If you are raised by 100% Muslim, you're not just going to be Christian out of nowhere. To expect that is unreasonable, I mean why doesn't God give everyone that chance to be rised by the Bible? And if those people are innocent b/c of their ignorance, wouldn't ignorance save us all?
2006-10-10 16:59:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"God" didn't make sure the Bible was accurate. The book is not divine. It doesn't magically appear along side infants at the time of their birth. The Bible (Old Testament) was written by men. It is comprised of stories and histories passed down through many generations. The New Testament was brought about by Christian bishops during the Council of Nicaea. Their purpose was to try and make Jesus one in the same as God. I assure you, men wrote the Bible.
2006-10-10 17:22:26 · answer #1 · answered by VJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The Bible says that all must hear. It does not say all must be given the Bible to believe. However, the Bible has been translated into every language known to man, even a clicking language that actually has no alphabet has an audio version of the Bible. As a language is discovered, the Bible is translated into that language wherever possible; but having a Bible does not save. Ignorance does not save. The only place in the Bible that absolves one of choice is for a child under the age of 13, who were saved by Grace alone because they were not deemed old enough to make the choice freely. As you know 13 years-olds today are much more intelligent and knowledgeable than in ancient times. Ignorance does not absolve one of choice. The Bible does say that those who instruct will be held to a higher degree of accountability; but nowhere does it say ignorance saves. There is no innocence. All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. Jesus Christ saves, not ignorance nor innocence.
2006-10-10 17:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by reformed 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Adam and Eve raised their children witht he knowledge of God. Cain even talked with God after he killed Abel and God asked him why he did it. For years the first generations knew of God's existence because that's all there was. Then as the people moved on and had more children, they distanced themselves from their upbring and either decided that there was no God like their grandparents said or they made up their own gods because the real God "didn't show" Himself to them and they wanted to see a god. So they build statues and such to worship. That's how atheism and paganism began.
The Holy Bible was written during Moses lifetime and continued until 150 years after Jesus' live here. So within those years, when pagans and atheists had children, they raised their children as such and so one. The Bible is written for all to read and learn from and know. It is, today, written in over 2000 languages. Many non-believers know that it exists but refuse to read it or try and get confused and stop. Then there are people that have no idea that the rest of the world even exists, much less the Bible or God. These are the people that missionaries go to and teach.
2006-10-10 17:15:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go never intended the BIble as the primary source and guidance for the faith.
In the old testament there was the priests, prophets, kings, and eventually, and established Temple worship system.
In the new testament there is the Church, which Jesus personally established and to which he gave wide ranging, complete authority.
The Bible is a beautiful, inerrant, and inspired compilation of many Christian beliefs, but not all of them.
Anyone who's not up to reading scripture can learn all they need from God's universal Church.
Anyone who is capable of reading scripture can also learn all they need to know about it from God's universal Church.
2006-10-10 19:17:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer to that I have seen is that it is a punishment for the sins of their forefathers for turning away from God hundreds or thousands of years ago.
That doesn't sit well with me, though. I think that is an EXCELLANT question, and I have no idea. I don't agree with my statement because I think it is harsh, that is just the only answer I have heard. I think surely God will have the grace to deal with these people individually. I don't know that ,but nobody really knows one way or the other.
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To all you people who say the Bible has been translated into a bunch of languages: People in 3rd world countries and tribes out in the middle of nowhere have a VERY high illiteracy rate! So what are they supposed to do???
2006-10-10 17:04:26 · answer #5 · answered by mountain_laurel1183 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Roman Emperor Constantine produced the bible and he became a pagan not god!!! He took the Jewish faith and basing it on the Mithras faith, prepared it into Christianity and then into the Holly Roman Catholic Church!! not in Israel or any of the international places of meant commencing place yet fullyyt ITALIAN!! not one be attentive to it extremely is present day with the era and became not written till numerous hundred years after the era the story is desperate in!! How did the apostles write their books extra desirable than one hundred years whilst they could have been ineffective? What a ask your self finished disinformation and deception marketing campaign he waged against his Jewish enemies by using turning them into his invented Christianity - so stable in certainty that Christians are nonetheless following the deception to at present time!!!
2016-10-16 01:38:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did. The Bible was the first book printed in the Western world and one of the first religious texts translated into every world language. It is freely available, online and in paperback. I hope for the day when the Qu'ran will be equally international.
To your second question: yes. Christians and even non-Christians, living a life in the grace and truth that God reveals to them personally, are saved through the mercy of Christ.
2006-10-10 17:01:28 · answer #7 · answered by Tree of Jesse 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because a long time ago a bunch of people tried to build a tower and god hates towers, so he mixed up all the languages. That's why English differs so much from old English that a speaker of one could hardly understand a speaker of the other. That's also why Latin is a dead language.
2006-10-10 17:05:33 · answer #8 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's one thing I'm not sure about. If a person had no access to learning about God and/or the Bible, but they at least TRIED to know God...I don't know. I don't see how they would be sent to hell...but I just don't know.
Perhaps when I die, if there really is a God, I'll ask Him.
2006-10-10 17:01:58 · answer #9 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God gives all of us the will and right to seek out the truth.
Whether we do or not is our fault.
The Bible is the most translated book in the world.
And you can get one for free from alot of churches.
The people that have never learned or been told are not held accountable. Neither are the ignorant who chose not to believe.
There is no hell. That is a trick of man imposed upon them by the devil.
2006-10-10 17:04:57 · answer #10 · answered by the nothing 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋