Ok, here´s another hypothetical situation:
a tribe of people have lived on a remote group of islands in the middle of the ocean for many generations. They have never met other humans before and as a result have never heard about Christianity of the "born again" variety. When these people die, ¿will they go to Heaven or Hell? assuming they have lived an otherwise morally good life.
Originally posted by nige22neither
Ok, here´s another hypothetical situation:
a tribe of people have lived on a remote group of islands in the middle of the ocean for many generations. They have never met other humans before and as a result have never heard about Christianity of the "born again" variety. When these people die, ¿will they go to Heaven or Hell? assuming they have lived an otherwise morally good life.
Originally posted by nige22As a Christian, I will say they will go to heaven.
Ok, here´s another hypothetical situation:
a tribe of people have lived on a remote group of islands in the middle of the ocean for many generations. They have never met other humans before and as a result have never heard about Christianity of the "born again" variety. When these people die, ¿will they go to Heaven or Hell? assuming they have lived an otherwise morally good life.
God says in His Word (in my words) that: "If rather you were hot or cold, but now that you are mellow, I will spit you out of my mouth"
Meaning, these people never knew God or any god. They do not know that Jesus died on the cross for their sins. Will they know sin, ofcourse not. I will place these kind of people under the "cold" category.
Originally posted by nige22You must bear in mind that it is not God's desire that any man go to hell. He is just and righteous. Everything He does is based on that.
And if they already worship their own gods, spirits, whatever? What then?
These tribesmen will be given an opportunity to decide.
Let me ask a question.............what happened to the millions of people who died before Christ was revealed as the Messiah? Are they in heaven or in hell?
It is my understanding that in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, people like these would got to Limbo
"In religious terminology, limbo is the temporary status of the souls of good persons who died but did not go to Heaven. In Roman Catholic theology, while awaiting the Resurrection of Jesus they remain in the Limbo of the Fathers. The word limbo has also been used to refer to the permanent status of the unbaptized who die in infancy, without having committed any personal sins, but without having been freed from original sin (the Limbo of Children), though the latter use has never received official approval.
Limbo comes from the latin limbus meaning a hem or an edge or a boundary. While "limbo" is often popularly understood to be a "place where souls go", the term also describes and reflects theological uncertainty. As such, the limbo of children is not part of the Catholic religion's official doctrine (compared to purgatory, which is a part of Roman Catholic doctrine). Official Church teaching remains that the status of these souls (who do not seem to deserve hell, yet cannot follow the divinely-revealed path to heaven) is in limbo — in other words, their fate cannot be determined by any but God".
from Wikipedia