--- John Reisinger <jreisinger@...> wrote: > (1) An individuals becomes accountable the first time they sin. > > (2) All individuals have already sinned in Adam. > > (3) All individuals are already guilty, at birth, in the sight of God. > > (4) An eighty year sinner is not any more a sinful being that he was when > he was born, he merely had eighty years to prove it. > > (5) Adam is the only person who ever became a sinner by sinning. We are > born "accountable" sinners by virute of our union with Adam. Good points. Which means an infant sent to hell will be punished for his "deeds". One cannot separate a person's sinnerhood from the act. Chad Bresson Xenia, OH