many people who believe this before. The one girl also pulled up something from...I don't know what it is, a Catholic thing I believe (it starts with a C) and used it to try and support He lets anyone go to heaven. Now I'm not insulting Catholics here, I may not agree with them on everything, but even I don't think they all believe this, do they? Cuz I'm pretty sure my cousin doesn't and she's been Catholic for years.
So sorry for the dumb question guys, but this is just a really scary spot. ._. There's like 6 of them altogether and I really don't feel comfortable with people like that telling others "it's ok not to believe".