ORIGINAL: buckmaster
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Someone please help me if I'm misunderstanding...if someone never knows of god because they were never told of him, they are not going to heaven? How is this their fault? Shouldn't it be part of god's plan for them to know him? Please don't criticize me, I'm just trying to understand.
Good luck getting that one answered. According to some....the all-knowing, gracious God they worship intentionally creates his flock in his image......knowing that some of them will never hear of his word, and that their souls are doomed. He knows all, right?
It's about the biggestcase of "class envy" I've ever seen cited.
I've thought of that myself, and have dwelled on it, theres nothing in the bible that says "people who never hear of Jesus goes to Hell"
Ive come to feel that the people know "something" is there. Relate to the idians if you will, though they were polytheistic they knew of a "great spirit".
Does that condem them to Hell? They gave thanks to the greatspirit, they worshiped. They KNEW something was there.
Could be, who knows. I would hate to say, I know for fact that thats the case or not. I know God has his own covenant with the Jews, and had his own with us Christians.
But the bottom line is, I don't need to know what happens to others. I just need to know what happens to me if I deny Christ.