This is a question that we need not worry about. But it is our job to make sure that we tell everybody about God so that it can't happen.
The better question is what do you think happens to people that hear about God and reject him?
2007-01-29 12:51:37
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answer #1
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answered by Messenger 3
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They find out the truth. No, they will not be thrown into hell.
Beginning on the day Christ returns, and for 1000 yrs, there will be a time of teaching and disipline. Both are needed, badly.
Anyway, it is during that time that people will have the opportunity to learn truth. No judgement happens until after this time period.
No person, and I don't care who they are, no person who has not already been condemned to die by God, will go to hell before having every chance at avoiding it. God does not wish any of his children to perish; unfortunately, many will. This is actually amazing since they will have already had the opportunity to know truth, and yet rejected it anyway. Go figure.
2007-01-29 20:56:01
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answer #2
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answered by Anonymous
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Same as all of us. They die and stay dead. But you are asking Christians, that if the only way to salvation is through belife in Jesus Christ, how can people who never heard of him get saved? Well, one pastor said, if you have been presented with the evidence and you don't choose Christ then you will go to hell. Those who have never ever ever heard of him still have a chance. So, if you have been shown Christ, and the idea seems silly and infantile or not the way for you compared to your own set of belifes this is somehow your fault and not gods for not making it the most appatizing of choices? Makes sense to ya now doesn't it.
2007-01-29 20:55:22
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answer #3
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answered by fifimsp1 4
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The Bible says that man instinctively knows right from wrong and knowing to do right and not doing it is sin. If they have never heard of God, but have God's laws in their heart, they will be saved. But it also says to whom much is given, much will be required, so Christians have a greater responsibility towards God than those that do not know the truth.
2007-01-29 21:07:31
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answer #4
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answered by Anonymous
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The same thing that happen to those that "heard of god" NOTHING. And anyone who says else wise is a liar, no one has died and come back to tell us.
By the way which God are you talking about?
2007-01-29 20:57:54
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answer #5
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answered by plferia 3
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The Bible Describes Hell
There are three words translated “Hell” in Scripture:
Gehenna (Greek): The place of punishment (Matthew 5:22,29; 10:28; and James 3:6)
Hades (Greek): The abode of the dead (Matthew 11:23; 16:18; Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27)
Sheol (Hebrew): The grave (Psalm 9:17; 16:10)
There are those who accept that Hell is a place of punishment, but believe that the punishment is to be annihilated—to cease conscious existence. They can’t conceive that the punishment of the wicked will be conscious and eternal. If they are correct, then a man like Adolph Hitler, who was responsible for the deaths of millions, is being “punished” merely with eternal sleep. His fate is simply to return to the non-existent state he was in before he was born, where he doesn’t even know that he is being punished.
However, Scripture paints a different story. The rich man who found himself in Hell (Luke 16:19-31) was conscious. He was able to feel pain, to thirst, and to experience remorse. He wasn’t asleep in the grave; he was in a place of “torment.” If Hell is a place of knowing nothing or a reference to the grave into which we go at death, Jesus’ statements about Hell make no sense. He said that if your hand, foot, or eye causes you to sin, it would be better to remove it than to “go into Hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:43-48).
The Bible refers to the fate of the unsaved with such fearful words as the following:
“Shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2)
“Everlasting punishment” (Matthew 25:46)
“Weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 24:51)
“Fire unquenchable” (Luke 3:17)
“Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish” (Romans 2:8,9)
“Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord” (2 Thessalonians 1:9)
“Eternal fire...the blackness of darkness for ever” (Jude 7,13)
Revelation 14:10,11 tells us the final, eternal destiny of the sinner: “He shall be tormented with
2007-01-30 18:53:30
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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All people are accountable to God whether they have “heard about Him” or not. The Bible tells us that God has clearly revealed Himself in nature (Romans 1:20) and in the hearts of people (Ecclesiastes 3:11). The problem is that the human race is sinful; we all reject this knowledge of God and rebel against Him (Romans 1:21-23). Apart from God's grace, God would give us over to the sinful desires of our hearts, allowing us to discover how useless and miserable life is apart from Him. This He does for those who reject Him (Romans 1:24-32).
In reality, it is not that some people have not heard about God. Rather, the problem is that they have rejected what they have heard and what is readily seen in nature. Deuteronomy 4:29 proclaims, “But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.” This verse teaches an important principle: everyone who truly seeks after God will find Him. If a person truly desires to know God, God will make Himself known.
The problem is, “there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God” (Romans 3:11). People reject the knowledge of God that is present in nature and in their own heart, and instead decide to worship a “god” of their own creation. It is foolish to debate the fairness of God sending someone to hell who never had the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Christ. People are responsible to God for what God has already revealed to them. The Bible says that people reject this knowledge, and therefore God is just in condemning them to hell.
Instead of debating the fate of those who have never heard, we, as Christians, should be doing our best to make sure that they hear. We are called to spread the Gospel throughout the nations (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8). The fact that we know people reject the knowledge of God revealed in nature must motivate us to proclaim the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. Only through accepting the Gospel of God’s grace through the Lord Jesus Christ can people be saved from their sins and rescued from an eternity apart from God in hell.
If we assume that those who never hear the Gospel are granted mercy from God, we will run into a terrible problem. If people who never hear the Gospel are saved…we should make sure that no one ever hears the Gospel. The worst thing we could do would be share the Gospel with a person and have him or her reject it. If that were to happen, he or she would be condemned. People who do not hear the Gospel must be condemned, or else there is no motive for evangelism. Why run the risk of people possibly rejecting the Gospel and condemning themselves – when they were previously saved because they had never heard the Gospel?
2007-01-30 00:06:57
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answer #7
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answered by Freedom 7
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All people have heard god- Because god is what people call their consciences. It's all down to the breakdown of the bicameral mindset..
Just blackness and non existence. Like being asleep.. your self awareness dies.
2007-01-29 20:52:45
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answer #8
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answered by Dr. Socks 5
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They belong to God like all the children before the age of accountability.
2007-01-29 20:56:10
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answer #9
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answered by SeeTheLight 7
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I believe people who have not heard of god are forgiven of their sins and will go to heaven if they did not know they were sinning. So will those who have heard of god and truly repented of their sins. It is those who know gods word then sinned without repentance that could have a problem.
2007-01-29 21:12:22
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answer #10
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answered by William D 1
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The same thing that happens to everyone. You just die.
2007-01-29 20:57:23
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answer #11
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answered by Alex 6
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