If a child was raised with no belief in a God...?

Question

And was taught by their parents that stealing, murder and rape were all normal and alright things to do, would God accecpt them into heaven? After all its not their fault is it?

Answer 1

God placed within us the knowledge of Him. If we suppress that knowledge we will be punished. We also will be judged according to the light we are given.

Answer 2

First of all the parents themselves needed God. But since the child was not brought up in a stable or normal home then this person is in trouble of the Hell fire if not revealed the truth and live by it. I do believe that God won't allow this person to be ignorant all of their life. I believe he will send somebody to this person to tell him thus said the Lord! This child would be given a chance to get it right. Just because the parents raised this child to be this way, it don't mean that this person can't change. Repentance is for everyone. You must be born again to go to heaven.

Answer 3

No offense but do you really think that there are people out there who teach their children that murder, theft, and rape are okay? Even criminals have some sort of values.

All I have to say about God accepting them into heaven is that His mercy is greater than we can immagine. If the person even has the slightest regret right before they die, then there is the possibility of salvation.

By the way, we are talking about God and extraordinary ways of salvation. I don't think he wants us going around making up dilemma's to prove that we really don't need to start taking faith and religion seriously since there is always that chance of still getting into heaven. As a Christian, I think it dangerous to think of religion as only something that should effect the afterlife. If this is all religion is, then Marx was right and it is just another form of alienation. But most faiths, especially my own, emphasize that the here and now is also important. Since sin is auto-punishing, that punishment can begin here. Likewise, since heaven is about ultimate union with God, that union can, in some form, begin here (this is especially the case for Catholicism and the sacraments... the eucharist is supposed to be a taste of the future glory to be revealed so that we can live our daily lives better).

Answer 4

There comes a point where we are all responsible for ourselves. If this person participated in everyday society, he or she would end up realizing that society views these activities as morally reprehensible. He or she would, at that point, have to make a decision to change. If he or she chose to continue to harm others maliciously, than I would think a god would not accept that individual into heaven or any other idealized plane of existence.

However, if that person was isolated from the world and held up in a shack somewhere in the backwoods, I can see a god accepting that individual as that person would truly have no idea of the alternative.

Answer 5

The trouble with your question is this: this child will grow up and will be exposed to many different beliefs and will be responsible someday for his or her own choices. I think once that child--grown up--uses his parents' teachings as an excuse for crime in any form, with the knowledge there are other options including psychological counselling, it is not excusable. It is sad that the child had such frightful teachings, but the child can't cut a path of murder and crime in a world that clearly shows that behavior as wrong and evil. It isn't excusable in a court of law. In God's court it probably isn't either unless he or she are remorseful.

Answer 6

It isn't really for us to say If the child never had an opportunity to choose the I believe God would look at it from that point but if anywhere in that childs life he was given the choice to choose and accept God and he turned the offer down and didnt ask god for forgivenes the no he can't enter Gods kingdom

Answer 7

Absolutely not. It doesn't matter what a child is taught - moral conscience is based on empathy. Regardless of upbringing, that child still knows they would not want to be murdered, raped, or robbed.

Answer 8

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?

Answer 9

Their parents can teach that, (many do, actually, even Christian parents, so don't even try that morality comes from belief in God, it doesn't. christians can just as well teach that to their children by mocking their actions, actions speak louder than words when it comes to raising children, how many children witnessed thier Christian parents taking part in lynching ni**ers in the deep south?)they were not real Christians? surrrrre.

God does not instill morality.
1)society does
2)Justice system helps keep people in line
2)human evolution to fit into society and abide by the laws and be accepted by your clan is attributed to 'good' behavior.

..and is the TRUE source to our common sense laws (Common Law, not the 10 commandments), certainly NOT the violent putrid immoral Old Testament.

Answer 10

If you think the child would get to heaven if it was brought up in the right way, you would be just as wrong as in the scenario you just presented. No one gets into heaven through their own merit.