In Christianity, if being a true Christian means you have to believe that Christ is the son of God and that he died for our sins then are all ancient humans, and to a greater extent all the hominid apes, damned since they manifested before this convenient date when Christ walked the Earth and thus are ignorant to the means to salvation? Idk seeing as Christianity coalesced during a surge of Eastern Mysticism in Rome isn't this just a little too convenient? If this is the case then it's reasonable to assume the entire sociological framework of our planet is controlled by those chosen by nature. I want to believe in a creator but seeing as 99% of all other species have gone extinct how am I any better than them if nature used them to work itself out to get to me? Am I just a placeholder until the next evolutionary incarnation? How much of the thoughts being the interface to my emotional connection to a "higher power" have been programmed long before I became (supposedly) self-aware by those smarter than me?
>>18530972All religion is fake nigga.
>>18530972If you're a Christian, you believe all of humanity descends from Noah, who taught his sons right religion in the first place.
>>18530972>the hominid apes,This is all made up nonsense that never existed. Everything this world taught you is a lie.
>>18530972There are no “hominid apes” and evolution is a lie from the pit. All men which die apart from Christ are damned, and the damnation of the pagans who never heard the gospel, while they are punished less severely than those who obstinately reject the truth, is to be understood simply as the execution of the decree of reprobation. So neither is it against God’s intent (since He ordained their destruction before the foundation of the world) nor is it unjust (since as fallen sons of Adam and Eve they merit the eternal penalty).
>>18531048Amen to this
>>18531060How do you explain the studies of Cultural and Biological Anthropology? Archaeology? Are the thousands of your comrades who have dedicated their lives to these fields just all liars? Are the labors of their passions, available for us to see and derive conclusions of the physical world around us just some centralized fabrication? Does this really seem likely? Why would a human willingly choose to pursue something they love only to leave this existence lying about it? Are the bones all just fake? At what fault could you place on primeval man for their ignorance to the Christian faith?
>>18530972Romans 2:14-15"For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)"In the Old Testament, if the Gentile did right, and continued to do right, seeking for "glory and honour and immortality," God gave that Gentile "eternal life."In the Old Testament it is obvious that the Lord uses the terms righteous and wicked differently than He uses them in the New Testament. In the Old Testament, "the wicked" are not people who occasionally break the Law in any capacity; they are people whose lives are characterized by habitual, gross violations of the Law. "The righteous" are those whose lives are characterized by doing right to please God. Like Job and Nehemiah, they are counting on God remembering their good works and showing mercy to them accordingly (Exod. 20:6). That is exactly the opposite of what the New Testament Christian believes about good works (Eph. 2:8-9).In this age salvation is not by works no more: Romans 11:6 "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work."Obviously the people who lived before Jesus Christ were not accountable for rejecting Him, but in this age people are accountable for rejecting Him. The judgement of someone who rejects Jesus Christ and someone who lived in those ancient times and didn't have any knowledge of God, but only had the law written in their heart to let them know thar killing, stealing, lying etc. is wrong, is going to be very different. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VRT2FFXntchttps://truthischrist.com/seven/1 Cor. 15:3-4, Rom. 5:1-10, Eph. 2:8-9, Rom. 10:9, Rom. 8:38-39, Romans 4:5
>>18531101>How do you explain the studies of Cultural and Biological Anthropology? Archaeology? Are the thousands of your comrades who have dedicated their lives to these fields just all liars? Are the labors of their passions, available for us to see and derive conclusions of the physical world around us just some centralized fabrication? Does this really seem likely? Why would a human willingly choose to pursue something they love only to leave this existence lying about it? Are the bones all just fake?What are you even talking about?>At what fault could you place on primeval man for their ignorance to the Christian faith?As I already said, the ancient pagans were not guilty for their ignorance, they were guilty for their sins, both original and actual. They receive a lighter punishment than those who sinned against greater light, but they still suffer as they deserve for their sins.
No.Jesus knows their hearts, and will judge all men by their works on the last day.And he also preached the gospel to the spirits in prison, that's called the harrowing of hell.You don't need to know the name of Jesus for the Logos to still effect you, because men are made in the image of God. Jesus is that image, and when you listen to your conscience it bears witness of your heart to him.Basically, if you uphold his commands, you have hope even if you never heard of his church, name, or gospel.
