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Whose rule is that, who "deemed" that? If that's a general Christian rule, why are Children baptized and/or sent to Bible school?
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Well, I could say that god deemed that, which might get complicated, or I could just say that is what it says in the bible. Either one is true.
I would not say that it is a general christian rule, beccause there are so many different branches. Many catholics believe in baptisement, where as the non-denominational christian like me, don't. Children go to bible school so that they can learn about God, and so that it will be easier for them to make the right decisions later on in life.
As I just said, Maryjane, (though I don't know how you found such interesting and untrue rules), different braches of christianity believe different things. So your canons may have different rules than us non-denominiationals.
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You know, this makes no sense. Doesn't god have the power to send them to heaven in the first place? Aren't all lives and deaths already written in his book? Is this like some weird kind of insurance policy? The benefit being to comfort the living if and when a child dies? Isn't god the one taking that life in the first place?
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Also, God does have the power to send them to heaven, but that would be denying us our free will. No, it's not some insurance policy, its because they aren't mature enough to make their own decisions. All life's and death's are written in his book, as you say, but we have the freedom to change our future, and even if he knows what we will do, he will not make us do anything, so we have free will.