Sigh! Obviously just another one who quotes but doesn’t read. It also says [paraphrased] God’s laws are written on our hearts and we will be judged by what we do know, not by what we don’t.
And it is surprisingly straightforward to read, but no one can ever mine all the depths and breadths of the Holy Bible.
Or we can, and then someone comes up with another interpretation to make up for the parts that don’t make sense.
“Obviously just another one who quotes but doesn’t read.”
Is it really that obvious? I thought I read something about “He who believes and is baptized will be saved. He who disbelieves will be condemned.”
Are people who disbelieve condemned or not? Does the reason for their disbelief matter? What if they disbelieve because they never heard? Are some disbelievers “in Christ”? Will some people be saved outside Christ?
I have read the Bible a few times (I have a degree in Biblical Studies from a conservative Christian university), but I have never read that someone who never heard of Jesus will be saved by their ignorance. If that were true, ignorance would save more people than belief. Given that the majority who hear the gospel will reject it (remember the parable of the sower and seed), it would be criminal to evangelize. The act of evangelism will condemn most people to hell who would otherwise be saved in their ignorance.
In other words, telling people about Jesus who are otherwise ignorant of him, will condemn the majority of them to everlasting torture. Right?