the doctrine of original sin stephen a creps writes to all sac also we know that sac the bible says that everyone must be baptized to enter heaven where exactly does it say that sac everyone includes infants unless there is other scripture to the sac contrary i e an exception since there is no exception listed in the sac bible we must assume to be on the safe side that the bible means what sac it says that everyone must be baptized to enter heaven i think we do see an exception in the case of cornelius and his household mentioned in acts of course they were baptised but only after god showed that he accepted them by giving them the holy spirit this means they were already acceptable to god before their baptism and had they suddenly died they would have gone to heaven in case that seems far fetched an ancestor of mine was a missionary who worked among the hereros in namibia some of the tribesmen were jealous of christianity and they poisoned the first convert before he could be baptised surely he still went to heaven i m inclined to agree with a comment recorded at the time it is not the neglect of baptism but its contempt that condemns mike internet mike hahn p f n z fidonet org via the catalyst bbs in port elizabeth south africa catpe alt za v bis hst
