re the doctrine of original sin in article may athos rutgers edu eugene bigelow ebay sun com geno writes nothing unclean shall enter heaven rev therefore babies are born in such a state that should they die they are cuf off from god and put in hell which is exactly the doctrine of st augustine and st thomas i haven t read this entire thread but if someone hasn t tossed this out yet then here it is samuel rsv then his servants said to him what is this thing that you have done you fasted and wept for the child while it was alive but when the child died you arose and ate food he david said while the child was still alive i fasted and wept for i said who knows whether the lord will be gracious to me that the child may live but now he is dead why should i fast can i bring him back again i shall go to him but he will not return to me anyhow many interpret this to mean that the child has gone to heaven where david will someday go i don t claim to know for sure if this applies to all babies or not but even if it s just this one what would you say to this jeff adams
