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Incredible. You have no problem with the notion that the Spirit of God can smile on a child but cannot see the opposite side of it. Do players at a chess table merely look at their pieces or do they actually move them? Finally, I did not say one is born evil, that is your perception intruding. Is a pawn on a board evil because of the hand that moves it or good because of the hand that moves it? No, it is but a pawn. So is it with children. They do not knowingly choose good or evil till they know the difference, that does not stop them being pawns. And any christian parent would know this. And any Christian knows that the prince of the air is the default master of this world and has been since adam. And what spirit do you think it was that slaughtered the firstborn of Egypt in Moses' time? Scripture reference - right under your nose.. and not one child; but thousands upon thousands all cursed by the mouth of Pharoah.

I misunderstood you, I guess. It was the post about inheriting of sin that was confusing to me. You might be surprised to hear, that we aren't as far apart in our differences as you think. Our God is a just God and I don't believe (either) that he looks at two babies and says I'll save this one but I'll send this one to hell. That's the problem I have with predetermination. I believe He will reach out to both, but HE will know who will later accept and who will reject him though.