I did not personally
I don't believe that, it's not fair, most people never know Christ because they were born in a non christian country/family, are you saying God is unfair? God will punish people for their ignorance or their luck?
I get what you are saying
However, how can we know the Word of God? By reading the Bible, and who wrote the Bible? it's men. And who preserved the Bible? The Church, the community, who made copies of the Bible, so it's men. And what if not everything God has said is in the Bible? Maybe the rest of Jesus's' teaching is in Tradition, kept by men.
Men clearly participate in teaching the gospels.
Sorry, but I don't have that much revulsion for other religions
Catholicism is branch of Christianity, as Protestantism and Orthodoxy, all of these are simply different interpretations of the same scripture, the same religion, the same Jesus-Christ... some keep traditions, other reject it... but it's all the same religion
I recognize other religions have some pieces of truth: Islam: One God, Buddhism: detachment from life, Hinduism: One God, Sikhism: One God, all religions encourage virtue and compassion
I do not say other religions are true and we should keep people in those religions, I say we should be understanding of other people's lives and beliefs
People are complicated, they have rich lives, thoughts, personalities, relationships, bad or good accomplishments... I mean, you cannot reasonably simplify people and divide them into 2 groups: Christians and non-Christians, first go to heaven and the last go to hell...
Only God know the fullness of people's lives and only God can judge
I would even say it's prideful to pretend to know how to judge people (judging spiritually I mean, who goes to heaven or hell)
Wide is the gate that leads to destruction and narrow is the path that leads to life, but does this verse targets false religions, or does it target sins?
It’s your choice what you believe, but I’m only stating the truth God has already revealed. The Bible is truth, Jesus Christ is truth, and He alone is the way to salvation. That isn’t up for debate. “Your word is truth” (John 17: 17), and “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
You ask if God is unfair to the majority of men who are born in non-Christian countries. Scripture answers that question clearly. “God shows no partiality” (Acts 10:34).
He has revealed Himself to all through creation and conscience, so no one is without excuse. “Since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen… so that men are without excuse” (Romans 1:20). God is just and merciful; He judges righteously according to the light each person has received, but salvation still comes only through Christ. “There is salvation in no one else” (Acts 4:12). I am giving you the truth now so you know.
As for your point that men wrote and preserved the Bible, yes,
but not by their own wisdom. “Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the
Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21). God used human hands, but the words are His. The same Spirit who inspired Scripture also preserved it, just as Jesus promised: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away” (Matthew 24:35). Nothing outside the Bible is needed, because God’s Word is complete: “Do not add to what I command you nor take away from it” (Deuteronomy 4:2).
You said Catholicism and Orthodoxy are simply “branches of Christianity,” but according to Scripture, any system that adds human tradition, rituals, or mediators between man and God departs from the gospel. “There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). The Bible never teaches purgatory, prayers to saints, or salvation through sacraments. Those are man-made doctrines that contradict the simplicity of the gospel. “By grace you have been saved through faith… not by works” (Ephesians 2:8–9). Don’t fall for other people telling you need their mad-made religion, people can not save you only Jesus Christ can. If you really want to know the truths read the bible for your self and ask God to reveal Himself to you.
You also said all religions have pieces of truth. That’s partly right,
Satan always mixes truth with lies. But Jesus didn’t say partial truth saves. He said, “
He who is not with Me is against Me” (Matthew 12:30). False religions may contain moral teachings, but they deny the core of the gospel: that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, crucified and risen for our sins. Good morals cannot erase sin; only His blood can. “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins” (Hebrews 9:22).
And yes, only God can judge hearts, but God has already revealed the standard of judgment in His Word. “The Father has given all judgment to the Son” (John 5:22). Jesus Himself said the Word He has spoken will judge men on the last day (John 12:48). So we aren’t judging anyone’s heart; we’re warning according to what the Judge Himself has already declared.
You asked if the “broad road” refers to false religions or sin.
According to Jesus, it refers to both. The broad road includes anything that leads away from repentance and faith in Him. Sin, false religion, self-righteousness, these are all part of that wide gate. But
the narrow way is Christ alone, through faith alone, according to the Word alone. “Enter by the narrow gate… because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life” (Matthew 7:13–14).
So I’ll say it plainly: you are free to believe what you wish, but the truth doesn’t change. Jesus Christ is Lord. The Bible is His Word. Salvation is only through faith in Him. Everything else, no matter how sincere, leads to destruction. I say that not in arrogance, but in love, because God “is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). Once you die, there are no do-overs.
