Page "Christianity and Judaism" Paragraph 84

Many Orthodox theologians believe that all people will have an opportunity to embrace union with God, including Jesus, after their death, and so become part of the Church at that time.

God is thought to be good, just, and merciful ; it would not seem just to condemn someone because they never heard the Gospel message, or were taught a distorted version of the Gospel by heretics.

Therefore, the reasoning goes, they must at some point have an opportunity to make a genuine informed decision.

Ultimately, those who persist in rejecting God condemn themselves, by cutting themselves off from the ultimate source of all Life, and from the God who is Love embodied.

Jews, Muslims, and members of other faiths, then, are expected to convert to Christianity in the afterlife.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also holds this belief, and holds baptismal services in which righteous people are baptized in behalf of their ancestors who, it is believed, are given the opportunity to accept the ordinance.