Why Ricky Gervais is an atheist

[BradleyJ]

Omega_Phazon_Pirate. said:

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

And there we have it. You don't need to believe in God to reach Heaven, making the entire system collapse (keeping the ten Commandments in mind).

And if your answer that he ends up in Heaven is wrong, then he was born to end up wherever he did. Luck brought him to his final destination.

Not so fast there, mate, not necessarily.  Here's an article that essentially answers that: http://www.gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/19/will-people-who-never-hear-of-jesus-go-to-hell/.  

This blog brings up another problem: it implies that anyone who hears the gospel and chooses to not believe it will go to hell. I've always found this to be an incredibly cruel and elitist thought. If an individual was raised their entire lives to be a devout Muslim and has true faith in the religion of Islam, why would they believe someone if they told them that only by believing in Jesus will you be saved? Should they be condemned to hell just because they didn't choose to throw away their old faith and adopt a new one, with no proof that the new one is in fact the 'right' choice, because the Bible tells them so? 

Why is it so bad for someone to have a faith different from that of Christianity?