All children go to heaven?
Submitted by Forgiven on June 18 2000 18:34:19
In reply to Re: Yes I do... submitted by OSH on June 18 2000 18:03:55
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This sadly is a belief that may be common in other religions (though certainly not Hinduism or Buddhism, where it is meaningless) but is not a Christian belief. In the Roman Catholic tradition, they especially developed a theology of Limbo for unbaptised children. That they did so is a reflection of the fact that it is a statement that is hard to justify biblically. The biblical evidence does not allow a clear conclusion - the phrase in 1 Cor 7 v 14b 'Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy' could be seen to suggest that are deemed unclean before God. But as far as I am aware the truth is that we do not know. I look forward to being corrected...... |
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