“If nonbelievers are going to hell what happened to all the Native Americans that died before Christianity ever made it to this part of the world?’
The answers could be broken down into two basic types.
1. They were sent to hell
2. They will be given a chance upon judgment day.
They were sent to hell. If this is the case then the Christian “God” is a cruel god. It would be no different then this analogy. A young man father’s a child when he is in high school. The mother dies in child birth and the young man can not be bothered by the raising of the child so puts it up for adoption. The child is adopted and raised in a loving family but never told it was adopted. The child grows into adulthood and one day an old man approaches the now adult child on the street. The old man declares to the now grown child that it is the child’s father. The father then breaks the adult child’s knees and back so that the rest of its natural life it has to suffer. Why did he do this? Because the child never took the time to seek him out. Is that right? No it is not and in our modern society that man would be punished for his deeds. So why would a loving Creator send people that never had the chance to know of it to eternal torment?
They will be given a chance upon judgment day. This would nullify the most important moment of the bible, the crucifixion of Jesus. Was he not crucified to save our eternal souls from damnation in Hell and only belief in him will give us ever lasting life? If people are given a chance to decide if they believe upon judgment day then his sacrifice was in vain. His suffering was for nothing. Imagine this: All these people that never had a chance are lined up one by one. God is standing there and he says to the first one in line “You were a good kind man. You did many great things but you were never given a chance. I am giving you your chance now. I must ask you do you believe in him?” Then God points to Jesus. What would you say at that point? Is that not an absurd idea? So again why have your only son crucified if you will be giving some people a choice in the matter? If goodness and belief are your standards why not wait until judgment day and give all the good people a chance to decide if they believe in a man standing in front of them?
