And therein lies the problem. Take Catholicism. Admittedly from a very uninformed point of view, one of their main tenents is "tell God your sins, and say sorry to him, and you will be forgiven, and go to heaven anyway". Now imagine an extremist Catholic, who thinks you can only go to heaven as a Catholic. Tom started the post, so I'll use Dick and Harry as my example! Dick is a multiple offender - several armed robberies, a murder or two, but as a Catholic, each and every one of these, he has confessed to "God". Harry, on the other hand, is a good man. He never has a nasty word to say about anyone, and has never even broken the speed limit, let alone done anything immoral. He, however, does not believe in God. Who should go to "Heaven"?