Talk:Destiny of the unevangelized

Article issues
This article needs two things: In particular, if there aren't examples of the latter, this should probably be merged as a section under Original Sin. &mdash;ShadowRanger (talk 22:48, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) A title that is describes it better
 * 2) Examples of religions aside from Christianity that have the same dilemma
 * As a philosophical problem it applies to any belief system that proposes a revelation that supplies some rules, which carry any punishment for failure to obey. Torquemama007 (talk) 18:15, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * [citation needed]. Fences  &amp;  Windows  06:21, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I added discussion on the problem in Islam. Couldn't find anything on Judaism, maybe its not an issue there? Either way it can surely be framed as a general philosophical problem wherever there is a claimed revelation with rules bearing punishment, and it some can be shown to have never learned of the rules. Torquemama007 (talk) 15:50, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Judaism doesn't do much as far as an afterlife goes. It focuses on the here and now, and leaves a lot of room for interpretation. There are indications of a soul that would live with God and/or loved ones, and that a wicked person might not be reunited with their loved ones. Resurrection of the dead with the coming of the messiah would not occur for the wicked and in fact, there are some readings that would indicate that the "afterlife" and the world of the messiah are the same; that is, there is no afterlife in the sense of a heaven, but that eventually you would be bodily resurrected and live forever in the messiah's kingdom. The closest thing to a concept of hell is Sheol, which is actually the destination of the flesh of both the righteous and the unrighteous; it's more of a netherworld than a place of punishment. Bad translations have called it hell.
 * Basically though, Judaism is usually interpreted as a select religion; the desired goal is *not* to have everyone become a Jew. The fate of non-Jews isn't really addressed, though I believe the assumption is that being righteous or wicked is far more important than which religion you profess. &mdash;ShadowRanger (talk 18:10, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It'd be great to put this in the article. Obviously it would need sources too. Torquemama007 (talk) 18:30, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Merge
'-._ will be discussed at Talk:Fate of the unlearned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.27.111.132 (talk) 18:20, 19 April 2010 (UTC)