Isn't the fact that access to the gospel was not even nearly universalized enough proof that God doesn't particularly...

Isn't the fact that access to the gospel was not even nearly universalized enough proof that God doesn't particularly care about any of us?

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But the gospel IS almost completely universalized.

the inherent unfairness in access to the gospel is a good argument against certain models of salvation, particularly membership of a certain organization.

However, I don't see why this is evidence that "god doesn't care about us." Different people's have different destinies. This is clear with the distinction of the jews in the old testament.

Jesus seems to praise people in the new testament who are members of different cultures, like samaritans. He typically focuses on their humility, honesty, or genuine attempt to do what's right.
I think these are universal principles of christianity that are accessible to all.

Maybe now but what about all the fucking Vikings and yanomami that might have wanted to know the way the truth and the life. Face it, before someone is even allowed to choose Christ, they have to win some crapshoot lottery first. Oh but I suppose it's much more important for God to hide himself than for particular people to be saved.

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Don't make the mistake of making a systematic model for salvation. Think about how organic life and human beings are. Wouldn't this extend to how God works? Why would spirituality be some abstract rigid system?

Maybe because we are actually cut off from The Platonic good and left to the complete disposal of some maniac? What kind of caveman can only concieve of one deity?

Is sending one (and only one) son in ancient Palestine (a backwater province of the Roman Empire) the best way an omnipotent God could think of to redeem mankind?

And why was there a time skip? Adam sinned long ago, but God remembered about solving original sin only around the time of the Roman Empire. Why did he skip over such a long period of time? The people who lived between the time of Adam and that of Jesus had no chance at salvation, except possibly those who were lucky enough to be born Jewish. This is the inconsistency of turning a tribal god (the god of the Jews) into a universal God (the God of the Christians).

Also, a classic justification for the coming of Jesus during Roman times is that the providential mission of Rome was to unite the "world" in preparation of the coming of the Son of God. This is a vision of the "world" centered around the Mediterranean Sea; what about Japan? What about the Americas? Rome never "united" shit besides the lands on the Mediterranean coasts and portions of northern Europe and the Middle East. The "world" the Christians spoke of was a small thing.

I think you misunderstood me. I'm not saying God has to be this way or that. I'm just saying it would be a mistake to think of God in a simplistic way, given how complicated nature itself is. eg. saved/not saved is a binary function of whether you read the new testament and said you accept jesus.

Romans 1:
19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

This just proves he's an asshole. Also much of Romans speaks of the condition of inherited original sin and the necessity of knowing Christ. Since I always post these verses, I will refrain from it this time.