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Originally Posted by scientific_one I am trying to get a feel for where people go that haven't been exposed to a religious text.
If I haven't heard the word of God, do I go to Hell by default, or am I saved by grace?
If I go to Hell for not having heard the gospel, then I believe this paints a picture of our creator as one who abandons its creations, and is ultimately cruel.
If I go to Heaven by default for not having heard the gospel, then I believe that everyone should stop spreading the word. Because this implies that you only go to Hell if you've heard the word and then sinned. If you never hear the word, then you don't know what sin is, and therefore cannot be held accountable.
Thoughts? | Cruel according to whose standards? Surely God could do what he/she wanted....? |
You're absolutely right. God could either be the all-loving creator who wants all humans, whom he created in his image, to spend eternity with him in paradise, or the vengeful SOB who damns them to eternity in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth because he created them with the overwhelming propensity to disobey him.
But he can't be both.