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1 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | Makarios | 108155 | ||
Greetings Searcher! I did see the other thread (Did the babies from Sodom and Gomorrah go to heaven?), and I know that you have posted on this subject before, my friend.. :-) But I completely avoided it for good reason. Scripture simply does not tell us about the babies in Sodom and Gomorrah. I do see your logic in deducing that: A. There must have been babies in Sodom and Gomorrah B. Since there were less than ten righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18:32) and the only people in the entire city that were found righteous was Lot's family, then God exerted punishment on the city. A plus B equals: Therefore, the babies outside of Lot's family must have been evil as well, since judgment came on them. However, I do not agree with this logic. I believe that the presence of babies in Sodom and Gomorrah has to do more with the question of "why do bad things happen to good people?", or "why do tragedies happen to those who are innocent?" Therefore, if we are truly being responsible with Scripture, we cannot truly uphold that the babies in Sodom 'must have been wicked' because they were destroyed along with the city. I believe that this is like saying, "I was in an auto accident because I drive a Ford." No, I do not believe that such an interpretation regarding babies and infants and little children can hold any substance whatsoever when compared against the wisdom of Scripture, my friend. And Isaiah 7:15-16 does not say "reject the right and choose the wrong" simply because it does not! Perhaps you should now argue with God about why He chose to write His Holy Word in that way. But I cannot and will not join in such an absurdity of an argument (no disrepect to you intended). Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | Chochma | 108157 | ||
I must interject here. This is a perfect example of literalism gone mad. The first question is: Was Soddom and Gommorah real? Answer: Maybe Question Two: What happened to Sodom and Gommorah? Answer: Based upon recent Archeologicak evidence. The area which might be the place of these cities show large amounts of sulfor in the sediments. What has been found is small rocks/stom\nes/spheres of rock or stone with sulfur contained under several lasyers. The consideration of a major quake occurring and the high content of sulfurin this region lends us to a reasonable explaination of the Biblical account. The theory states that a quake brought Soddom and Gommorah to crumbles. The intense activity of falling rocks, splitting earth and gasses escaping from the ground would easily ignite these balls of sulfur causing them to soar in the air. From a disteance this phenomena would appear as if fire was raining down onto the cities. An obvious conclusion would bring us to believe that The cities of Sodom and Gommorah were victoms of natural disasters and that, as man has always done, the author of the biblical story blamed it on the gods and in this case the blame was on Jehovah. This brings me to the question at hand regarding babies. Those innocent children were victoms as were their parents of an awful catastrophe of nature. The belief that these babies were wicked and therefore deserved such an awful death is asa insane as declaring 9/11 an act of God. I think God gave us a brain not just a scripture to use in questions such as these. |
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3 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | Makarios | 108159 | ||
Greetings Chochma, If you believe that the Bible is the infallible and Holy Word of God, and if you believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God who was sent to forgive us of our sins, then you will also believe that there was an 'actual' Sodom and Gomorrah, because the Bible tells us so. I think that you are extremely off base with your presuppositions and with your interjection into this topic. Makarios |
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