Questions for 3 Abrahamic faiths?

Question

Each faith teaches thiers is the only path too heaven. I am a Christian I still wonder about somethings as I am sure all of you do. Here is my question.

Millions died before even having the possibility to consider these religions. They died before the religions were revealed or lived outside of an area where they had access to these revelations, so according to your faith, did any of these people even have a chance to go to heaven, even though they never even had a chance to accept reject any of these faiths?

In our modern times it maybe hard imagine but even after all 3 religions were revealed to humanity for much of thier histories most people on this planet died without knowledge of these faiths. Did they have a chance to go to heaven?

If you feel that these people didn't have the chance to go to heaven, doesn't this mean God is a unjust? On the other hand, if they did have a chance, what does that mean according to your faith? Is it really the only way to heaven?

Answer 1

Thank you for asking me the question on my religion, Islam. And peace be upon you. Whoever God guides, he shall not go astray. In the name of God, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

There is a verse in the Qur'an which quotes: "Those who believe in God, and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in God and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord (Paradise); on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. " (Qur'an Sura 2:62)

In fact, the Prophet of Islam Muhammad (peace be upon him) ordered Muslims to observe respect towards the Jews and Christians and their scriptures and prohibited Muslims from killing them. The Qur'an and Muhammad quoted that there are some Christians and Jews and those who are righteous and shall receive paradise.

From the verse from the Qur'an above, it is clear that whoever (which means anyone) believes God and is righteous shall receive their reward from God in terms of Paradise.

What if a person dies without knowing God? What if he lives on a deserted island all his life (okay, perhaps in an unlearned community) and no one had ever told them "Hey, you know what? There is a God, and you should worship Him; no, not that rock, or that stick you have been bowing down to; but there is an Unseen God the Almighty who Creates, and Sustains" ---- what if they have never heard of this, not from Christian, Jewish or Muslim missionaries? NEVER EVER. Will they have a place in the eyes of God?

Islam's answer to this is "yes". One is of course, expected to find out about God and ultimately, worship Him without any partners. However, if he has absolutely no avenue to find out --- no one has ever told him, or he has not read about, or seen anything, or has the power to think --- then he will have a chance. Unless all he does everyday is to do evil and create plunder on earth. In which case, he'll go straight down below to the 'pits and cauldron'. The point is, even if never in your life have you heard about Jehovah or God, or the correct term in Arabic AL-LAH (which means "The God"), you'll have your chance if you are good and righteous.

To end, I would say that God is Merciful as he is Just. Each one of His creations are equal before Him and the only thing that seperates us is the good which we do in this life.

I bear witness in open testimony that there is only One God and that Muhammad is his final Messenger.

Praise be to God Almighty. Peace and blessings be to his Messengers Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus the Messiah and Muhammad the Seal of the Prophets, peace be upon them all. May we all be guided. Peace.

Answer 2

Well, being a Christian, I believe Man has had a knowledge of the true God since creation. We carried it with us out of the Garden of Eden. It's always been there. It became Judaism, and then Christianity after Jesus came as a fulfillment of the Prophets and God's eternal plan. So from day 1, people have had a chance to know and serve the true God. The Bible also says that all nature gives testimony to the existence of God, and its voice is heard everywhere, so that men are without excuse.

Answer 3

God is the righteous judge. how He determines who gets to go to Heaven for those who never got the chance, I don't know. the Bible doesn't say directly. all I know is how those who have got the chance get in.

my guess is that the rules are harder if you didn't get the chance. after all, we were freed from the law of sin and death. God jsudges the heart. that's the best answer I can give you. perhaps it's "you would have accepted given the choice" or "you would have sought me if you had the chance". I don't know. If I ever find out before I get there, I'll tell.

yes i believe Christ is the Only Way

Answer 4

Judaism does NOT say there is only one path to Heaven. In fact, everyone gets to go, no matter what your religion (though the idea of whether or not there is a "Heaven" is debated in Judaism in general). The longest you would suffer for being a bad person is a year. It's not eternal damnation.

Answer 5

Christians say the 'truth' (whatever the Bible says) was from the beginning. According to the Catholics, JC goes to Hell for the time he is dead and has not resurrected yet and takes the great Prophets with him. The truth is, no one knows but single males do not seem to be a likely choice for creator deities.

Answer 6

Um that is not true.

Judaism never taught it was the only path to heaven. Many Muslim groups recognize that other Monotheists "people of the book" will also go to heaven.

Answer 7

I don't know about Christianity but in Islam there have always been prophets, thousands of them who were there for short periods of time. And so the word of Allah has always been on earth from the time of Adam and Eve.... This may be different or Judaism or Christianity.

Answer 8

for christians, the people before Christ went to heaven for believing in Jehovah.

Paul says in Hebrews that those people like abraham, esther, isaac, joseph, went to heaven, BY FAITH, by them believing in our God and living a righteous live.

Jesus came, to REMIND people that it is by faith in a living God, not by our works only.

Answer 9

A. would desire to you provide some examples? i've got faith that many factors have been allegory (it quite is literature even with each thing, no longer a textbook). yet another element to bear in mind is that many texts of the Bible are occasional, no longer familiar. via that I advise that express instructions/prophecies/letters have been directed at particular communities and cultures, no longer all people. If I had an occasion of what you advise perhaps i'd desire to bypass greater in intensity. B. i've got faith my faith is the impressive one as a results of fact it purely makes the main experience. i've got faith a Christian worldview and stance on morality suits the worldwide around me better than the different. C. while you're speaking with regard to the classic israelite faith, the Bible could carry that it grew to become into began with the commencing up of the human race. in case you advise Jesus Christ being from the middle East, the middle East grew to become right into a methods from remoted. It grew to become right into a crossroads between the East and the west, and a factor of the Roman Empire. the actuality that it unfold so at as quickly as and persons from each corner of the worldwide have got here across him suitable shows that it grew to become into no longer purely a faith meant for one team of folk. As for different religions having comparable teachings, that doesn't particularly say something with regard to the actuality of Jesus' teachings. In different factors, Christianity is likewise a lot distinctive from different religions. i won't be in a position to think of of anybody in the previous him who preached that we would desire to continuously love our enemies. D. you're perfect, i do no longer think of you may purely quote the Bible to coach that it quite is genuine. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, it quite is sensible to look on the Bible and evaluate it to the worldwide around us, if we are attempting to be certain no rely if it quite is genuine or no longer. E. this is purely hypothesis, yet i think of it quite is as a results of fact it quite is greater sturdy to present a message if a number of all people is giving it at as quickly as. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, there are examples interior the Bible of better than one individual receiving comparable revelations (Pentecost, as an occasion). wish this helped!

Answer 10

I think there is some nonsense about having to spend some time in limbo before they are accepted.