So is God a jokester or maybe cruel to create a group of his children, plop them in the middle of nowhere left to their own devices, and if no one comes along to introduce the bible and Christianity then essentially doom them from the start irregardless of how well they live their lives?
Another hypothetical. Take for instance a child with DS. One of Gods creations. His parents raise him right. Take him to church. Read him the bible. Teach him the prayers. He can recite them all. But do to his affliction, one of the side effects being reduced mental capacity, even though he can tell you about God can it be proven he is a believer or just reciting what he was taught? Will he go to hell even though he was raised a good Christian because deep down inside the neurons that fire in his brain don't truly connect to make him a true believer although no fault of his own. Would a different DS child be allowed in heaven because his brain was afflicted less?
We are all individuals here on this earth. The countless billions that have lived, currently live and will live on this earth, are all individuals. Our souls(spirits if you will) are what creates our uniqueness. Where did these souls reside before they were sent here to this earth? And where will these souls go when their time here on this earth is complete? I think it is the same place.
The haters can hate. The atheists can deny. The fact remains is that the humans and everything about this world cannot be explained rationally by conventional science. The human body alone with all its systems is a brilliant piece of bio-mechanical engineering designed by someone with god-like intelligence. A god? Perhaps. And this same intelligence is the creator of our intelligences that we call spirits or souls and they must reside somewhere.
We were all sent here to be tested. By nature, there is opposition in all things. Our test is how well we manage our lives and balance the good with the evil. For all things good there are things of an evil nature to test our resolve. Very few men are born evil but the ways of the world and the natural man can and will draw us away from our paths we have chosen.
Those that are born to this earth with mental challenges are special. Not because of the needs they may require to function among us but because of the place their spirits hold in heaven. They are special spirits but they too need to come to this earth to be tested. Their tests are far and away easier than what any others might have to endure but they are tested just the same.