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Originally Posted by sky123

John 5:11-12
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.


Then we have


Luke 3:6
All mankind will see God's salvation. (Isaiah 40:5)
John 12:32
But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.
Romans 5:18
Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.



Justin Martyr, a Church Father, taught that those who lived according to the logos are Christians, though they might not know about Jesus Christ..... Tertullian held that Christ has descended into Hades to deliver the Good News..... Clement of Alexandria, Origen and Athanasius declaring that "Jesus delivered from hell both Jews and Gentiles who accepted the gospel and that postmortem evangelism continues even today".....Augustine of Hippo, however, believed that the unevangelized are condemned to hell..... Thomas Aquinas held that those "brought up in the forest or among wolves" would be sent "the gospel message through miraculous means."



So many conflicting views it's not surprising that Religion divides rather than unites.....

The main source for this material can be found in Wikipedia under the heading "Fate of the unlearned".

This is typical Christian Apologist material. I was surprised to find that even in Buddhism, there are Buddhist Apologist.


I suspect we will be seeing a lot more Christian Apologist material.