Will *everyone* hear? (was Re: Death Penalty)

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Dear All,

I don't want to get heavily wrapped up in this discussion, but
this discussion seems to have taken a recent tangent I have a comment 
for.  

With regard to the question of whether or not *everyone* in the entire 
world will have heard the gospel before the rapture --AND-- if not, 
what will God's judgement be?

I have to ask, what of the indiginous peoples and tribes that are so 
isolated that explorers have only just discovered them this year?  
(There are some, I recently saw a report in Reader's Digest about one 
such tribe.)  How on Earth could these people, who have never even 
seen ten miles from their home possibly know about God or the Gospel? 
 

As missionaries can tell, it is extremely difficult to communicate the 
Gospel to these people as they cannot comprehend the concept of even a 
single God, let alone Acts 2:38.

My point is, there are hundred's of tribes who haven't even been 
discovered yet, how could they know of Christ?
I think God would be truly cruel if he did not extend mercy to these 
truly ignorant people, but that is just my opinion.


Also, what about profoundly retarded individuals who cannot comprehend 
language in general, how could they be held accountable for their 
salvation?  (I know that some can know the gospel, we have one in my 
church--he is not profoundly retarded, he has Downe's Syndrome.)  

These individuals are as innocent as babes, yet there are some people 
on this list who (without solid Biblical proof as I can see) assume 
that they all will be condemned to Hell because they haven't followed 
Acts 2:38 and that's that.  Don't get me wrong, I do understand the 
difference between knowing-and-rejecting versus never-being-exposed.  

If I am truly and completely off-base, here, please let me know, but I 
don't see God being that cruel to the truly ignorant.

Anneliese