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What about non-Christians?

One of the more common questions about Christianity, is how can God judge those who never heard his Word?

Until the late Twentieth century, every code of ethics, moral code, set of religious “Though Shalt Not” and “Thou Shalts” had the following factors in common:

* Do not tell untruths to those within the group;
* Do not harm those within the group:
* Do not take anything without permission, from those within the group;
* Do not have sex with anybody other than your spouse;
* Treat strangers with respect, honour, and dignity;

The usual provision for making right that which one unintentionally did wrong to another, was restitution.  

For intentional wrong doing, codes of ethics, morality, commandments, and the like, have not offered the opportunity of either redemption, nor forgiveness. Nonethess. actions which indicate true remorse at what one has done, over and above full and complete restitution, have been viewed as a starting point. 

As such, simply judging the individual on the basis of their adherence to their own code of ethics, will condemn them.

In the Twenty-first century, the predominate code of ethics, morality, and justice became:
“There is no such thing as immoral behaviour.
There is no such thing as unethical behaviour.”

As such, there is no objection for God to condemn adherents of that position to hell, becuase their own code of ethics states that doing so is ethical, moral, and consequently, just.