Does god really give everyone a chance?

Question

If god wants everyone to believe in him then how come there are people who have never heard of christianity? Does god not want them? I mean really, there are places in this world where nobody has heard of christianity. So.. if god gives everyone a "choice" as to believe in him or not, why has he forgotten these people? Christians say that anyone who does not accpet Christ goes to hell. Do people deserve to go to hell even though they have never had a CHANCE to believe in christianity? And since christians think god created the human race, why would he even bother creating people destined for hell?

I am pretty confused as to why several people have assumed EVERYONE knows about christianity. This is DEFINITEY not true and I'm curious how this delusion came about?

Answer 1

All of your questions are valid and cannot be answered by Christianity. God not only gives everyone a chance, but he gives them infinite chances through reincarnation. God created souls and doesn't favor one over the other. No one is going to hell. Some will "toil" longer here on the physical plane, but all will eventually find their way back home to the kingdom of heaven from whence they came.

Answer 2

Very good question. The best answer I can give is to follow your heart. Everything we know about the Christian religion is from the Bible. And I am sure, like many people, you know the Bible is not easy to read nor understand. It's up for interpretation. People want answers. They want to be able to explain everything.
People say God knows everything. Everything is already destined. So why then, when a family member falls sick we pray to God to help him? If his fate has already been decided in advance. People would rather carry with them a false hope than no hope at all.

Sadly, no matter how many answers people come up with, there will always be loop holes. There will always be those, "Then why...?"

Honestly, there is no answer to all the contradictions and questions. I do not believe God created the world to set up billions of people to fail. It's pointless. Something like that would be done for the pure purpose of entertainment and I certainly don't think the idea of God creating the world and humans for the sole purpose of entertainment is a very popular one.

Don't buy into people who say "God wants this" "God says that" "This is wrong" because they don't know. They don't know what God really wants. Those people know what they want and they want to use God to enforce their wants.

Just love and forgive. Live and let live.

Answer 3

I've been raised as a Christian all my life, but after having the opportunity to study more about the other religions in this world I have taken a more spirtual approach to life rather than a religious one and no longer consider myself belonging to a specific belief system. In my own opinion I believe in a greater spirit, one of pure love that cares for all its creation even if you don't believe in it. Religions sometimes seem to give this greater spirit human characteristics and emotions which to me does not make any sense. I believe all prayers go to the same place no matter what your faith is. Again in my opinion, religion is a way to organize people and add structure to communities which can be a positive thing when necessary but I think we need to open our minds a bit and see the similarities and truthes within each and every faith without labels and crazy rules getting in the way.

Answer 4

That's where we come in... we are told to go and tell everyone to the ends of the earth... to reach all... and it is happening.... there are unlikely any places on this earth that haven't had a radio broadcast or a missionary.... just that some are more set against receiving and will actively keep their people from hearing the word... it's still our responsibility to get the Word out! I have noticed an interesting phenomenon.... the people who used to be the chief targets of mission appeal (the Africans) are now coming to North America, as are the Chinese, to minister to the people who started out as Missionaries but who seem to have lost their way. It's fascinating.
God bless.
(oh, and I don't believe in the traditional concept of Hell-- I believe in the Lake of Fire wherein the wicked are instantly burnt up after the Judgement, when they are raised by Jesus and have reigned on the empty earth-- the ones who have no desire to be in Heaven and who are persistently at war).

Answer 5

OK, so you have read John 3:16-18.
Now you have to read the next few verses John 3:19-21.
Jesus explains what the real condemnation is, evil deeds.
Evil deeds condemn you to hell, nothing else. God will judge our hearts to find out the nature of our deeds. Everyone has the choice to good or evil. That is the chance God gives everyone.

Answer 6

Intelligent questions.

After the creation, God gave various scriptures so that human beings can, by reading them lead a peaceful life on earth and understand the purpose of God.

Scriptures vary from place to place and are different according the nature of the persons capacity.

Jesus Christ appeared in a different place
Mohammed(pbuh) appeared in different place
And other preachers of God consciousness appeared in different places and gave different methods of approach to God. Though, all speak about the same God consciousness, the way of approach is different due to difference in language, place and circumstances etc...

The Vedas say three are many ways,viz., Karma yoga, Sankhya youga, Jnana Yoga, Dhyana yoga and ultimately Bhakti yoga for different practitioners.

Answer 7

If you adopt a Calvinist approach to the Scriptures, the answer is quite satisfying. God's elect were chosen before the world began, and the elect will be gathered by God. The elect will not be able to resist God's grace, so they will have their "chance". Moreover, God has revealed Himself to everyone in the world around us. We have no excuse to say, "We had no chance to know You."

In short, the whole notion of John 3:16 only applies to those God has foreordained to be saved. This means that Christ did not come to save everyone, only the elect chosen by God on whom he decided to have mercy. The five principles of Calvinism are easily remembered by the acronym, TULIP: Total depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace
Perseverance of the saints.

Hence, IF the child was one of God's chosen elect, the child, or rather the person the child would have become, will be with Christ in heaven.

How does one know if he or she is one of the elect? We don't! Instead we are urged to keep God's commandments, live righteous lives seeking to please God, and pray continuously that His mercy falls upon us as one of His elect.

Some may say that a Calvinistic theology is unfair. But the counter to this is that God will have mercy on whom He will have mercy. That is His right as the Creator of everything. "Shall the pot say to the potter, why have you made me thus?"

Answer 8

Im no longer likely to handle the god section or the salvation section. yet once you're saying "at existence" it form of feels incredibly clean to me that no longer all and sundry has the comparable hazard. look at a 2 year old baby loss of life in Africa of malaria and tell me that he twisted up his possibilities, did no longer artwork annoying sufficient or that he fell into sin. Then there are people who sin each and all the time yet cover at the back of their meant faith, patriotism, and wealth so as that they could pollute our surroundings and abuse those much less fortunate than them. the international is as darkish or as gentle as you like it to be, yet merely remember that there are going to be contradictions in case you have endless optimism or pessimism. So while it is composed of equivalent possibilities, i could say that theory is fake, no longer because of the fact of God unavoidably, yet because of the way we take care of one yet another. frequently while one individual is working upward he pushes quite a few others downward. For the checklist i'm an atheist/agnostic, yet i do no longer think of that could desire to discredit any factor I easily have suggested, as i'm purely speaking bout possibilities at residing a good existence.

Answer 9

God has commissioned Christians to share the gospel to everyone so that all will have the chance to accept His grace of salvation. Those who heard the gospel and reject Jesus will suffer the consequences of their decisions. For those who have not heard the gospel they will be judged based on the law of the Old Testament and the state of their conscience and of their heart to qualify for God's forgiveness and redemption.

Answer 10

God will give everyone a chance to hear the word, that's why the world is not done yet, because he is waiting for us to finish evangelizing the earth. God will not send someone to hell for not knowing, BUT he knows how much he has revealed to each one, so if you have heard it 25 times and still reject him, then you got problems. Some who say I don't know have heard the Gospel preached to them and don't want to know, and that hurts Gods feelings and they will not make unless they repent before all hell brakes loose!