i can't imagine that an all-loving god would allow a retarded person to go to hell just because he's not capable of rational thought. it's not his fault that he's retarded. either god made him that way, or the devil did, or something, but he certainly didn't choose to be retarded.
and if god WOULD make an exception for someone with down's syndrom, would he also make an exception for someone who became retarded for another reason, say a high fever? at what IQ does god draw the line and expect a person to be responisible for their own beliefs?? --- would he excuses a person with an IQ of 65? what about 70? what about 75? or 80? or 85? ---- y'know,,, there are roughly a billion people in the world with an IQ under 85. would god allow all of these people into heaven if they reject his word due to their lack of capacity to understand concepts? -- where does he draw the line??????
2006-07-02 10:09:31 · 17 answers · asked by tobykeogh 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think the line is drawn at 85.34512. Tehe...actually many people act so dumb they make people with down's look bright.
This is what I would call a "dumb christian question." Let's see how many dumb christians try to answer it.
Check some of my dumb christian questions out as well
2006-07-02 10:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by Greanwitch 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
no a retarded person would not,i repeat Not go 2 hell!they r pretty muck like a small child.God puts an age limit on how u feel 'bout God like a 6 year old won't get anything 'bout.if someone had a brain like that it'd b the same 4 that person!
2006-07-02 10:20:34 · answer #2 · answered by popsicle230 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An all loving God gives everyone an opportunity to know Him and a choice to accept him or not. God knows our abilities and our disabilities. God knows what is in a persons heart and the desires of their heart. He is a loving Father and goes beyond being just. I have known people with downs syndrome that did accept Jesus as their savior. I do not think IQ has anything to do with accepting Christ. If God was fair and we all got what we deserved, we would all go to hell. All have sinned. Yet going beyond what is "fair" God does give us Christ, his blood covers our sin. Thank you God for not being "fair" and giving me what I deserve, but giving me a savior I do not deserve!
2006-07-02 10:32:47 · answer #3 · answered by shepherd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God knows who is capable and who is not capable of knowingly and honestly accepting what He is offering to all. For those of such diminshed mental capasity that they can not accept... they are inocent and will have a place with God in Heaven. I absolutly believe this to be true.
I absolutly believe that there are some with Downs that are very capable of acceting(perhaps at the child like level) Jesus as their personal savior and can legitimatly claim the gift of God in their Salvation. There are no absolutes in determining mental capacity... And for all, regardless of mental capacity, it is only God, and each individual in his relationship with God, who knows who is and who is not of The True Christian Faith.
Man must not judge who can or can not come to God... Man CAN NOT make that call.
2006-07-02 10:20:34 · answer #4 · answered by IdahoMike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God cares and loves all. He goes after everyone and will deliver and save those He chose. Jesus gathers and is gathering His people all the time. those who cry now will laugh and those who hunger will be satisfied. suffer now and reap your reward later. God will save all He wants sick, injured all the different people. ask Jesus into your life and be born again by the power of the Gospel (an actual real life event in your real life) if you do this in a prayer sincerely God will answer you!
2006-07-02 10:17:58 · answer #5 · answered by truth4u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in accordance to the Trinity doctrine, Jesus is God, yet a separate guy or woman from the father. The doctrine teaches that there are 3 separate persons -- the father, The Son and The Holy Spirit -- who all contain one God. If this coaching is real, there should not be any scripture interior the Bible that portrays Jesus as an entity separate and different from God -- separate and different from the father, confident; yet no longer separate and different from God. via way of assessment, word that there is no scripture interior the Bible that portrays the father as a separate and different entity from God. it may be fully ridiculous, complicated, pointless and contradictory for the Bible to persistently consult with Jesus as an entity separate and different from God, if Jesus is God. however the scriptures you quoted do exactly that. persistently they talk of Jesus being on the terrific suited hand of, no longer the father, yet God, consequently contradicting the Trinity doctrine. via fact the Bible is God's recognize fact, the reality that it so normally contradicts the Trinity doctrine can mean in basic terms one element -- the Trinity doctrine is fake. (John 17:17) i've got faith -- via fact i've got faith maximum human beings have a minimum of a modicum of intelligence -- that deep down, many Trinitarians understand that the doctrine is fake. yet satisfaction and/or a desire to slot in with the 'Christian' crowd compels them to play alongside, pretending or convincing themselves that they suspect it. Many are consequently in a state of denial approximately this falsehood. basically look at how they answer the question. Many won't even handle the particular concern you have raised, head on -- via fact they are in a place to't. Their in basic terms selection is to ignore approximately it and quote different so referred to as 'info texts'. that's no longer via fact they lack intelligence. this is via fact there is no credible and passable argument to disprove what the Bible -- God's authoritative recognize fact -- very blatantly shows.
2016-11-01 02:37:15 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the one with "Downs" has enough smarts to reject Jesus then, I guess he would go to hell. He made his own choice. So burn baby burn...speaking for God and judging for God are two different things. God always speaks and works through his people. You know, Baptist people...
2006-07-02 10:20:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you imagine allowing your own child to burn eternally in horrible torment? That's what most Christians think of God. It's a blasphemy to believe the lie of hell.
2006-07-02 10:14:46 · answer #8 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have wondered this same thing.Only God can judge the Heart of man, especially in circumstances such as this. He is a Just and Holy God.
2006-07-02 10:14:25 · answer #9 · answered by Kitten 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let God judge them
2006-07-02 10:12:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋