Originally posted by Omnislash Kid
What if you were born into a society that doesn't expose you to Christianity? Will you still go to hell despite the fact that the situation was out of your control?
sigh...
in the bible there are plenty of examples where it says you are forgiven if you sin out of ignorance and even the new testament says that jesus took all of man's sins into himself so that you and everyone else can go to heaven...
jesus said: "forgive them father for they know not what they do"
he was talking about everyone jews and gentiles alike like the Romans
here is an old testament quote
King James Bible
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
iirc an old testament passage also said that those who have access to the bible put refuse to believe will be judged but those who do not will be forgiven for they sin in ignorance or some such... its bn a while.
a lot of the religious ppl forget some of the important things just to scare you into following their belief structure and ignorantly spout crap like hell and what not and forget or omit important stuff like though shall be judged as you judge others or those who have not heard of god will be judge by their laws and the laws of the heart that god has placed within you which means you know what you did wrong and your guilt and morality will be your judge.. think of it as you judging yourself you know what you did wrong and what you deserve. it doesnt matter if your a jew/christian or a hindi monk..
here are some of those examples with pages and quotes
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/neverheard.html