So they're wrong, what now?

Say you are a believer and follower of the Roman Catholic faith. You do the sign of the cross, and you pray those pre-set prayers like the Our Father or the Hail Mary, and so on and so forth. You partake in communion, and you periodically go to confession. And church is also not as breathtakingly energetic as a Baptist church would be. Actually, church is pretty monotonous, though that doesn't matter to you, because you love God, and you go to church because it's your duty, and church doesn't even seem boring to you, even though it does to a lot of other people. Take that all into account.

Now, you have a friend, who is an atheist. Your friend denies your beliefs outright and says that it's all nonsense. Every single religious belief that you have is not real. It's all a fairy tale that your parents told you when you were and pounded these ideas into your underdeveloped, information-absorbing brain so that you'd grow up to be just like them.

This person is your friend. And not just any friend, but a very close friend of yours, and other than this person's disagreement as to your religion, this person is a completely good person. They do charity work on the weekends, randomly help old people with their groceries or walk across the street... Etc. They are a model citizen. They are kind, and generous, and caring.

Yet they don't believe in God. And so they are damned to hell? Wouldn't you be afraid for your friend, if you were in this situation? Wouldn't you want to change their perspective? You CARE right? This person will be there for you through thick and thin, but you don't even want to save them from eternal suffering and pain in a sea of fire?

Well, what if they weren't your friend. What if you didn't know them. What if they weren't even good people. Do you still care? Does it not matter that they're going to hell?

Are you even sure that people go to hell based on belief in God?

Yes, we all have to believe, but would a perfect God really send a good person to hell for it? A perfect God that loves ALL people?

I don't know. It's all for you to decide what you think about it.

So many unanswered questions, so much contemplation. The only real way to find out is to die, and the only problem with that is that you are dead. I guess we'll find out all of the answers once we're gone. Universal knowledge and eternal happiness in heaven (assuming that's where I go) the moment I leave this world. Cool, I can't wait.

-Bam

P.S.: The last part is sarcasm. Or, almost sarcasm. Actually, it's irony. Yeah, I was being ironic.