Please explain this Christiain inquiry?

Question

If the only true way to heaven is to accept Jesus as the true lord and savior -
what about those who can never know Jesus?
I mean those who live in the the most exotic places such as the deep jungles of Amazonia or Indonesia?
These people can never know the Christian God, because there is no exposure.
Some say that these people are considered innocents - and they will go to heaven regardless.
My question is how can God allow certain groups of humans to live and "sin" as they see fit, and go to heaven - while those of us who are exposed to the Christian ideal must accept Jesus or go to hell?
Why would God say " You guys can live as you see fit, and come to heaven because you have not had the opportunity for "truth",
but you people who have heard the "truth" must suffer your sins and go to hell if you do not repent and accept me as the one true Lord and savior."
Why would God seperate these people from the rest of us? Is He a cruel God? Or a selective God?

Answer 1

I found this which explains it better than I could but basically, we all get the chance one way or another.

All people are accountable to God whether they have “heard about Him” or not. The Bible tells us that God has clearly revealed Himself in nature (Romans 1:20) and in the hearts of people (Ecclesiastes 3:11). The problem is that the human race is sinful; we all reject this knowledge of God and rebel against Him (Romans 1:21-23). Apart from God's grace, God would give us over to the sinful desires of our hearts, allowing us to discover how useless and miserable life is apart from Him. This He does for those who reject Him (Romans 1:24-32).

In reality, it is not that some people have not heard about God. Rather, the problem is that they have rejected what they have heard and what is readily seen in nature. Deuteronomy 4:29 proclaims, “But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.” This verse teaches an important principle: everyone who truly seeks after God will find Him. If a person truly desires to know God, God will make Himself known.

The problem is, “there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God” (Romans 3:11). People reject the knowledge of God that is present in nature and in their own heart, and instead decide to worship a “god” of their own creation. It is foolish to debate the fairness of God sending someone to hell who never had the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Christ. People are responsible to God for what God has already revealed to them. The Bible says that people reject this knowledge, and therefore God is just in condemning them to hell.

Instead of debating the fate of those who have never heard, we, as Christians, should be doing our best to make sure that they hear. We are called to spread the Gospel throughout the nations (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8). The fact that we know people reject the knowledge of God revealed in nature must motivate us to proclaim the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. Only through accepting the Gospel of God’s grace through the Lord Jesus Christ can people be saved from their sins and rescued from an eternity apart from God in hell.

Answer 2

Laura had a great answer!! God will judge people properly when the judgement day arrives...some scholars believe that people who have not heard of the Gospel of Jesus will still be allowed into heaven based on their actions in this life and the way they act in accordance with their inborn knowledge of right and wrong...God put a conscience into everyone that they must deal with regardless of whether they've heard of God or not.
It's still our job as Christians to spread the Gospel message to all the corners of the earth. God is not cruel but just and He will judge properly.

Answer 3

The only logical philosophical answers to all your questions are that there either is no God who cares about individuals or that there is no god, period. However, since you have probably ruled out any possibility to accept the logical explanations, you have already condemned yourself to endless circular thinking and an inconsistent theology.

To ask other people for answers that can't exist because of the way the questions are posed is pretty senseless.

I would suggest you either go back to square one or stop asking. You won't get any satisfactory answers. Neither here or anywhere else.

Good luck trying, though.

Answer 4

This is a question for the Religion and Spirituality section. Not Geology.

Science deals with things that can be subjected to the scientific method. God cannot be.

That being said, I personally believe that the path to God is living AS Christ lived, not necessarily accepting him as a personal saviour. You don't have to accept/know Christ to live as he did. If there is only one path to God, why are we all "created" so differently?

Answer 5

Actually, the only way to Valhalla is to praise Thor in battle. All that Jesus business was just a marketing ploy by Hallmark to sell more cards.

Answer 6

It is my understanding that everyone will have an opportunity to bow before God at some time. Pretty simple, if you trust in Jesus Christ only for your salvation, you receive that salvation. If a person or a group has not heard of Jesus, they are not excluded from salvation, but rather will have their chance to accept Him as the true God. I look at it as myself having had the same chance. At one time, I had a choice to make and I made my choice. Everyone will face that moment where they have a choice to make. In this way, God is a just and loving God.

Answer 7

Sounds like you've been listening to too many pseudo-Christian fundamentalists, with the emphasis on "mental."