I think that is a stereotype drawn from the more conservative denominations of christianity. And why limit it solely to Christians... why not muslims, they are just as bad if not worse then christians.
God doesn't judge people so much on what they believe, rather how they act. Loving thy neighbor is not now, nor has it been in the past an action/thought limited to Christianity.
And God does know what will happen, but your looking at it in a backward way. Bottom line is God doesn't play a hand in our choices hence the whole free will thing. Life was meant to be lived, God leaves it to us to figure it out.
Further more in regards to hell, I don't see why there is a grey area. Simple concept, if you reject God, if you reject the simple and non-unreasonable laws he put down, you don't pass go and collect $200. Why does everyone have this fixation that if your a criminal and if you don't follow the law, you'll go to jail?
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