“153) Saint Augustine consigns unbaptized babies to HellSaint Augustine (354-430 AD) was a Christian theologian whose writings influenced the early development of Christian theology. He taught that babies who die before being baptized are sentenced to Hell.This brings up so many insanities that it’s hard to know where to start. But first, it illuminates the inane bronze age mythological idea of original sin- that the sin of Adam and Eve was impressed on every human, such that every newborn baby is sullied with this sin and deserving of hellfire. Any thinking person must realize that this is complete and total nonsense. It further assumes the accuracy of the Genesis creation story, now thoroughly debunked by science.It makes God to be so capricious and arbitrary that a baby’s eternal destiny in either a glorious heaven or a gruesome hell is balanced around whether or not it dies before or after it is sprinkled with water amid a string of holy words.The concept of original sin is arguably the worst invention of Christianity. It creates an unnecessarily pessimistic view of the human condition that has led to the idea that the body and its normal functions are sinful in their own right and that only the soul can be in a pure state.Saint Augustine has been overruled by subsequent theologians, and most Christians today believe that unbaptized babies go to Heaven. Of course this view presents some problems of its own. It makes baptism an unnecessary rite or sacrament. It also makes abortion, one the greatest taboos of Christians, to be something of an assist to helping a soul get into Heaven.No matter how this problem is ‘solved,’ it creates an even bigger problem and shines a radiant light on the illogicality of Christian doctrine.”--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support