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Old 05-06-2008, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Zenas View Post
I think it's a step too far for us to say that believer's child who dies in infancy is elect, unquestionably. If this is true, we should all kill our children as soon as they shoot out of the womb.
I'm not for granting false certainties, however this is nothing but a non sequiter. Should we do this, assuming it were true, we would send them all to heaven at the expense of our own souls--a horrific trade.
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