Reply #120: Perhaps this passage will be of some assistance

[Zebedeo]

"That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Luke 12:47-48.

Those who had ample opportunity to accept the Lord - including virtually all Americans and members of Western civilization - reject Him at their peril. On the other hand, those who had no reasonable opportunity to accept Him seem to be granted a measure of leniency.