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What if no one heard of Jesus before?

Odd question since we know that many have heard of Jesus. If you are asking the hypothetical question about someone, somewhere who grew up without any understanding of who Jesus is, then my answer is that is still up to Jesus to decide if they go on to the Father or not. I would say that we still need to witness the saving knowledge of Jesus because 1) its a command from Jesus and 2) I believe it gives people a better chance of going to Heaven.

Now, I understand that you and others may not agree with some or all of what I stated but I can assure you that my beliefs are based on what the Bible tells us.

That is the point of the thread (Thus denial of Communion). Your attempt at the thread derailment is not what I am referring to.

I'm not derailing this thread, but there are certainly some who are trying to avoid my points about Catholicism having illogical points like the Catholic Church and the Eucharist are "necessary" for salvation.

By cutting off the unrepentant Christian, (Catholic Eucharist, stay with the topic please) what does that unrepentant Christian have?

I have already stated that any church has the authority to execute discipline on any of it's members who are not repentant. I'm all for the Catholic Church disciplining any of their members who support unGodly things like homosexuality or abortion or whatever. My original points (if you bother to go back and read) was that while the Catholic Church may believe they are disrupting these persons salvation, but the Bible clearly does not support that idea. An individuals salvation is between that individual and God alone. No Church, or no practice performed by that church (including communion) can deny a person their access to Jesus.

The unrepentant Christian always has the opportunity to repent and seek God. If they die in their unrepentant state then they will still be saved, but they will not only have missed blessings on this Earth but they will miss rewards in Heaven. (1 Corinthians 3:11-15)