<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Thus, we could say that a Hitler will suffer far more than a child who died in infancy.</font><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>Is there any part of Scripture that would lead us to believe that the dead infant and aborted child are included in the elect? You would hope they are, but then again, if they were, then there would be a great multitude of babies in heaven. Would they still be babies or would they "know as they are known" and thus be able to thoughtfully and joyfully adore God?<br><br>Which leads me to another question: What of the "age of accountability?" And what about the mentality retarded or the insane?

True godliness is a sincere feeling which loves God as Father as much as it fears and reverences Him as Lord, embraces His righteousness, and dreads offending Him worse than death~ Calvin