Quote:What about the people who have never heard of God?
Puts me in mind of the joke about the missionary trying to convert the Maori warrior. The missionary rambles on for a good bit, and the Maori thinks for a moment and asks, 'Let me see if I've got this right. I need to believe in Jesus so I can go to Heaven?'
'That's right,' answers the missionary.
'But if I don't believe in Jesus, I'll go to Hell?'
'Exactly.'
'But what if I never even heard of Jesus - would I go to Hell then?'
'Oh, no,' says the missionary. 'The Lord God is merciful. He would forgive you your ignorance and secure a place for you in Heaven, even though you had never, EVER heard of Jesus.'
The Maori grits his teeth, grips his spear a little tighter, and asks, 'Then...why...did...you...tell...me...about...him?'
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
