How come unbaptized babies that die must spend eternity in Limbo and are not allowed into heaven?

Question

This is a Biblical FACT. Check it out yourself before you 12 year old losers answer.
Why is God and Jesus so mean? They are like Nazis.

Answer 1

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

As regards children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus’ tenderness toward children which caused him to say: “Let the children come to me, do not hinder them” (Mk. 10:14), allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism. All the more urgent is the Church’s call not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift of holy Baptism (original emphasis).

Answer 2

i've read in one of time magazine's articles that the subject of limbo is being debated and re-analyzed. anyway, a definition from wikipedia is available below:

Limbo

According to some Roman Catholics, limbo is the temporary status of the souls of good persons who died before the resurrection of Jesus (the Limbo of the Fathers), and the permanent status of the unbaptized who die in infancy, without having committed any personal sins, but without having been freed from original sin (the Limbo of Children).

Limbo comes from the latin limbus meaning a hem or an edge or a boundary. While "limbo" is often popularly understood to be a "place where souls go", the term also describes and reflects theological uncertainty. As such, the limbo of children is not part of the Catholic religion's official doctrine (compared to purgatory, which is a part of Roman Catholic doctrine). Official Church teaching remains that the status of these souls (who don't seem to deserve hell, yet cannot follow the divinely-revealed path to heaven) is in limbo — in other words, their fate cannot be determined by any but God.

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there's more to what i have pasted in this post, for further clarification, kindly read the source.

my interpretation of it would be that limbo is a heaven for babies. the catholic dogma says that babies are already smudged by original sin--the sin of adam and eve and thus cannot enter heaven, but then again, those poor babies did nothing bad yet, so to be fair, the catholic church created the notion of limbo.

anyway, limbo is not widely believed by catholics, and their cathecism has already changed their views on this and trusts that God will show mercy to unbaptized and unborn babies.

Answer 3

Let me ask you where in the Bible it say this? The only way that you can get into heaven is by believing in your heart and confess with your mouth that JESUS is Lord. Since we do know that babies can not do this, there is a learning curve. With that they need to be about 4 years of age to start to do this now it is different for each person.

Answer 4

Simple. The Christian God is an a$$hole. All anyone has to do is check out the Bible to see this. Everyone is following a big jacka$$ with the emotional maturity of a five-year-old.

Answer 5

This is not a biblical fact! Your very much mistaken.

The Bible says "Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.

The Bible does not speak of Christening!

Hannah dedicated her child to the Lord, as many parents do, but that does not make a child a Christian. If a child dies then he/she goes to be with the Lord.

Answer 6

Nowhere interior the bible does it say slightly one is going to limbo in the event that they do no longer look to be baptized. in actuality pope John Paul II for the duration of his time interior the Vatican had handed an edict conserving that limbo does no longer exist. that there is only a heaven and hell. So there you have it. Catholics inventing and de-inventing the afterlife. there is not any paradise, no limbo only heaven and hell.

Answer 7

No, it is NOT Biblical fact. There is no verse in the Bible, ANYWHERE, that deals with unbaptised babies, or the remote concept of Limbo (let alone one that actually *mentions* Limbo). And, to compound matters, if you promote it as fact, please give a book, chapter, and verse reference. Can't find one? Maybe 'cuz it's not in there?

Instead, the Bible preaches this:
"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 19:14

"And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 18:2-4

Those who are like children... in their humility, in their eagerness... those are the ones who will be called great in Heaven. So, by direct line of thinking... is not a baby, still considered a child? Yes, and more innocent than many of today's children. So, then, if the kingdom of Heaven belongs to those like children, and it is safe to assume that "children are like children", we can assume it also belongs to children as well, including those who have not verbally given their life to Christ, and even moreso, those who *cannot* do so as well, for the sake of their extreme youth.

Answer 8

What Bible are you reading? In the roman catholic religion, we have the Holy Innocents, all the infants who were killed in Herod's efforts to locate and kill the Baby Jesus. These innocent babies are considered martyrs, and were sent express mail to Heaven, as it were. No one is going to find them in "Limbo".

Answer 9

lol - wake up!!

nothing in the bible is a fact.

the reason this was put into the bible was to scare parents into baptizing their child, so that ultimately the church would have more followers, and therefore more money.

Answer 10

A literal interpretation is the foundation for ignorance.

God inspired timeless literature, but it is up to us to interpret it properly.