Re: Making money from Java

"Judson McClendon" <judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "charles hottel" <jghottel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> What about the uncounted numbers of people that have lived and died
>> without ever hearing of Jesus Christ or of even any idea of a messiah
>> that will save them from their sins. For example the Indians living in
>> the western hemisphere. Are they condemned to hell by accident of the
>> time and place of their birth even though they had a rich spiritual
>> tradition of their own?
>
>
> Good question. The short answer is, they're probably lost. It is one of
> the terrible consequences of man's decision to sin against God.

This sounds very unfair (how is it their fault?), and while I don't
expect "real life" to be nescessarily be fair, I do expect a kind and loving
omniscient God to be fair.

[snip]

>
> However, there other Scriptures (I'm tired and won't look up all the
> references now, but I will later if you want) that indicate that God
> judges people based on what they know of His law, and on their heart. The
> Bible also declares that God is good and just and full of mercy. Exactly
> how all this will play out remains to be seen.
>
> But this is why Christians want to share the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus,
> to save as many as possible.

If these latter scriptures are true, then it seems better if Christians
do NOT spread the Gospel. The less people know about God's Law, the more
higher the chance that those people will be judged on the kindness of their
heart, rather than whether they decided to believe one set of religious
advocates over another.

- Oliver


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