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Do Babies Burn in Hell?
This is an article written by my Grandpa, Frazier Spencer, that I want to share with whoever is interested.
Just a side not::: he has terminal cancer and I know he would appreciate any encouraging responses from these articles if you are interested::: his email address is frazfay@.attcom
“Traditional teachings about an eternal hellfire as the only way for salvation has caused much damage and turned many away from Christianity. Some examples illustrate why I say that.
The prominent evolutionist, Charles Darwin, wrote in his autobiography that he could not believe in a God that would condemn all disbelievers to eternal punishment because included would be his father, brother and almost all of his best friends.
My dad, although he did not attend church, was an exemplarity husband and father. Nevertheless as good Lutherans, the whole family worried about my dad. Why? He had never been baptized. We knew what the Bible taught in Mark 16:16, “He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be damned.” When he was about forty years old, he was finally baptized and we could all breathe sighs of relief.
But did all that worry about my dad really make sense? Let’s say my dad’s baptism was scheduled for May 15th he died on May 14th, Was he really lost forever? Did it really make sense that prior to the magic day of the 15th he was doomed to burn in hell forever, but after that date he was destined to go to heaven forever? Does a fair and just God have rules that are so nonsensical and so patently unfair? More important, is such a God one we want to follow?
Would a loving God really burn babies in hell for all eternity if they had died before being baptized? I thought so then, but I came to see that belief was WRONG.
Today’s Situation
At this very minute, as you read this, there are sincere and dedicated Christian missionaries braving incredible hardships as they struggle to carry the name “Jesus” to remote parts of the world. Their motivation is found in Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
Millions of people living today have never even HEARD the name of “Jesus”. Are they really going to burn in hell for all eternity? What about the BILLIONS of people who have lived and died over the centuries without being baptized or hearing the name “Jesus”. What about your own relatives who lived good lives, yet they were not churchgoers? Traditional Christianity says they are lost, but is that right? Does it make sense to you that they burn for all eternity?
I spent months intensively studying the traditional teachings and the Bible. I came to see the following:
1) A fair and loving God is going to give everyone that has ever lived a chance for salvation.
2) The minority of humans that decide to reject God will not burn in hell for all eternity. (Such torment would be cruel sadism, as well as punishment far out of proportion to the offense).
3) Those who reject God and His government means they refuse to live without hurting others. They will simply be extinguished, they will cease to exist.
4) Since they refuse to live peacefully with their fellow man, that is the kindest thing to do for them.”
www.creationcorner.info <—- Grandpa’s web site. 
