A child is born but before he/she can learn anything of humanity is left to fend for himself he has only ever seen the face of his mother and father. The child is however left near enough a spring and a dense scrub full of berries and vedgetation for him to arrive there against all odd he survives further year in this untouched oasis. Now he can walk and search out more food and learn more of his surroundings. He starts surviving off instinct. He forrages were he can, but never sees another human, infact his mind is only aware of the possible extisence of others through vague memory of 2 faces.
He lives on and hunts when there is nothing food, or does he? He gets the idea, he must abandon his oasis and see what more surrounds him he wanders for long enough to feel no longer "at home" and gets panicked. He wanders awhile then unintentionally causes a threat to an animal, and is killed. He dies with no ill will in his mind towards the animal or anything else.
Heaven, Hell or Limbo.
2007-05-10 08:16:06 · 17 answers · asked by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you all for your answers, I can't pick a best because I want peoples opinions, not just to be told what I want to hear, I would like to think its heaven/cosmos guys theory. but anyway thank you all.
2007-05-11 06:45:03 · update #1
The Catholic Church believes that those who die never hearing of Christ but have sought the truth and does the will of God as they understand it can be saved.
This is based on Romans chapter 3:
For it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight of God; rather, those who observe the law will be justified. For when the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature observe the prescriptions of the law, they are a law for themselves even though they do not have the law.
They show that the demands of the law are written in their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even defend them on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge people's hidden works through Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:13-16)
With love in Christ.
2007-05-11 19:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So...Like what desert island U been on??? Didn't U hear, the pope now says NO LIMBO!!! Ok, so that's out, so I guess it's the same ages old question that millions before U have asked because the are unbelievers! Is there a Heaven & a Hell??? And of course along with that they always want to know if THEY are going to Hell because they don't believe, even though they do "Good Works/Things"??? The answer is YES U WILL GO TO HELL if U Do NOT BELIEVE in Christ!!! Belief in Christ is the ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN!!! You DO have access to the Word of God & Reject it, Physically Alive Spiritually Dead is Ur state. Ur NOT like the kid in the story who WILL go to Heaven because He is NOT "Accountable" as U are. I personally feel the end is near as so many of this type(s) of question(s) is / are being asked by so many people now. These people are becoming fearful as they see things happening in our world today that are spoken of in Scripture. It's time to get "Right" with God. John
2007-05-10 08:59:04 · answer #2 · answered by moosemose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pope decried that there is no such place as limbo anymore for the unbaptised, dead babies. so that one is out of the way. (see the movie--roman pulanski directed and very old, called "tess." how sad it is that since she had been raped and had a bastard, who died as an infant, the men that called themselves holy wouldn't bury the baby in "sacred ground" nor perform services nor offer prayers! how barbaric). limbo really never had any meaning to me. it doesn't matter that the political pope abolished it, even.
hell? didn't he have enough hell on earth without getting any TLC from his parents and having to fend for his own?
heaven? is there a heaven? if so, yes. he partook of all of g-d's wondrous nature to survive, with no ill will and no harm to any living thing. a child tends to smile at the smallest things, and tends to appreciate even the wind dancing through the trees. he might have laughed. what child is unpure? no child is. they are all equally pure and beautiful.
maybe he goes directly to cosmos, for those that believe in second, third, etc., lives. cosmos, universe, where all is created, seems like heaven to me.
it does not matter if he remembers people or not. it also does not matter how he died or what he felt when he was attacked. he was born pure and stayed pure.
i'm not into organized religion. may all living beings be happy. if the baby partook of the love and happiness of whom people call g-d, then he deserves to go to cosmos, and to be free of any worries. that may be called heaven by others. it does not matter.
2007-05-10 10:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by nothoughtpolice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have learned of an age called "the age of accountability". All people that reach this age have a realization that there is a God. They then have the choice to accept or reject. We believe that before a child reaches a point in life where they can consciously accept or reject Christ that he/she is safe in God's arms.
The same kind of questions come up with talk of tribes that have never seen a Bible or heard of God. God works in mysterious ways, however, and we have heard stories of how He has impressed on a tribal member's heart to seek Him out. Those that seek God will find Him.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
2007-05-10 08:22:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus stated pass forth to all countries. it is the accountability of a Christian. To share the forged information of Christ. i think if God needs you to alter, that be conscious or sentence that somebody says to you would be a changing element on your existence. would not being an atheist require faith? If i'm incorrect in my selection to be a Christian, what have I lost? in case you're incorrect, what have you ever lost? What do you think of the percentages are of an asteroid hitting the earth, extraordinary wood, rock, etc. and whilst each and every little thing lands returned in the worldwide it assembles a house? particularly slender I guess, however the earth orbits the solar and keeps to help existence. the human beings in the Bible knew that the earth became into around and became into suspended in the universe. modern-day guy got here across this out 500 years in the past. My element is the image voltaic gadget ought to no longer by twist of destiny be formed into this suitable gadget without plan.
2016-11-27 00:46:24 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mankind is innately aware of God's existence (it says something along these lines in the Bible, in fact). This young man might not know the commandments or tenets of Christianity, but he would have an awareness of God.
I do not know anything about his soul, but from what you post he does not sound like he tries to be evil or whatnot.
The answer would be heaven then.
2007-05-10 08:22:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even Tarzan has been given a certain amount of revelation of God through what he has created. I believe Christ's atoning sacrifice would cover "monkey boy" to the point in which he reached accountability (the point he recognizes he is at odds with God and need to be reconciled). So heaven's my vote.
2007-05-10 08:29:13 · answer #7 · answered by William R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Islam, one is believed to be born in the state of "fitrah" or purity and complete submission to the Will of God. A human who dies as a baby goes directly to Heaven. It is only when we reach the age of reason when we can intentionally choose between right and wrong. We stain ourselves with sin but Allah (God) suspends our punishment or reward for good deeds so that we still have the chance to repent as long as we live. And He is All-Merciful. In that story, as in truth, one is born with belief, but people change it under different circumstances. One belongs to the Creator and to Him shall we return.
2007-05-12 05:24:58 · answer #8 · answered by nur jannah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the serious answer is that it is beyond our ability to tell. In fact, the Bible explicitly states that we should not judge others, regardless of their circumstances.
Oh, and Limbo was recently ruled non-doctrinal by the Catholic Church, and Protestant sects don't recongnize Limbo at all.
2007-05-10 08:21:03 · answer #9 · answered by Qwyrx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since this person has had no way of learning right from wrong they would go to Heaven.
There is no such thing as limbo. even the Catholics will tell you that now.
2007-05-10 08:24:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋