tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post112969730208949138..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The depopulation of hellRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1129829455422058082005-10-20T13:30:00.000-04:002005-10-20T13:30:00.000-04:00Good thing Phil Johnson in on vacation ...... did ...Good thing Phil Johnson in on vacation ...<BR/><BR/>... did I just type that out loud ... ?FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1129819917395227542005-10-20T10:51:00.000-04:002005-10-20T10:51:00.000-04:00This is really two questions in one:i)I don't beli...This is really two questions in one:<BR/><BR/>i)I don't believe that all who die before the age of discretion are saved. It stands to reason that the elect number some who die before the age of discretion, but I can't think of any good reason to suppose that all who die undert a certain age are elect, while I can think of several reasons why that's unlikely. <BR/><BR/>ii)As to the relative percentages, I think that the doctrine of the remnant, which is present in both the OT and NT, is applicable here.<BR/><BR/>Only a fraction of the total are to be saved, although a fraction of a huge absolute number is still vast.<BR/><BR/>iii)The answer also depends on whether explicit faith in Christ is a precondition of salvation. I say it is. <BR/><BR/>Yes, we can make a partial exception for the mentally incompetent--but I have no reason to believe that all idiots are elect.<BR/><BR/>Mental incompetence is a brain disorder. The soul is unimpaired.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1129818718709451922005-10-20T10:31:00.000-04:002005-10-20T10:31:00.000-04:00Some people who shall remain nameless have argued ...Some people who shall remain nameless have argued that, statistically, almost half of all people who are conceived are lost prior to birth -- and since God saves all infants and all the unborn, that makes the number of the saved greater than the number of the lost.<BR/><BR/>I'd be interested in the Stevedor's opinion about that view ...FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.com