But we do not have to conclude from Romans that they are going to be sent to Hell.
See my PS down below:
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The problem, for the Bible believer, regarding the question: “Can people who have never heard the gospel be saved?” is not going to go away.
The traditional view is that God puts then into eternal Hell.
But that does not harmonize with “God is love.”
Or with common sense.
So?
So we have to find a solution to this problem and the OP is a good place to start.
Best
JAG
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PS
Is it not reasonable to believe that the person who responds favorably
to his limited knowledge of God revealed to him in natural law and
conscience in the absence of the gospel in his part of the world
and in his time in history, would also respond favorably to the gospel
preached in our world today?
My view: Yes it is reasonable to believe that.
Knot twisting I see.
What did I say that no one would bother to look up?🤔
You claim that there is no solution except for what we can think up and in doing so make the sacrifice that Jesus made irrelevant!
If that were true why did God bother with the part where his son had to give up his life in such a horrible way?
According to you, everyone who thought correctly could be saved.
The original words translated as “hell” in some older Bible translations (Hebrew, “Sheol”; Greek, “Hades”) basically refer to “the Grave,” .. the common grave of mankind.
The Bible shows that people in “the Grave” are in a state of nonexistence.
The dead do not praise Jah,
Nor do any who go down into the silence of death
Psalms 115:17
After Adam sinned, God told him what his punishment would be: “Dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19)
He would pass out of existence.
If God were actually sending Adam to a fiery hell, He surely would have mentioned it. God has not changed the punishment for defying his laws.
Long after Adam sinned, God inspired a Bible writer to say: “The wages sin pays is death.”
(Romans 6:23)
No further penalty is justified, because “the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.”
Romans 6:7.<——
(Job 14:13) “O that in the Grave (“hell,” Douay-Rheims Version) you would conceal me, . . . that you would set a time limit for me and remember me!”
Meaning: The faithful man Job knew that hell (the Grave) would bring him relief from his pain and that God could restore him to life from there.
Meaning: Death, not torment in hell, is the full penalty for sin.
(Revelation 20:13) “Death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them.”
Meaning: Those in hell are dead. They will come back to life by means of the resurrection.
(Revelation 20:14) “Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.”
Meaning: After being emptied by means of the resurrection, hell (the Grave) will be destroyed forever, as if by fire.
Thereafter, death resulting from Adam’s sin will be no more.
(Romans 5:12)
I suspect that you will come up with “confusing”, (to you) scriptures that talk about people being in Hell.
Especially the parable that Christ used when talking about Lazarus or even Jesus himself.
Most religions do believe that parables are at work here but That is a whole nother, in-depth study!😵
So .. death, the resurrection, Jesus being called “The Second Adam”: Where oh where would, or should all of this lead you and others?🤔