What about the Aztecs, Inca's and Mayans?

Question

The Aztecs Inca's and Myans followed their gods to the death, they did what they thought was right, and still we condemm them for being murderers, how can we do that? Will they go to hell because they didn't have a chance to follow Jesus, because they didn't have a chance to know him? That doesn't make sense to me, they did what they knew was right is it really their fault?

Answer 1

Um.. i do not condemn them.

God can save anybody. Anyone at all.

Answer 2

These people were civilized, but none were advanced civilizations, rather they were generally stagnant civilizations. It is difficult to have an advanced civilization without the wheel. They didn't have one. That meant the primary purpose of roads was negated, because without wheels or draft animals or riding animals. It is probably on technology that they fell short. It is not as if they had not technology, but consider the function of the wheel, not only on vehicles, but on pulleys and gears and so many different things that we take for granted. It needs to be noted that we are denied much of what we should know about these civilizations because of zealots such as Bishop Landro. Forcing christianity down the throats of "savages" was taken to be a blessing. But neither should it be thought that these were not war like people. They were. It happened that European nations with a minimum of technology other than a horse managed to defeat or infect mass numbers of people. It is not something to be praised, the destruction of a civilization, but that it happened fit with the darwinism of the time. No one understood the disease problem inadvertently given to natives. There could be no development of a market system.(and please, markets developed long before modern economic theory). Civilization per se involves social structure, hierarchies. But civilizations that practiced mass murder as part of their basic social systems tend to be less advanced that others. Rome was a great civilizing power in its time, but it would perhaps stretch it to say they were advanced as we understand it now. But the Roman Empire included a love of art, a love of songs and complex music structure, engineering in a formal planned way, complicated only by the lack of arabic numerals. The Romans gave us civil law -- upon which almost all western law is based, the 10 commandment crackpots to the contrary. Roman law was codified and published so that all could see it and refer to it. It is a natural progression that the Christian church would base its canon law on the Roman system. All of these civilizations reached a maximum point and then regressed, either losing power or being defeated and put to ruin. The Mayans are a typical case. Their earliest buildings were their greatest. The next period was of middle quality and style. The last period, which should have been the best, was largely crude in both style and construction method. This says nothing bad about the people or the civilizations. If a few vital steps are missing, a civilization is stopped. It was true in much of Africa. Reading almost anything by Jared Diamond will give you a greater sense of respect for this group of our ancestors and why they failed against European civilization. Or did they? What has happened is that the descendants of the earlier inhabitants are still with us and within them, much of the culture and civilizations of their ancestors. They certainly have no problem in coping with the most advanced systems when given an opportunity to do so, or at least not blocked.

Answer 3

They will not go to hell because they did not have a chance to follow Jesus. No one can in Truth unless the Father Enabled a Person to by His Foreknowledge and Omniscience; assuming any of them would or not will be contingent upon theri abiding by the Law of Moses...people think of 'the Law of Moses' as a bunch of things written down,,however The Reality of The Law is 'written in all humans, called a 'conscience'. IF The Message of The Gospel COULD have been relayed to them, some would have and others would not (or might not) have Received Him..............

Answer 4

I'm pretty sure that, of those three, the Aztecs were the only ones that committed human sacrifice.

The Incas most definitely didn't.

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Answer 5

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another. Romans 2:14, 15

Answer 6

The Pre-colombian American Natives are just like everyone else... some will go to hell, and others will not. The Lord judges men by their hearts.

Answer 7

More importantly: why are the Aztecs the only religion whose end-time belief actually occurred...

Answer 8

I don't condemn them for being murderers. I do, however, believe that humanity relies on human compassion and morals, which I feel that they did not recognize. In my opinion, that is what caused the decline of their civilizations.

Answer 9

They go to their version of after life, In my opinion.
You don't really have to go that far in history for a good example of people doing atrocities for their beliefs. What about the Crusades? Weren't the christian knights murderers then? Will they go to heaven?

Answer 10

They worshipped the "Winged Serpent"
Rev.12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,
Job.2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.