05-18-2008, 12:54 PM
BaseballMan Wrote:"What about babies and young children who never reach the ability to make this individual choice? The “age of accountability” is a concept that teaches those who die before reaching the “age of accountability” are automatically saved, by God’s grace and mercy. The “age of accountability” is a belief that God saves all those who die before reaching the ability to make a decision for or against Christ. Thirteen is the most common number given for the age of accountability based on the Jewish custom that a child becomes an adult at the age of 13. However, the Bible gives no direct support to the age of 13 always being the age of accountability. It likely varies from child to child. A child has passed the age of accountability once he or she is capable of making a faith decision for or against Christ."
~ http://www.gotquestions.org/age-of-accountability.html
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Even true christians still describe feelings that God is not near. However, He tells us He is always near, but it is us who at times wander away, and therefore feel like we're light years from God. If God just pulled us out of trouble all the time, then we'd never build true character, and christians would never discover the wonderfulness of the Father and how living by His will is so amazing.
What about the 13 year old girl from Outter Mongolia that dies in an earthquake and has never heard of Jesus Christ?
Is her soul dammed to **** for all of eternity through no fault of her own?
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Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-16-2008, 03:38 PM
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Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-17-2008, 03:01 AM
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Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-18-2008, 12:01 AM
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Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by thecavemaster - 05-18-2008, 06:09 AM
Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-18-2008, 11:32 AM
Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by DevilsWin - 05-18-2008, 12:54 PM
Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-18-2008, 07:11 PM
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Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-18-2008, 10:57 PM
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Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-19-2008, 01:02 PM
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Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-19-2008, 01:55 PM
Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by DevilsWin - 05-19-2008, 02:48 PM
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Atheism: An Irrational Worldview - by BaseballMan - 05-20-2008, 01:09 AM
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