Re: [TruthTalk] Back tot he garden

[Taylor]

Hi Iz,   First off, I want you to know that I think your position is correct in the sense that you have a positive and affirmative answer, which is biblically supported within your theology, to the questions of what happens to deceased infants and why: (1) they go to be with the Lord forever, (2) because they have not sinned. And this is something about which you are rightly confident. That, in my opinion, is far superior to the view which maintains that we can't really know what happens to babies when they die. We can surmise that a good God wouldn't send them to hell, but that is as far as it goes; from a biblical point of view, we can't say anything beyond that.   And so, Izzy, kudos to you. You are tuned into the affirmative "what" and "why" of this issue.   Having said that, I would like to go on to suggest that your view is still somewhat deficient, in that it does not address the questions of how it is that these babies are enabled to receive life eternal, and who it is that makes this possible. I agree with you, and Terry, that they have not sinned personally. Nevertheless, they have died; they are deceased, and something must happen to them in order to "save" them from the sting of that death (which includes not only sinful acts but their nature of sin). What is that something? You have not proven to me that infants need to be saved from their nature of sin.  You have made that conclusion, but have not taken me there with you.   Ah yes, Iz, you are correct. By the way, have you ever heard of a thesis statement, its support coming in the main body of the text? Please write back when you understand the basic principles of writing. Until then, I'll protect the jewels.   <SNIP>   Bill