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Tom317
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Both are interesting theories, yet neither of them have the weight of Limbo, which has been held as a reasonable theogical construct for many centuries. Further, if those possibilites are true, then they hold true for every single human no matter what they have done, and no matter what they believed, and hell becomes something that no longer exists because under those theories God’s mercy, or the intervention of the angels and saints would save everyone. Of course, we know that is not true, yet I do think you are thinking these points to their logical conclusion.Tom,
1)at the very moment before death, they are supernaturally given an infusion of free will and reason, and God presents them the choice to deny or accept Him. The intricate details of this mysterious “baptism of desire” are up to debate and I think quite interesting, but personally I find that situation most plausible.
2)Another interesting theory that I think holds some weight could be that the prayers of saints or angels in Heaven for these babies could, through the unique allowance and power of God, enable a Baptism of Desire for the child.
I do undersand why you feel so emotional about this, after all who wants to think of unborn babies not going to Heaven, yet what you do not seem to get is that Limbo is a state of eternal natural happiness, but is not the Beatific Vision. That means unborn babies do NOT go to hell, rather they receive eternal happiness.