Am I correct in my understanding of this?

[Karadeniz]

46. There is an excellent book by Walter Bauer, orthodoxy and heresy in early christianity.

He uses paleography to determine that there never was one Christianity which later split into two, the orthodox and the heretics. His findings show that there were always two and they were generally split geographically, the east showing heretical ideas and the west orthodox.
What I have determined by analyzing the synoptic gospels is that they are written for two different levels of understanding.

The orthodox level appeals to the masses back then. A godman savior for the followers. There were a lot of such gods, Dionysus and Mithras most notably being the ones whose stories and rituals were applied by the orthodox to their godman. A common complaint by pagans back then (Origen defended Christianity to Celsius) was that there was basically no difference between paganism and Christianity except for the names of the godman.

However, Origen, the foremost apologist of his time, makes the admission that when he and his peers were talking theology, they had to change the subject when a novice came within earshot. So, we can assume he was at least somewhat onto a higher level of understanding. But, Origen can be tricky.

The heretics, of whom there were many types by the time the orthodox were on the attack, believed in karma and reincarnation. The "godman" was one's own soul, a spark of divine light with two missions: to return to its source once it qualified by growing its light via instilling divine principles on the earthly plane. The true meaning of the parables can only be determined if one understands that they explain the beliefs of the "mature" (as opposed to Paul's "children" ).

There are plenty of overt clues which most orthodox ignore. Jesus and his disciples casually discuss reincarnation;why is that one should ask. Jesus explicitly describes a believer and a healer who will be rejected in his spiritual level;so much for faith, forgiveness via faith or the savior godman.

In response to your first question, no, you are not sent to hell because you don't have faith in Jesus. The healer had faith, but didn't qualify. Faith is not the determinant factor would be how you respond to someone threatening a nonbeliever with hell. Beyond that, any further explaining is useless because what they've been told to believe is a lie.