Can anyone go to heaven if they have never heard of Jesus?

Answer 1

God knew us from before the foundations of the earth. We were written in the lamb's Book of Life before God ever even created the world. God is omnipotent, Alpha and Omega, He knows the beginning to the end. When Jesus gave his life on the cross for his elect, it was from the beginning to the end. Remember Jesus is Emmanuel, translated as 'God with us'. Because before there was Christ there was still God. They don't go to Christian Heaven. They go to their own heaven (if promised by their own religion) instead.

Answer 2

Some Christians believe that you can not go to heaven if you have never heard of Jesus. Others say that the failure of someone to worship Jesus can not be a rejection of Jesus if he has never heard of Jesus, and therefore the person can go to heaven if he has lived a good life. It is all a matter of faith on the part of Christians themselves.

What Christians can not prove is that heaven even exists. So we can not know for certain that anyone goes to the Christian heaven. It is all a matter of faith.

Answer 3

It depends which religious text you read or whose interpretation you adhere to.

Some religions proclaim you cannot go to their heaven except through their belief system, others disagree.

Not knowing about a religion or religious figure would disbar you in some cases but not in others.

One Biblical thought:

2 Thessalonians 1:8 tells us that, when God brings an end to this 'world' as we know it, there will be a destruction of the wicked, but also of "...those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus"(ESV)

Because God's existence is evident through creation around us (Romans 1:20) and the 'gospel of the Kingdom' is being preached world wide (Matthew 24:14/Matthew 28:19+20), and because we are told that, if we SEEK God, we WILL find him (Acts 17:26+27)(Deuteronomy 4:29)(Isaiah 55:6), there is no excuse for a 'normal' person NOT to know about God if their heart is right. Obviously this would apply to those who are mentally capable of serving God with all of their heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:30/Deuteronomy 6:5) and carrying their 'own load' of responsibilities (Galatians 6:5), and not those who are mentally disabled in some way, and incapable of making an educated choice. In these cases, God knows the heart, and will make the right decision based on love (1 John 4:8) as he knows us better than anyone (Psalm 139:14-16)(1 Samuel 16:7).

Answer 4

Not necessarily. See Romans 2:12-16.