03-19-2006, 06:43 PM
Peace.....
The idea that if a child dies without being baptized it goes to hell is a Catholic teaching, not a christian one. The Bible teaches that children are not held accountable because they have not learned good from evil. I have read that muslims are very careful not to forbid what Allah has not forbidden, Christians are the same. No where in the Bible does it state abortion is wrong even if the mother's life is threatened. However you have some people in positions of authority, (the Pope for the catholics for instance) who come up with rulings that are based on their own opinions and not on any type of Biblical scholarship.
I hope I'm not too far off topic but just wanted to clarify teachings that come from the catholic church as opposed to those that are Biblically based.
Shamms