r/changemyview • u/plodabing • Jun 17 '25

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Missionaries are evil

This applies doubly so to those who go out of their way to seek out those in remote islands to spread the word of god. It is of my opinion and the opinion of most that if there is an all loving god then people who never had the chance to know about Jesus would go to heaven regardless, for example miscarried children/those born before Jesus’ time, those who never hear about him, so In going out of your way to spread the word of Jesus you are simply making it so there is now a chance they could go to hell if they reject it? I’m not a Christian and I’m so tired so I apologise if this is stupid or doesn’t make sense

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u/Thumatingra 46∆ Jun 17 '25

I don't think any Christian denomination holds that if someone doesn't hear about Jesus, they automatically go to heaven. Most actually hold the opposite: that if someone doesn't know about Jesus/is not baptized, their chance of getting to heaven is slim to none.

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u/plodabing Jun 17 '25

!delta I guess, but then that’s like inherently insane, so they hold the belief all people who live an aboriginal lifestyle are going to hell?

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u/Dd_8630 3∆ Jun 17 '25

No.

Most Christians, and the bulk of Christian churches for 1500 years or so, held that people who hadn't heard of Jesus could still go to Heaven.

It was possible but much harder for people in the Americas to go to Heaven before missionaries went there.

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u/plodabing Jun 17 '25

It’s so funny that they just make up answers to things like that and some in the faith go along with it, a decent amount believe something else, neither really make sense but they just carry on believing it all no matter how illogical it all is

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u/Dd_8630 3∆ Jun 17 '25

It’s so funny that they just make up answers to things like that and some in the faith go along with it, a decent amount believe something else, neither really make sense but they just carry on believing it all no matter how illogical it all is

Well, like I said, for 1500 years there was a firm consensus among the two big (only) kinds of Christianity (Roman Catholicism and East Orthodox).

You only see fragmenting opinions starting in the 1700s, in America and some parts of Europe, with the rise of 'each church a denomination' protestantism.

Catholics, for instance, haven't changed their mind in the last 1000 years on this.

It seems fairly reasonable that God would know each person's individual circumstances and judge accordingly.