From: Eugene.Bigelow@ebay.sun.com (Geno ) Subject: Re: The doctrine of Original Sin Reply-To: Eugene.Bigelow@ebay.sun.com Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 14 [4) "Nothing unclean shall enter [heaven]" (Rev. 21.27). Therefore, babies are born in such a state that should they die, they are cuf off from God and put in hell, which is exactly the doctrine of St. Augustine and St. Thomas. Of coures, having only original sins on thier souls, they suffer the lightest punishment, the loss of the vision oand presence of God, but that does not change the undeniable fact that they cannot possibly come to a forgivenss of original sin, nor can they inherit eternal life. "That," as St. Augustine said, "Is what the Pelagian heretics taught." Which is why he said later, "If you want to be a Christian, do not teach that unbaptized infants can come to a forgivenss of original sin."] Doesn't the Bible say that God is a fair god? If this is true, how can this possibly be fair to the infants?