A question for believers of religion, atheists and agnostics welcome?

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Lola

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Before I start, I'm agnostic myself while I come from a multi-religious family (christians, muslims and buddhists).

Lets say a group of people are born on an isolated island and they never have any contact with the outside world. They sin just like people on the outside world but have no knoweledge of religion. Will they go to hell?
Another thing, how about the people who are being discovored in the isolated forests and they never knew people outside their world. For example there are tribes in the Amazons who didn't know there were people outside their land. They know nothing of religion will they go to hell?

I'm asking these questions out of pure curiosity.

P.S. since i'm Agnostic i'm not sure i can tell whether God exists or not and whether there is heaven/hell.
 
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ZachD1

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Everyone here that gives the "Christian" point of view is essentially wrong. What they give is the extremely evangelical (there is nothing wrong with being an avid evangelist, it's just the theology of modern evangelism is a little, shall we say, "radical") point of view. I would say, since they have never heard the gospel, they will be judged accordingly. By their actions and their desire to do what is right, whether or not they have the idea of God, or any kind of "higher power."
 
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LittleBizzle

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No one is going to hell. It's a nonexistent place created to scare people into worshiping a certain way. Since there weren't enough people joining the ranks through the traditional method of teaching about Jebus they came up with this scary place that you're going to go to if you don't start believing in Jebus. Same goes for the Muhammed (poobah) guy and even for Allah and God. "If you don't believe in our god then you get to burn for all eternity while we believers sit in a palace in the clouds with our little wings on."
 
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Mark

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No hell doesn't exist.
However I'm sure from a christian point of view, yes they would. They sinned and didn't ask for forgiveness and not worshiping god is a one way ticket down.
 
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Tristen

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A Christian answer

The BIble promises that if we seek God we will find Him.

The Bible (specifically Romans Chapter 1) says that there is enough information in both our hearts and our created surroundings so that we are "without excuse" for not seeking Him.

Studies have shown that, regardless of religious upbringing, children interpret the world as though it was designed by a creator.
 
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MSB

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There are no concepts of sin or hell in my religion, so no, I don't think so.

I believe in reincarnation. I also believe in the law of cause-and-effect (karma). If one of them is going to do something terrible, like kill or steal, the others in his community will probably deal with it. If they just have a different lifestyle, like, say, promoting pre-marital sex, well, I don't think that's a sin, that's a cultural moral that they would have to set for themselves. I don't think they'd suffer any kind of backlash for it.
 
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