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Originally posted by dragon2fire
acorrding to your bible those people go to hell
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I wouldn't say that.
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John 10:16
And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
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He's talking about entrance in to heaven, and how he is the path therin. Many take this to indicate that in other folds there are those who are heeding the voice of the true shepherd, even if they don't know it.
There are other passages too, and the main idea drawn from them is that people are judged according to the law that is written upon their hearts. in which case, your example people would probably fare pretty well. many christians, even fairly hardline ones, beleive that people who have never heard the gospel are given a chance to hear it and accept it before judgement. personally, i don't believe in judgement as a single event, or reward/punishment as two eternally dichotomous states, but that's not really the point here.
ps...i wonder why people never choose white, upper class heathens for this sort of example. doesn't seem right that "african" is an appeal to pity, or alternately, that christianity is being set up to appear racist. meh.