What happens when someone is born on Gods green earth and they never even have a chance to find him? What I mean is, I am sure there are places in this world where people never learn of the notion of Catholicism? How could a human who is born with no teaching ever learn?
Those who never get a chance?
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What does Catholicism have to do with someone finding Jesus?
My point was what if someone neve even had the notion of God. Some where in the world where it isnt taught, or maybe a case of servere child neglect in which the child was never taught. Unfortunately there are documented cases of children in their teens that have been locked up for years and never learned anything, and now are incapable of understanding anything.
gabrielle_iglo
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For people that have never had the chance to learn things and now have impaired intellectual capacaties God will judge us by what we know, and by how we judge others. Above all else we are to have a personal relationship with Him, and if possible confirm our beliefs revealed by Him, with the Bible.
Even places that haven't been witnessed to I believe God reveals himself to. I cannot recall exactly where I read this- but there was a story about a tribe in some kind of jungle (not very specific, sorry
... ) where they believed in lots of the mystical characters typical to tribes in their region, and later one of the respected people in their tribe said he had a godly revelation and essentially all the teachings by this God were parallele to the Bible and the stories and stuff- so I believe if God can inspire people to write the Bible, He can bring the Word to every and any country, region and place in the world.
Just as a personal thought on the side, how do we know that we are more priveliged than those who can't "understand" what we see as important. Maybe they understand Jesus' love better and do not question his goodness as much as us- Jesus himself said if we do not become like little children we will never even make it into heaven.
Even places that haven't been witnessed to I believe God reveals himself to. I cannot recall exactly where I read this- but there was a story about a tribe in some kind of jungle (not very specific, sorry
... ) where they believed in lots of the mystical characters typical to tribes in their region, and later one of the respected people in their tribe said he had a godly revelation and essentially all the teachings by this God were parallele to the Bible and the stories and stuff- so I believe if God can inspire people to write the Bible, He can bring the Word to every and any country, region and place in the world.Just as a personal thought on the side, how do we know that we are more priveliged than those who can't "understand" what we see as important. Maybe they understand Jesus' love better and do not question his goodness as much as us- Jesus himself said if we do not become like little children we will never even make it into heaven.
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here are a few scriptures you may wish to consider
Psalm 19:1 -
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Psalm 50:6 -
Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah
Psalm 97:6 -
The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory.
And this passage from Romans chapter 1
19 God punishes them, because what can be known about God is plain to them, for God himself made it plain. 20 Ever since God created the world, his invisible qualities, both his eternal power and his divine nature, have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that God has made. So those people have no excuse at all! R4 21 They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness. R5 22 They say they are wise, but they are fools; 23 instead of worshiping the immortal God, they worship images made to look like mortals or birds or animals or reptiles. R6 24 And so God has given those people over to do the filthy things their hearts desire, and they do shameful things with each other. 25 They exchange the truth about God for a lie; they worship and serve what God has created instead of the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever! Amen.
Psalm 19:1 -
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Psalm 50:6 -
Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah
Psalm 97:6 -
The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory.
And this passage from Romans chapter 1
19 God punishes them, because what can be known about God is plain to them, for God himself made it plain. 20 Ever since God created the world, his invisible qualities, both his eternal power and his divine nature, have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that God has made. So those people have no excuse at all! R4 21 They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness. R5 22 They say they are wise, but they are fools; 23 instead of worshiping the immortal God, they worship images made to look like mortals or birds or animals or reptiles. R6 24 And so God has given those people over to do the filthy things their hearts desire, and they do shameful things with each other. 25 They exchange the truth about God for a lie; they worship and serve what God has created instead of the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever! Amen.
A very difficult question for any to give an answer. And why? Because it is beyond us. We cannot give an answer. We may wonder about such things........
The important, major, absolutely vital thing each of us have to do, is to "make our calling and our election sure" 2 Peter 1 v 10 We have to be absolutely sure that we ourselves are saved, "born again" Jn ch 3
Many questions may present themselves to mind..........the answer to all questions regarding this life can be found in the bible. The book of Proverbs is filled with wisdom. 31 chapters.....a chapter read each day of the month, would be enough to answer so many questions.
God Bless You
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I've heard both that we will be based on our INHERINT (sp) knowloedge (ie: our conscience etc), and that some who never had the chance MAY get their chance during the 1000 years reign
We are taught that our god is a merciful, loving god, even if we cannot understand his ways. While we can wonder, we must learn to put our faith and trust in Yahweh
We are taught that our god is a merciful, loving god, even if we cannot understand his ways. While we can wonder, we must learn to put our faith and trust in Yahweh
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I have always thought that God writes on our hearts that He is the creator, and that message from Him makes our heart yearn for a relationship for him.
Somehow, even the most remote tribes of Africa or Austrailia, search for ways to worship the Lord.
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Somehow, even the most remote tribes of Africa or Austrailia, search for ways to worship the Lord.
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