[OLD REGGIE]

Reggie, what sin has a newborn baby committed?

I dunno. Wouldn't it be at least a venial sin if you pooped and peed in public?

[RobbyS]

Didn't St. Augustine look at an angry baby as the epitome of an unbridled will?

[SoothingDave]

Wouldn't it be at least a venial sin if you pooped and peed in public?

If I do, yes. If a baby does, no.

Likewise, if I run around naked it is different than if my daughter does.

Perhaps you missed my discussion with Mack. I do not believe sin is something a person can commit until they are capable of understanding what they are doing is wrong, and then are capable of being punished.

A small child is neither capable of doing "wrong" nor of even udnerstanding the concept of "wrong." So I don't see how they can sin.

And, like I said, it is not always objective. If I rip up your paycheck, I have harmed you deliberately. That is sin. If Sarah does it without knowing it is wrong, she has not sinned.

SD