Originally posted by Andy T.:
One man grows up in church all his life, because his parents are Christians. He goes every Sunday and hears the Gospel presented almost every week. His parents and family also plead with him to be saved all the time. Eventually, after years and years of hearing the message, he repents and believes on Christ.
Another man is raised by atheist parents. Therefore, he never darkens the door of church. His only exposure to the "Gospel" is through the occasional street preacher and a few TV preachers that he has flipped by while watching TV. He eventually dies in his sins without believing on Christ.
Did both men get an "equal opportunity" to be saved? How fair is that?
That's because your 'limited" knowledge doesn't know how the "TRUTH" is manifestd to "ALL MEN".
Ro 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because
that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Ro 1:21 Because that,
when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful;
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
The problem with Cavin is that it attempts to explain scripture within the limitation of the carnal mind, just as the question you ask,
But God's laws are not just written in the bible, they're also written in "mens's heart", man knows "good from evil" without ever having heard the "gospel".
Ge 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:
If Noah possessed the "knowledge" to be "righteous" enough to be saved, so could the world that was destroyed, and so it will at the end of time.
