“Paul was not canonizing ignorance in this passage, he was detonating it with a command to repent and believe, or else!”
(The Dissenter) An article at Patheos came across my radar recently that piqued my interest. It’s peddling the tired old Roman Catholic view of “invincible ignorance”, or the idea that maybe atheists can slip into heaven if they just don’t “know better.” It’s not nuance, it’s nonsense. It’s essentially universalism, and the Scriptures don’t pat ignorance on the head. It brands it rebellion and judgment.
The Bible’s verdict on this so-called “ignorance” is not vague. They do know. We all know. Creation testifies. Conscience accuses. Paul says that although they knew God, they refused to honor Him, and so they are without excuse (Romans 1:21). Ignorance is not innocence. It is rebellion in disguise, suppression of truth clawed down into the chest until the heart hardens.
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