I've been thinking!?

Question

I'll try not to bash it is not my intent I am just curious.
From what I've heard I have to be saved to go to heaven, but what about the people that have never heard of Christ, are they doomed to hell? I know in this day and age most people have been discovered, but what about the ones who haven't been?

And how do the Natives feel about it once the missionarys have opened their minds, Knowing they can be saved but never getting to see thier ancestirs in the after life because they were not saved! How does that work?

Answer 1

they're judged differently I guess. But really, once you've even heard of a spiritual realm/ghosts/God or anything supernatural or even morals coming from a place/time unknown, you're subject to the law. so it's really hard in North America and Europe. The Natives before Christ were likely released from Hell when He died, and the Natives after Christ who never heard probably were judged like the jews before Jesus: naturally moral vs immoral.

hope that clarified. really, no-one has a perfect answer.

Answer 2

Well, we see in Acts 17:30 "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: " So we can rest assure that our Loving Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will judge justly and rightfully in cases that we cannot fully understand or predict the outcome. Now we know the light of the gospel and as such we should follow it.

Answer 3

Well everyone knows Knowledge of christ but it all depends on what you do with and how u make the most of it. See these people have the choice to seek God out and learn his love and grace. But if they dont ....well then they will have a burning sensation that just wont stoop

Answer 4

That's Christianity's extremely narrow definition of God.

In fact, God is universal, infinite and eternal. God does NOT have some arbitrary list of rules or beliefs that you must conform to in order to be saved.

God's scorecard is very simple and contains only one column - LOVE. If you life your life in a way that radiates the Love of the One Creator you are drawn closer to His presence. If you make choices of fear, hate, etc. you are removed further from his presence.

There is no hell except the hell of being removed from the presence and source of all Love and joy in the universe.

Answer 5

I have talked to the natives on islands where almost the entire population converted to Christ. They joked about how they would have eaten me for dinner had I visited in those earlier times. They were very glad that God had taken them out of their terrible darkness.

Answer 6

Fish is correct. Each of us will be judged according to what was revealed to us. So the natives on the far away island that even Gilligan couldn't find see the stars and read God's story. You and I on the other hand have the Internet, plenty of bibles and bookstores to get them in and a bible teaching church on almost every corner.... you and I have no excuses.

Answer 7

They go to the same category as children and people who have not reached the age of accountability. They are saved.

Answer 8

A Christian duty is to take the Gospel of Christ to the world. God has the duty of conversion and judgment.. So I'll I can tell you is "Not my job man"... Jim

Answer 9

We are born with a knowledge of God existing. We all have something in us that says that there is something more than what we can see with our eyes. We are made in the image of God and he made us so that we will know that we were created by Him.

Answer 10

There is no God, just to let you know.