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I think the problem with the "all innocent babies and children go to heaven" is that people tend to look at babies and children who die as eternally being babies or children. Actually, it's only the physical body that goes through "ages;" the spirit simply "is" - it doesn't change. So, a person who dies - regardless of age - has a spirit that is at the peak of perfection and ageless. There aren't "baby" spirits or "child" spirits.

Nowhere in the Bible have I ever read of a so-called "age of accountability;" the only place I ever heard that so-called "doctrine" from was the RCC - the same place that gave us the "doctrines" of Papal infallability and the Assumption. {eye-rolling smiley}

To say ALL babies who die go to Heaven presents some problems:

Would Saddam or Hitler, for example, have gone to Heaven if they had died as infants? Or someone who would have grown up to become an unrepentant murderer or pediophile? I don't think so! As Psalm 58:3 says, "The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies."

What about free will? God values our free will so much, that He gives us the CHOICE to reject Him, and then spend eternity in hell if that's what we prefer - even though our doing so would break His heart. To say a baby or child who dies before a certain age will automatically go to Heaven is stripping him of his free will, and I don't believe God can/would do that. [...]

If ALL babies who died got a free ticket to Heaven, that would make abortion a great blessing, instead of the curse that it is! Just think - a way to GUARANTEE your child will go to Heaven, whether he chooses to accept the Lord or not! Why take chances?

So, what's the answer? From a Biblical point, "Will not the Lord God do what is right?" I guess it's just a matter of trusting Him and His perfect justice.

The best explanation I ever heard was along these lines: God is able to look into the future and see what would have been had the child not died; He knows if that child would have chosen or rejected Him, and will base His judgement on that. It's not "predestination" in a Calvinist sense; it's foreknowledge. To me, that's the only kind of thinking that makes sense.

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