If folks can be saved without Jesus why did He bother to come down and die on the cross? It would have been far better under the Roman Catholic scheme for people to remain ignorant than run the risk oh hearing about Jesus, rejecting Him, and being condemned.
And why evangelize? If I tell the good news to someone who is ignorant and they don’t convert I am culpable in their condemnation.
But it isn’t that simple. Muslims, according to the Roman Catholic catechism get a free pass anyway.
By the way, people are judged not because they are ignorant, but because of their sin.
And why not Buddhists...Hindus...etc. I'm not sure if Catholics are grasping at straws in support of Rome or if they have truly left the faith. They have become universalists. It was just a matter of time.
...people are judged not because they are ignorant, but because of their sin.
This bears repeating.
No Muslims don’t get a free pass. For those Muslims, or anyone else that have not been exposed to Chrisianity and are living their life according to the Beatitudes, they have a chance at salvation.
Why are Muslims or Jews such a concern when they both share the belief in the Abrahamic God? Does the little 12 year old girl or boy growing up in Israel who has known nothing else in their life really have to go to the Abrahamic God’s sheol/gehenna/eternal hell because they never had a knowledge of Christianity. In the end God will make the call.