[what's up]

I believe that it's condescending to say that the retarded cannot sin. Their brains are retarded in growth; they are not non-existent. A retarded person still has a will to choose good. Also to choose bad, or sin.

Have you ever heard of the doctrine of original sin? This is the doctrine that states that babies are born in sin....they are not sinless.

Are you saying the Bible is wrong when it states that "all have sinned"? Sounds like you are trying to find examples which prove the Bible wrong.

[LadyDoc]

original sin is the ingrown tendency of man to sin. It is the sin that is removed by baptism, and by christ's blood.

My point is that taking one line out of context from the bible is not the same as saying the bible is not true.You have to read the verse into the entire discussion, which is the terrible sinfulness of man and need to be saved...

and profoundly retarded people function at a mental age beneath age 2...some are similar to babies in mind. I did not mean the mildly retarded, who of course have some reasoning ability.