Question For My Chrisitan Friends...?

[badstar]

Do not answer this question: If someone has never heard of Jesus, God, Chrisitanity, The Bible, etc....do they still go to hell for not being saved?

Okay...I'm not looking for an answer to this question.

Answer this question: Is this a valid question? If no, why not?

Just curious. Question prompted by a discussion had with someone in another community. I know that just about everyone I've talked to in the past thinks that it's a valid question to ask, no matter what they may believe the answer is. This would be the first person that I've ever talked to who's pretty much said "that isn't a valid question."

(ok, if you really want you can tell me what your thoughts on the first question are but what I'm really looking for is a yes or no to "is this a valid question?", and if you say no, then why you say so.

Comments

[ranger-hotsauce.livejournal.com]

The only reason I could think of for the 2nd question not to be a valid one is if it is based on a faulty assumption. That is, the question assumes that one needs to have heard of Jesus to be saved. So, if I were to say that the question is invalid, it would be because I interpret "No one comes before the Father but by me," to mean not "you have to accept Jesus as your savior," but "Jesus will be the judge of who is saved, and may well choose to save people who have never heard of him." This would mean that converting to Christianity is not as important as, say, striving to know God and God's will.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

makes good sense. but as i understand it, the most common interpretation- at least as i've always been told- is that you have to accept jesus as your savior to be saved.

but hey, if you ask me the question...is valid, but irrelevant.