Quote Originally Posted by dmp View Post
If one doesn't follow christ, christ's words...the bible...then one cannot believe in him, for to believe in him is to obey him.
so what about people who were never given the choice? never knew about him or his words and were never taught about him? too bad for them? this is one of the beliefs that leads me towards religion being a bunch of hogwash when taken literally and down to the word... a whole lot of it just doesn't make sense if you take it as the literal unfallible word of god, it just sounds like a big cult.

if this were the case why not have everyone born with the knowledge of christ, or at least ensure that everyone were taught about christ, why would we need missionaries to go around spreading christ to save their soul if it weren't just some big man made following, "believe or go to hell."