Jesus No Longer the Only Way?

I don't believe inclusivists would say that unreached groups have a better chance of going to heaven if they didn't hear about Christ from a missionary. They would say the opposite. Your logical conclusion about what inclusivists believe is incorrect.

The belief that Christ MAY extend grace to those who didn't have a chance to be a Christian is not equivalent to the belief that Christ WILL extend grace to those didn't have a change to be a Christian.

As well, inclusivism extends beyond those who have never had a chance to hear about Christianity but also includes those who had a chance but may have rejected it. Some possible reasons might be the association of Christianity with Western/white culture and a rejection of that.

A rejection of Christianity is not equivalent to a rejection of Christ.

 

You may be referencing this part of the Catechism.

 

The inclusivist position has no disagreement with Acts 4:12.

 

So a Hindu who does not know the name of Christ can go to heaven?

Are you interpreting "name" here to be "authority" of Christ? </font>[/QUOTE]

The phrase "know the name of Christ" is not in this verse. You interpreted that.

Inclusivists would agree that there is no other name under heaven except Christ by which we must be saved.

 

Yes. God hates the worship of false gods.

What seems like a logical and rational extrapolation to you and I may or may not be true.

 

Rom. 1:18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
19. because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.
20. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
21. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22. Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23. and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
25. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. (NASB, 1995, my emphasis)