[SoothingDave]

***OK. So you feel there is no question of intent in determining our guilt for sin?***

I think intent matters somewhat but that pales in comparison to our awful guilt before God.

Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? How can our "awful guilt" be a much larger factor in determining our guilt than our very ability to understand and undertake good behavior?

Let me re-phrase the question: Do you think the mentally ill, mentally retarded and the young "sin"?

SD

[PetroniusMaximus]

***Do you think the mentally ill, mentally retarded and the young "sin"?***

Sure! Have you ever been around a bratty, petulant infant? Let me tell you, there is sin in that young heart!

Psalms 51:5
"Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me."


But I also believe the sin of the young and mentally retarded are covered by the blood of Christ.