It should be said that many evangelical Christians find the hard-line position difficult to accept; they allow exceptions. They speak of an “age of accountability” for children, before which, if they die, they are received into heaven. They say that mentally handicapped people will be judged based upon what they can understand of the grace of God. Some are willing to say the same of persons who have never heard the name of Christ. These persons will be judged based upon how they respond to God’s grace as they are able to know and understand it.
