Then wouldn't an alternative be to keep quiet and pass out "Beatitude Cards"? Honestly, what this post proves is that Catholicism is a works based religion that has fallen into Pelagianism.
I cannot imagine the early church fathers teaching such nonsense. But then they were a bunch of country bumpkins and ignorant to the ways of the world. My, we've come a long way baby.
If you have never known Christ, but have lived a Godly live, as stated in the beatitutes, there is a chance you can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. In the end only God knows who will make the cut. Why in that so hard for protestants to understand? Did all the people that lived before Abraham go to hell when they died? Do all buddists go to hell that are totally ignorant of the Christian faith? All the hindus, all the muslims? If a Christian or any other faith is exposed to Christianity and willfully rejects Jesus Christ, he’s on a fast train to hell. Pretty cut and dry.