Does an aborted baby

[endofdays]

or a small child that dies, that would have grown up to reject Jesus go to heaven? If it does go to heaven and if free will exists in heaven, wouldn't the baby just go ahead and reject Jesus in heaven?

In my early twenties I knocked up a gal and she just went and got an abortion and I was like whatever, we never even spoke of it. She just peered into my eyes with a cold murderous, questioning, fearful look and I blankly stared back because at the time I didn't believe in the afterlife and I didn't want some little brat getting in the way sucking up all my precious resources. I used to believe that all babies and aborted fetus' went to heaven no matter what but the more I read the bible, the more I can envision and fantasize about God burning babies in hell that would have grown up to reject him. I've since wondered now that I am saved if my kid is in hell right now writhing in the worst agony imaginable and if I should be happy since if it truly is there then it obviously deserves it for all of eternity.

Then I wondered if God wants babies to burn, maybe the smell is more pleasant to his nostrils than old flesh. Kinda like veil versus stringy aged beef.

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Does an aborted baby

A wonderful question! As with all questions, the answer can be found in the pages of the Holy Bible, God's Love Letter to His Children (John 1:12; Romans 8:14-16).

He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:18

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mark 16:16

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest,
but to them that believed not?
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Hebrews 3:18-19

[Jedediah]

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My sister grappled with similar issues after her miscarriage. Here is my response to her, as a Christian.

Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Basically, either you accept Jesus Christ as your personal LORD and Savior, or you go to hell for all eternity. Dead babies fall into the latter category.

[endofdays]

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What is the age of accountability specified as? Does this mean to imply there could be a point in time where one week an individual isn't accountable for anything and the next week he/she is? So if you happen to 'die' during the first week, there's one set of standards applied to you, but if you happen to 'die' a week later, a different set of standards? Does this seem uniform and sensible in a Universe where everything has a definitive order/structure/design? How much difference can you actually discern in an individual over the course of a few weeks, or even one year? What about individuals born with reduced intellectual and cognitive capacities? Or individuals who mature at different rates and different ages? Is there one predetermined 'age of accountability' or must a different standard be applied to each unique individual?

[Didymus Much]

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What is the age of accountability specified as?...

It's not. It doesn't exist in the Bible. The Bible says if you die for whatever reason before you accept Christ and are baptized, you go to Hell.

The Catholics and other false Christians will say different, but when asked why will hem and haw and mutter something about "tradition", and so are destined for the same Hell (according to the Bible) as Muslims, atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, pretty much everyone except True Christians(tm).

Hope this helps.

[Jedediah]

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What is the age of accountability specified as?

"Age of accountability"? Can you point us to any Holy Scripture to support this notion, or are you confusing your own deluded sense of morality with Jesus' teachings?

[Mother Of Seven]

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What is the age of accountability specified as?

I think what you mean is the age that a person accepts God into their life and is baptised. Children are too young to make this decision, therefore all small children who die burn in the flames of Hell for eternity. Those false Christians who baptise small babies are clearly defying God's Holy Word, as babies are too young to make a decision to dedicate their lives to the Lord. Generally the age that a child is capable of making such a decision is in their teenage years.
Mark 16:16 is really the definitive aspect of this:

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

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I think what you mean is the age that a person accepts God into their life and is baptised. Children are too young to make this decision, therefore all small children who die burn in the flames of Hell for eternity. Those false Christians who baptise small babies are clearly defying God's Holy Word, as babies are too young to make a decision to dedicate their lives to the Lord. Generally the age that a child is capable of making such a decision is in their teenage years.

Exactly. Believer's baptism is the only Biblically sound form of baptism:

[Acts 8:36-37 KJV] 36 And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

This offer is not available to children too young to have the requisite belief (let alone aborted babies).