where would the baby go......???????

Question

lets say that a chirstian woman gave birth to a baby with extreme deformities. after being alive for a few days, the baby dies, unbaptized. where would this baby go- heaven or hell??
i am sure that God, being a loving God, would not condemn the innocent child to hell (it isnt the baby's fault adam sinned)
but anyway, what is your take on this?

and the baby would not be able to know Jesus yet because it is too young, so it really doesnt have faith in him, technically.

Answer 1

It may be true that the baby is under the sanctification of it's mother, but also, the baby is not of an age of accountability. Because he/she doesn't know what it is to sin, thus they can not commit it.

My belief is that these children are special spirits of God that were so righteous in heaven, that they needn't be tested here on this earth. But, they were still given the opportunity to have a body.

Answer 2

Well, in my faith, it's okay to baptize babies, so the fact that the baby was born alive would pretty much guarantee a baptism -- it only takes a few seconds, really, and in an emergency, any believer can do it, even without clergy around.

But even if there was no time, not even those few seconds, then yes, I agree that God would never condemn an innocent child to hell for something beyond that child's ability to control.

Still, I find it wholly Biblical that we baptize infants. You see, the Bible doesn't set any age limits on baptism. The Bible says that "whole households" were baptized. In the absence of artificial birth control, one must assume that most households had a baby among them, as well as small children who might not understand the concept of Jesus dying for our sins, but all were baptized.

As far as a newborn not being "old enough" to know Jesus, I have to disagree with you there. All of my children knew me from the moment they were born. They calmed down better when I held them, for example. They knew my voice, and they all studied my face as if, "Now that I can see, I want to know your face."

This is, of course, because I'm their mother -- they were with me for the entire time they were in the womb. But the Bible also says that God is with them -- "You knit me together in my mother's womb," the Psalm says. So if my babies were not too young to know me, then they certainly were not too young to know God, Who communicates better with those of us who do not have the usual consciousness than either you or I can.

Answer 3

Who knows? We don't even know that there is an afterlife, let alone the specific, Christian metaverse of Heaven and Hell. And even if we assume H&H exist, every sect is going to come down on this question slightly differently, depending upon their views on baptism, original sin, and human nature; and we really have nothing to go on when trying to determine who might be correct. I guess you're gonna have to wait until after you're dead, and ask whoever seems to be in charge.

Answer 4

The baby is not old enough to know right from wrong and therefore unable to commit sin. The baby goes to heaven. Some people believe that when we are born we automatically inherit spiritual death through Adam. I don't believe this. I believe we become sinners once we are old enough to understand right from wrong and then make a wrong choice.

Answer 5

all this catholic nonsense of unbaptized babies going to hell really p***es me off. No where has God said this in the Bible...this is a made up doctrine designed to scare people into following the "Church".

I don't know how anyone can take seriously a religion that is constantly adding to and taking away from what God says...oh, I forgot...the catholics don't take the Bible seriously. Their pope has abolished limbo, which is supposedly where little unbaptised babies went when they died. I guess the Pope has a direct line to the mind of God and God is always changing his mind.....SHEESH.

Answer 6

We don't really know because the bible doesn't say, but a just and loving God, it just seems, their little spirits would go to him...

I agree with CJ. up to a point, but what about an unsaved Mother's children?

I still say we can't clearly say we know.....what happens to children born, say, into an atheist's home. This much we know....a lot of those children come out of that ungodly family and get saved..so it would only be speculation on my part.

I don't know!

Answer 7

The baby would go to heaven. God is loving and would be fully aware of the situation. People just need to give him more credit.

Answer 8

If I may be allowed to copy one of my previous answers:

Well, even the latest document on the subject--viz. the International Theological Commission Document "The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptized" (the one that everyone said "got rid" of Limbo)--admits that Limbo is still a valid theological hypothesis. You can read the document here: http://www.lumengentleman.com/pdf/itc_do...

I basically takes 41 pages to say, "We don't know what happens", but that it is permissible to hope that God saves infants without water baptism in some way He has not revealed to us. Me? I think God gives them the ability to reason, and choose for or against Him, in such a way that they do truly have to make a thoughtful decision--and that some choose to serve and love themselves, and are thus consigned to Hell, and some choose to serve and love God, and are thus justified by God, and enter into Heaven.

Answer 9

The baby goes to heaven because the Bible says that the baby is under the mother's sanctification, since you said the mother is a believer.

Baptism is not required for salvation. Only faith in Jesus is required for salvation.

Answer 10

Infant baptism is NOT BIBLICAL....

Romans 6:3 "All of us were BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS. Don’t you know that we were BAPTIZED INTO his death?"

Galatians 3:26 You are all children of God by believing in Christ Jesus. 27 All of you who were BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST have put on Christ as if he were your clothes.

1Peter 3:21 The water of the flood is a picture of the baptism that now saves you also. The baptism I’m talking about has nothing to do with removing dirt from your body. Instead, it promises God that you will keep a clear sense of what is right and wrong. Jesus Christ has saved you by rising from the dead.

Acts2:37 When the people heard this, their hearts were filled with shame. They said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”
38 Peter replied, “All of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then your sins will be forgiven. You will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children. It is also for all who are far away. It is for all whom the Lord our God will choose.”
40 Peter said many other things to warn them. He begged them, “Save yourselves from these evil people.” 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized. About 3,000 people joined the believers that day.

Baptism is said to be so that "your sins will be forgiven."

Ezekiel 18:19 “But you still ask, ‘Is the son guilty along with his father?’ No! The son did what was fair and right. He was careful to keep all of my rules. So you can be sure he will live. 20 People will die because of their own sins. The son will not be guilty because of what his father did. And the father will not be guilty because of what his son did. The right things a godly person does will be added to his account. The wrong things a sinful person does will be charged against him.

Children are NOT charged with the sins of their ancestors.