The people who never got the chance of salvation

[ludwig]

What happened to all the people who through no fault of their own never knew about god, Jesus, or the ten commandments?

You know, all the ones who lived and died long before any prohets or missionaries managed to spread the word to their part of the world.
They would never have known the correct way to behave or how to get into heaven, which seems unfair.

Did they go to hell, heaven, somewhere else, or just die?

[Jeza]

Thanks for that humber and jol. I was educated by nuns and would not wish that on anyone.

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[beso]

Every prophet has been quite certain that their rantings were the ultimate message from God. Only difference is Mohammed worked out that declaring himself as The Last Prophet would ultimately be far more powerful an influence over the gullible.

Muslim, Christian or (insert your faith here) the entire "god said" mentality is a ludicrous insult to intelligent debate.

What hope can there be for advancement when so many insist that there is no room for discussion about morality because their god "has already spoken though the prophet".

The notion that truth and morality can be prescribed by a claim to authority is pure fascism. The fact that the claim is made on behalf of people (some of them apparently only mythical) who lived thousands of years ago is nothing short of bizarre.

[beso]

There is considerable medical evidence that people who consider themselves "prophets" were was most likely suffering a series of epileptic seizure of the temporal lobes in their brains. Hyper-religious behaviour is often observed in patients with this particular illness.

There is little doubt that most of the stories of so called prophets throughout history are nothing more than symptoms of a mental illness. We recognise it these days and few would fail to contemplate the sanity of someone claiming to be in direct communication with their God.

Why on earth do we not acknowledge the truth and get over this petty, Mohammed versus Jesus, Jehovah versus Allah debate. It is all tribal rubbish from ancient civilisations whose cultural decrees have no place in modern society. Unless we can put aside these ridiculous doctrines and start thinking then there is no hope for us.

[keyplus90]

/////Keyplus, I don't think you've understood the question. As far as I can see it relates to those who have never received 'the message' at all - and believe it or not, there are many./////

I did understand question and don’t you worry about the ones who never received the message as according to the Quran (you do not like) a person will not be questioned about anything they never knew about. Having said that you can’t claim that you have not received the message.

[ludwig]

// a person will not be questioned about anything they never knew about. //

So the morally decent but religiously ignorant get a free passage to paradise, whereas the rest of us have to pass a test by doing loads of boring religious stuff? lucky b*stards. How is that fair?

[naomi24]

Keyplus, //Having said that you can’t claim that you have not received the message. //

It wouldn't occur to me to deny having heard the message you say your God has delivered. In fact, if you're right, and if I ever get to meet him, I shall take great delight in giving him a piece of my mind - and damn the consequences. I have no desire to spend eternity with those who have spent their lives in trembling sycophantic submission - or with the spiteful creature that demanded they do so.

[jomifl]

Birdie, now you really are being silly , everyone knows that the earth is only 5000 year old!... don't they?