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This is what I do know, and what I don't
Posted by: Shaun on August 23, 1999 at 10:44:46:
In Reply to: answer the question please posted by Floyd on August 22, 1999 at 12:27:08:
: I'll leave the rest of your thread alone, since it's really none of my business, but as this parargraph refers to me, I chose to respond. Shaun, you still side-stepped the question. Did your god create people and put them in situations where they had no access to the bible, simply so that they would be eternally tortured for not reading the book or having it read to them? Did all the people of Africa, Asia, and the Americas who lived between AD 33 and the arrival, in their area, of missionaries go to hell when they died? You're avoiding this question when your readers really want to hear the answer. Some people live and die without ever meeting a missionary, so what happens to them? Does your god punish people for not having access to this book or not? Enquiring minds want to know, man.
This is what I do know: (and I hope this answers all your questions)
1)All people, whether they heard the gospel or not, will be at judgement day 2)All whohave heard the gospel and believed (christians) will live in heaven 3)All who have heard the gospel and did not believe it will never see heaven. Now, as for the people who have never even heard of Jesus or the bible I am not sure. I would think that they would not go to hell because it is not thier fault they live in a part of the world never ministered to or speak a language that cannot be translated by anyone else. Our God is a God of love, and I know he is not unfair, the bible tells us that, so I would imagine that those people would not be punished. Try asking another Christian, esp. a minister because I don't have all the answers. I hope this helps, and if not let me know (that is if you think I avoided answering again)
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