CHRISTIANS: If persons who've never heard of Jesus or the God of the Bible die, do they go to heaven or hell?

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On what do you base this belief?

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Answer 1

They go to heaven. It's not their fault they've never heard of God. They only go to Hell if they hear of God and reject Him. It's like a baby. There is NO way for them to comprehend God or know who He is so if they die, they go to Heaven.

Answer 2

That very question is why so many of us are so conflicted. I do not for a minute believe those who have been here and gone without the knowledge of God or Jesus Christ are condemned. I do not believe those who have been exposed to the information are condemned either. I Do believe in God and a reason other than to feed the plants for us to live. I believe we do have souls and there is more to the experience of being. I believe any living creature with the capacity to feel emotion has a purpose and a continuing experience.

Answer 3

Most people who can answer this base it solely on theory alone. Some will tell you that if you lived in one of those African jungle type places or in the Amazonian rain forest area and the Gospel of Jesus never maid it to you than you may have the opportunity to be saved upon your good works. Some even go as far as to say that when the Rapture occurs that those in these areas that have not heard the Gospel of Jesus may be taken up in the Rapture as well. I myself, do not hold to these theories. I simply hold to the fact that Jesus is the only way and we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and not of our own works. It doesn't hurt my pride to admit that I don't know what is going to happen to those in the Amazon rain forest that never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

God is honest, and no one would be in hell who does not deserve it, and people who're there (or would be there), will understand precisely WHY they are there, and there'll be no room to whinge, because of the fact they're going to see very for sure the failings they did to "earn" them the suited to pass there. added remark: in the event that they have violated their very own consciences, or finished issues to others that they does not prefer to ensue to them, then i'm extremely specific that this suggests that they actually did understand God's ethical regulation written on their hearts, and that they broke the regulation. this is why we would desire to pass into each and every of the international with the stable information that Jesus forgives and units us loose from our sins, the flexibility they have over us, alongside with their eternal outcomes.

Answer 5

Sadly I believe that it is Hell. Because it takes a lot of Faith to sit down and look up at the sky and think that it just appeared. When some sees life, that is the equivalent of preaching the Gospel.
Now if someone Looks at creation and yearns to worship the one who created it, then God will place someone there in their life.

Answer 6

Firstly I love your avatar.

To answer your question, if someone has never heard the word he cannot be judged by it. It would be unjust to be judged for something you have no knowledge of. God is a just God.

So I believe they go to Heaven.

Answer 7

A persons acceptance into heaven is based upon their opportunties they've had on earth. A person who has never heard of God, but still leads a good life has a better chance to eventually get to heaven then a person who has had the opportunity to learn about God but refused.

In the end, it is not based upon our judgements of the person, but God's. We can only best guess as we do not know the person as entirely as God does.

This is how I view it. Not trying to push my views on others.

Answer 8

Joh 6:37 All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me, and the one coming to Me I will in no way cast out.

Joh 6:44 No one is able to come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

God knows who are His, whom He has chosen for salvation, He will not lose one. It does not depend on us, it is all about God. God will choose out those who are His from every tribe, tongue and nation.

Rev 5:9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy are You to receive the scroll, and to open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood purchased us to God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

Answer 9

There are a few references to this and I don't know them all, but in the Christian faith it is believed that those that have never heard the gospel of christ will have a chance to redeem themselves on the day of judgement.

1 Peter 4:6: The gospel is taught to the dead so that they will be judged "according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit."

I think they're trying to say. The "heathen", which is just a word for someone who has never heard the gospel, will still be judged according to his acts as human being, but not condemned for being ignorant of the spiritual world of heaven.

Answer 10

When we die, WE DIE- - the only ones who really TRULY know what happens after we die are those who are already dead and NONE of them have come back to tell us IF there is a heaven or IF there is a hell or what exactly happens to us after we die---so my BEST answer is- - - - wait till you die to find out.... because NO ONE ELSE REALLY KNOWS (living anyway)

Answer 11

they don't exist according to a lot of the christian militia that I a have seen on this site....so I guess they don't go anywhere...they just get off the train at the end of the ride.