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~ Lacy

I think that so many people think babies are sinful because they haven’t really thought about the proposition–and what it says about God–for themselves; they just listen to what people tell them to think.

Infants have no decision-making capacity; they are not moral actors and cannot possibly commit an immoral act (or a moral act). It’s not possible for them to have committed a sin. To say they’re guilty of anything is as silly as having the cops show up in the delivery room to met your new infant with a ticket for speeding or a toddler being indicted by the Hague for committing war crimes.

Since you bring up the topic of the salvific status of the unborn, consider this: due to purely natural processes, only 40% of fertilized eggs result in a live birth (this is excluding all abortions). So if all fertilized eggs are persons for purposes of salvation it would imply that, at a bare minimum, 60% of heaven’s denizens will be people who were never even born. If, that is, one considers personhood to be gained at the moment of fertlization. Things are less worse if you push that back to when the egg implants in the uterus, but it still produces odd results.

I enjoy the backgrounds you’ve made.

However, I do know that I will trust in the goodness of the Will of God.

But you have not mentioned baptism at all. I do believe it is related to this issue.

They don’t sin because Adam sinned. You need to read Ezekiel 18:18-22. Blaming sin upon one’s nature and not upon one’s will, takes away all personal responsibility for sin and says God made you a sinner. That’s blasphemy!

God said to Jeremiah, “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5 KJV)

Of John the Baptist the Bible says, “For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.” (Luke 1:15 KJV)

The only thing mankind inhereted from Adam was “Physical Death.” “So death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”(Romans 5:12 KJV) Notice the only thing passed upon “all” men was “DEATH.”

Sin is a criminal act against God. It Simply CANNOT be proven ANYWHERE in Scripture that human nature can be handed down, imputed or inherited as though sin was lodged in our flesh like some kind of disease.

The doctrine of total depravity is a lie from Satan. Sure, Satan wants you to believe that “God made you this way,” so you will not turn from your sin, because you think you can’t do anything BUT SIN!

Homosexual, drunks, adulterers, thieves and murderers have used this excuse throughout history also.

Christians are called to perfection (Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:48 KJV) and if total depravity were true, this would be impossible!

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. (1 Corinthians 15:34 KJV) How can we be commanded to “sin not” if we don’t have the ability to obey??

The early Christians and Anabaptists knew infants were innocent. Why do you think all the protests went on about infant baptisms against the Catholics?? Baptisms weren’t necessary as infants couldn’t choose to do good or evil. Sin is all about “choice” not physical makeup. Just ask Satan! He didn’t have Adam’s nature and he still sinned!

1.In your argument you stated that since we strive to be like Jesus, we are born perfect as well. But you and I were created by a man and a woman. Jesus was conceived of a virgin. That alone tells us that we can not even begin to be like Him. And are we to be crucified with Him? We were crucified in Him. But that does not tell us that we were perfect like him. I don’t think that your argument here was valid. Are we born perfect and holy as our Savior? Because if we are, what sets him apart from us? What exactly makes Him holy and above us if we are as perfect as Him?

2.The Bible states that“ but all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” You refuted this verse by telling us it says HAVE sinned, so that means you have committed some foul deed, so that deed labels you a sinner. I think we need to focus on the word ALL. When Jesus tells us ALL have sinned, He does not mean “ all (Not including the people that have not been born yet, of course. Because they didn’t do anything wrong!) have sinned” So does all really mean all?

I am guessing that you have never read the Doctrine of Total Depravity, and if you have the time and inclination, please check it out on LazarusUnbound.com. My father is Michael Bunker and wrote this article on the subject. I am asking you as a friend to reconsider your understanding of this topic.

Thank you.
Tracy Bunker

There is no lack of a common definition for sin, as 1 John 3:4 plainly gives us the definition of sin. Sin is the transgression of the law, not being contrary to God’s nature. Let’s keep it simple. If babies have not transgressed the law, have not sinned, then therefore they cannot be born sinners.

~ Lacy