I don,t think i want to comment on most of this because i can see at least a little of both sides, and do not understand what the bottem line is.
However you mentioned the people who have never had no chance to hear the Gospel, the Aborigines, the Bushmen, the Eskimos, or the American Indians, who died before the time of Christ.
This will open a can of worms probably but thats what i do the best.
Jesus said that this gospel would be preached to all the world and then the end would come.
How could it be preached to all the world, meaning all people if the people was not in a position to hear it?
The Gospel can be heard in all of the earth today but not many years ago it could not have been.
The Bible speaks of incarnation, could there also be reincarnation? in other words since i did not have a chance to hear the Gospel when i was here the last time, am i getting another chance now?
That is the only way that i can think of that all as in the Arminian position could be saved, and in the the Calvinist position, i don,t know.
well, i am sure many people will say i am bound for hell, but i hope they are wrong.
The Bible records "It is appointed unto man once to die and after that the judgement." So that would seem to preclude reincarnation.
"However you mentioned the people who have never had no chance to hear the Gospel, the Aborigines, the Bushmen, the Eskimos, or the American Indians, who died before the time of Christ."
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
The above verse indicates, that even men who have not heard the gospel, have enough knowledge of God and their own sinful state, that they are without excuse.
Adam and Eve and Noah understood at least vaguely the plan of salvation, which I assert in my prior post. Practically all cultures had knowledge of the great flood, though the story was sometimes changed in some respects.
It's reasonable to assume that all cultures started from Noah with an understanding of God and their need for forgiveness, and the animal sacrifice system and salvation.
At least some of the North American Indians, who worshiped the Great Spirit, responded "It's easy to believe in your Jesus, because we already worship your God."
But many cultures abandoned God. If a man/people abandons God and fails to teach his/their children about God, is God obligated to send missionaries to those children?
Apparently they still have sufficient basic knowledge of God despite growing up in a pagan culture.