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I asked this question earlier but most people just said I shouldn't call God unfair. THIS QUESTION IS DIRECTED TO THOSE WHO THINK THEIR IS ONLY ONE PATH TO GOD AND TAKE THE BIBLE LITERALLY. What happened to the Native Americans and Aboriginal peoples who do had NO WAY of knowing of God's existance until Europeans contacted them. Did they go to Hell just because God didn't send them a prophet or messanger and, therefore, couldn't accept Christ? Or were they judged by their deeds? Please don't give me anything about "God has his reasons", what do YOU think?

Oops, I spelled "knowbody" wrong, sorry

Answer 1

Well, actually, I DID understand your question. This is how you originally asked it:


whosyodaddy3030
2 hours ago

Does this seem fair?

Then you went on with the additional details.

I answered you based on the question "Does This Seem Fair?" I answered it according to a biblical worldview. Do I know fully about the aboriginals, Native Americans, etc., who lived on a continent separate from Asia? No, but I do know the God who has all of it in His hands.

He is just. He will not condemn anyone who does not deserve it. My previous answer still stands. If it worked for Irina, I have hope for others who truly seek after God.

Answer 2

There is only one path to god -- but in our world of duality, this one path takes many forms. Some forms are religious (christian, zen, islam), others are not. Jesus and Buddha can both say "I am the way, the truth, the life" because once they realize their true nature (they experience god), they no longer identify with the illusory individual and become a representation of the One thing that exists and the One Way (but, again, expressed in whatever concepts are appropriate for their culture, religous background, etc.). Those who stay mired in the literalness of our symbols and see them as ends will be confused by this; it will also only really make sense when a person has that experience.

Answer 3

guess it all depends if you believe in the existence of 'hell'.... I don't...to me.. and some 'know it all hot-shot'... can correct me if they so choose.... the word hell... is an adaptation of the Greek word ... hades... and all hades means is 'pit'... burial pit... Early Christians 'needed' to have power.. power through fear... thus good people go to heaven.. others go to.... God...to me.. and supposedly to Christians... is a God .. the God.. of "Total Unconditional Love"... thus there is no judgement.. just acceptance... Acceptance of our 'human nature-s' I believe in re-incarnation.. the existence of the soul.. the growth path of the soul.... so to me.. the hell you refer to.. is simply... a longer road to be taken...of soul growth lessons....before returning to source... God source... which some might refer to as 'heaven'. The early missionaries who preached the Christian way.. the Christian concept of God... only preached what they believed.. and dismissed all other forms of worship as being incorrect. What they failed to appreciate was the fact that these peoples that they came into contact with.. were at least culturally intelligent enough to have a concept of religion. They used a might is right approach.. as they tagged along with the early explorers, military, and settlers. Things would be no different today... for example... if the world was suddenly at war... say Christians vs. Shinto.. and Shinto believing cultures were to emerge the 'winners'... Christianity as a 'visible practiced religion' could effectively vanish... as the victors made sure that their religion and beliefs became the dominant.. practised belief. Christianity might in such a scenario.. become an underground religion.. practised in secret... or only discussed by those 'few' who practise it. Current examples of this... Shamanism...Voodoo.. Witchcraft.... these are all forms of non mainstream... belief structures... that survive.. despite the dominance of 'formalised, institutionalised religions'.

Answer 4

Great question that set-off some folks. Is it possible to imagine that there may be more than one god? Life is about choices. And that the Aboriginees and Native Americans were in fact praying to their god for an abundant life and a long and joyous afterlife. Perhaps they did not go to "Hell." Perhaps we've been told we're going to hell if we do bad things. Just perhaps we were told this to get us to straighten out our lives. Perhaps Hell exists because of parents, and without parents there would be no Hell. Their spirituality is handled by the beliefs of their parents....hmm so is ours. We would be a fool to believe that they were living in sin, or without God, until the arrival of the European "messengers." I am certain that they policed themselves in religious ways that we cannot even begin to imagine. I say, more power to them. Thanks for the thought provoking question.

Answer 5

Biblically, it says that God calls out to everyone. I heard of a group of explorers exploring Africa for near the first time. They came across a group of natives and, through their interpreter, talked to them at length. The natives had been singing when the explorers first got there, so they were asked what they were singing. They said that they looked at the Earth, the trees, all of creation, and realized that someone had to have created it. They were singing praises to whoever created the Earth. The Bible also says that God is evident in his creation, and that situation seems to show what that means.

Answer 6

God stated in the Bible that every person will be judged according to their knowledge. With that said, all of creation proclaims that there was a creator, so everyone will be judged at a minimum with what they see. For those who have heard the gospel, they will be judged according to what they have heard.

No one knows what happens with those who have never heard the gospel and/or before Christ came. It is something that we can guess about based on our knowledge of scripture, but will truely never know till we meet God ourselves.

Answer 7

They would go to hell. "Fairness" is a modern concept. It is not the issue. The issue is guilt and how the guilt is atoned for. Is that fair? No it's not.
Is it just? Yes it is. The fair thing to do would be to send every soul to hell...every single one. It is not "fair" for anyone to go to Heaven. The offer of the Gospel is the offer of heaven to everyone who would accept it...all of whom don't deserve it. People began to consider fairness as a matter of rights after the founding of the USA. Justice has morphed into something else these days: the protection of rights.

Answer 8

Personal opinion - they would be judged on how they lived their life in relation to others. Most faiths or religious beliefs - including aborginal or Native - have a basic structure that requires respect of one another and other's belongings. It is codified in Judeo-Christian as the 10 commandments but appears in similar forms in many other faiths as well.

Answer 9

God will make sure that everybody gets a chance to learn about Him, but if its a blatant no than He will back off. Oh and God doesn't judge us by our deeds, He looks at our hearts because you could be fakin' the funk and only He would know that.

Answer 10

Their heart will be judged not the fact that no one ever witnessed to them. If they lived a life that their conscience felt was right, it is possible that they will still enter Heaven. However, only God knows who will enter and who will not. Be prepared for some surprises!