Message from @Sorghagtani Beki
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It is fair to judge them if they have the truth before them and reject it.
But clearly if you look at it statistically it would be much worse to be born in Saudi Arabia
As in highly likely that the man born in Arabia never accepts the Gospel compared to the Vatican
It is still fair
I assume God would make an exception for this?
It depends, do they know about Christianity? If so then yes it's fiar.
Eh, well
This is why the followers of Christ are called to preach the word unto all nations
What if they never truly explore Christianity because they have been raised to reject it in favor of another religion?
wouldn't it also depend on their level of knowledge?
If they just knew there were people called Christians, is it still their fault for rejecting it?
No
They had to concsiously reject it
Or would they have to know of the bible, at least the largeer moral principles, and so on?
Wouldn't this mean it would be better to not spread the Gospel at all
No, because the people still have to live moral lives despite the lack of knowledge
Okay, just making sure I understand.
Which isn't every case
Why? It would make it harder for them to go to paradise.
I mean, if they raped a child and beheaded their wife...
I mean, they can't live 100% Christian lives. But they can be good by what their heart calls them to do.
IE God's pulling them toward goodess.
Then Christians should not spread the Gospel
Because it would make it harder on pagans.
It wouldn't make it harder. There's no guarantee that they'll live moral lives having no knowledge of it.
Pagans have a higher chance of living immoral lives that would send them to hell compared to Christians?
Jesus Christ wants us to bring the whole world into captivity to the truth, and the truth is Jesus himself, who is "the way, and the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). Spreading the faith is a task not only for bishops, priests, and religious—it is a task for all Catholics (CCC 905).
Exactly
And yes, Pagans are more likely to live amoral lives
So that is still geographical favoritism. Based on where you are born, you have a higher chance to go to hell.
god just doesnt like people not born in the west
Well even in the time of the new testament there were churches established in india so that isn't quite true
and Armenia and Ethiopia were the first two nations to convert to Christianity
But not in Papua New Guinea
That's what missionaries are for
Their salvation rests on the back of weak robed men?
Just because someone is born in a Christian nation doesn't mean they will be saved.
Exactly
If anything, someone born in the US today has an even lower chance
But we can agree those born in pagan nations have a higher chance to not be saved, as they have a higher chance to live immoral lives