> The word "such" is an indicator that Christ is not talking about children,
> but those who have child-like faith - which was the context of his
statement
> (Mark 10:15).

[Chris] Agreed, but there is a reason why Christ desires our faith to be
CHILD-like, and there is a reason that "the
kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (those whose faith is
CHILD-like). I don't believe Christ would have compared those who are going
to Heaven with little children if hell is filled with them (and especially
during that day and age, where I'm sure infant mortality rates were much
higher than today, this issue of the destiny of infants must have been on
the minds of most people). I don't believe this is a paedobaptist argument
at all, since Christ was not baptizing these little children in the passage,
nor was any of His disciples. I actually think that speaks more loudly
against infant baptism than for it. I am finding it quite interesting to see
how tenaciously and passionately brethren are to attack the view of infant
salvation, even when some are merely agnostic over it. Why does it bother
you so very much that I and other Calvinists have been convinced by the
Scriptures that infants and little children will not populate hell
(especially the agnostics--just because you are not convinced either way, it
should not bother you quite so much that some of us are)?