***There is no sin without knowing and choosing to do what is wrong***
Look at the verse again...
Psalms 51:5
"Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me."
Sin is not only trespassing or going beyond what is allowed but also falling short of what is required.
***How is this so? Have they repented of it? Or do they just get some sort of "free pass." ***
Matt 19
Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said,
"Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
Does that mean you believe children and the retarded get a "free pass"?
If so, it's just a matter of semantics, isn't it? You don't believe children to be "guilty" of anything that would keep them fromt he kingdom, and neither do we. We say they have not actual sins and you say they do, but God doesn't really count them as such.
Seems the same at the end of the day to me.
SD