Have you met anyone over 6 who has never heard of Jesus?

Another thread brought this question to my mind. Have you ever met anyone over the age of six who had never even heard about Jesus?

I don't mean the people who heard the false information about him, or people who were taught lies about him. Have you ever met anyone other than a small child who told you they have NEVER heard of Jesus?

 

Patrick,

Please give me some examples or more details.

Where did you meet people who had never heard of Jesus Christ? How do you know they never heard anything about Him? What was their general age?

Even Muslims I meet from Saudie Arabia have heard of Him.

 

Please forgive me for being skeptical, but how can anyone living in the USA honestly say they never heard of Christ?

Christmas, even in this secular age, refers to Christ. If not via programs that actually refer to Him, then via programs that talk about kids from other faiths objecting to hearing about Him.

News programs refer to issues about His worship.
Book stores are full of books and bibles about His life.
Churches bearing His name are everywhere.
People have WWJD braceletts, t-shirts proclaiming His name.
There are evangelists on TV and on the radio.

To say "I never heard of him," in the USA is either a lie or the person is living in a media blackout.

NOW - to say, "I didn't listen," or "I didn't know how to come to Him," or "I didn't understand the message," or "No one explained it to me in detail," is one thing - but tell me how anyone in this country lived 11 years without hearing His name?

And if the 11 year old was being 100% honest, the Christians of Washington need to be ashamed to show their faces.

 

I had a Jewish friend tell me they had never heard of Jesus.

So I said, "Never? What did you think Christmas was?"
They said, "Well, yeah, I heard that stuff about the virgin birth, the cross, but you know that's not right."
I said, "Actually, let's talk about how right that is."

They've heard. They just don't listen.

 

Marcia,

Notice it uses clarifying statments like "hear or RESPOND" or "no church" or "no missionary." Odds are, the message WAS in the area. They didn't listen.

 

Just in case anyone misunderstands - I am not saying that there is not a huge need for missions. There definately is.

I just think the theories that "some people will go to hell because the message was never available for them," is ignoring the power of Almighty God.

 

Servent -

Well, thank you for your forgiveness of my skeptism, but it isn't directed at you, it is directed at the boy.

Note my last paragraph in that quote though.

If there is a boy that is that old who has NOT heard of Christ - and he lives in the United States, every single Christian in the area should be ashamed.