Quote Originally Posted by total relism View Post
I think you have the wrong thread my friend. I was responding to a claim that "hell" did not arise in the OT or even at the time of Jesus but was claimed to be invented by the church long after as they stole it from Norse religion rather than from the teachings of jesus or from manuscripts from of the bible. As to its author


For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 peter 1.21

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God
2 Timothy 3:16


I would suggest this kind of authorship has relevance to all people everywhere. How do we know its trueley gods word? that good sir is for another thread. However the topic of this thread, is actually What of Those That Have Never Heard of Christianity, if you have anything to add on comment on this thread, I would love to hear it.
My point is that, at the time of the two above philosophers, there were debates about how to bring about better government, and how best to make war. Practical things with visible effects and corroborable qualifications. Since this was before Jesus, of course they've never heard of Jesus. Does this make their concerns unworthy or irrelevant? To these people, the provable expertise of advisers like Sun Zi and Kong Zi was important, as their welfare depended on this. What are the provenances of the sources you quote? Sun Zi famously trained a corps of concubines before he was allowed near real soldiers. Kong Zi had a network of outstanding administrators who had trained under him, spreading his reputation throughout the kingdoms. What qualifications did your sources have? What's to stop someone like you from setting up as a quotable holy man? How would anyone know the difference between them and you?