Because we are essentially saying the same thing. I agree with your post. Even not taking not taking into account the level of knowledge one had been given, there are some non-lds people who just live more Christ like lives then even very active lds people.
Because only God can know how righteous someone is and because he looks on the heart which we can't fully do, it is impossible for us to know how righteous any of these players are. Which is the point I was trying to make