RE: Please describe your god's loyalty reward scheme.
November 17, 2017 at 4:34 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2017 at 4:36 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(November 17, 2017 at 4:19 pm)mlmooney89 Wrote: Thank you for that insight from both of you.
(November 17, 2017 at 4:06 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm curious to know, AM, if you have a particular belief on what happens to babies who die before they are born or before they are able to declare faith?
This is a good question. Again I refer to the Left Behind Kids because it put Christianity in a way that I could understand it as a child but it said that anyone who was unable to know God, whether it be due to age or having never been told about him, would get taken to heaven in that time when the apocalypse happens. I do know it was written by one or two people so it doesn't mean everyone believes that so I would be interested in the answer.
I've never heard of the Left Behind Kids. Interesting.
(November 17, 2017 at 4:24 pm)alpha male Wrote:(November 17, 2017 at 4:06 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm curious to know, AM, if you have a particular belief on what happens to babies who die before they are born or before they are able to declare faith?
I subscribe to an age of accountability doctrine, so I'd say they're all saved.
You can make an argument for such up to the age of 20. I doubt it's a specific age so much as a level of maturity. Some mentally disabled people might never reach it. The doctrine can't be stated definitively of course because some unstable people would kill children based on it (a suggestion that atheists make at times).
Got it. Thank you.
Would you say there is also an exception for people who have never heard of Christ? Like indigenous people, etc?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
