So, what I hear you saying is that if we eliminate all evidence of the existence of Christianity, destroy all churches and kill everyone who knows about it, we can save all future humans from hell?
This is what I was taught in school. If someone hasn’t been informed of christ and the church then they won’t be sent to hell since they never had a chance to accept god
Yes. Because the biblical literalist view (and that of the ‘cult’ my parents raised me in) is indeed the argument above. That is, that every nonbeliever goes to hell because humans are innately sinful, even if you’ve never heard of Jesus. To those who only accept the bible as absolute authority, and according to scripture, it’s not rejection of ‘salvation’ that sends you to hell - it’s existing in the first place, and not having that salvation. Because “no man is without sin” and “the punishment for sin is death.” Whether you know about Jesus has no bearing on it, except according to those who deny parts of the scripture to make it more palatable.
This is part of why I left Christianity. It is inherantly terrible, shocking, cruel, unjustified, and condemning. And it openly acknowledges that.
So, what I hear you saying is that if we eliminate all evidence of the existence of Christianity, destroy all churches and kill everyone who knows about it, we can save all future humans from hell?
Sounds like its time to make an omelet…
This is what I was taught in school. If someone hasn’t been informed of christ and the church then they won’t be sent to hell since they never had a chance to accept god
As far as I know (someone may prove me wrong though) this is not in Bible - this is people trying to convince themselves god is fair and good.
Yes. Because the biblical literalist view (and that of the ‘cult’ my parents raised me in) is indeed the argument above. That is, that every nonbeliever goes to hell because humans are innately sinful, even if you’ve never heard of Jesus. To those who only accept the bible as absolute authority, and according to scripture, it’s not rejection of ‘salvation’ that sends you to hell - it’s existing in the first place, and not having that salvation. Because “no man is without sin” and “the punishment for sin is death.” Whether you know about Jesus has no bearing on it, except according to those who deny parts of the scripture to make it more palatable.
This is part of why I left Christianity. It is inherantly terrible, shocking, cruel, unjustified, and condemning. And it openly acknowledges that.