On the subject of Hell and Salvation

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Where you went wrong, bolding by me.
" For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus "-Rom 2
That plus sin being a choice or act of volition, it requires reason and intent to sin
And because of the difficulty of that, coupled with ...
"How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?" -Rom. 10
It evidences the reason why we share an easy way out of ignorance and are called to share God.

I still don't see anything I said wrong here. According to Paul, do you think having the law in one's heart can prevent one who is born in sin to fall short in God's eyes? Here's the answer given in Romans 3, which continues from the stuff Paul said in Romans 2. Bolded mine.

Romans 3:

What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;
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there is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
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All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.”
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“Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit.”[c]
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[d]
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“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[e]
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“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
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ruin and misery mark their ways,
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and the way of peace they do not know.”[f]
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“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[g]

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

As for Romans 10, exactly. You're not saved if the Gospel does not reach you. Hence, the need for preachers.

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Your error was in that "clearly is a sociopathic way of thinking, but it's the most logically consistent answer to the question" I grant that from an exlucive-ist perspective it would seem that way. If the only way to be saved from Hell is from hearing and knowing about Jesus then the simplest course would be just to not tell anyone and hope they're judged by being good. I was outlining why, from my inclucive-ist perspective it wasn't sociopathic, but it was promoting an easier way to salvation.

Where you have it wrong again is in Romans
If "Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin"
and 2 "no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law"
and 3 "Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law ... show the work of the Law written in their hearts"

We have Law working to point out our sinful natures. You don't need religion to tell you you're wicked or to be wicked. What Romans points out mainly is that it does take religion to show you that what you consider good, isn't good compared to God. I can be perfectly nice and friendly and charitable, but be doing it all for selfish reasons, therefore not objectively good. The law (on stones or in hearts) is a tool to point out our repeated willful disobedience to our Heavenly Father. You're absolutely correct in that we can do nothing of our own to be saved. That's why the source is independent of our actions. Jesus did die for all and it's by His power we are saved. You can stand before God's judgment, on your own or covered by Jesus' sacrifice.