Shippinator Mandy wrote:
Can sins be committed while still in the womb?
Can someone with a very serious mental disability (such as VERY severe retardation) repent?
Can someone like that "change"?
Do they count as "human"?
A person is
slave to whom (s)he obeys... Neutral
desire tempts, is entertained and becomes violating
sin which leads to consequence, and finally culminates in
death -- spiritual or physical or both. The first month after birth is called the "autistic phase" for good reason: a preborn -- who hasn't yet realized there are
other's
at all -- wouldn't yet be able to violate an
other's will; knowing
something of The Other will ==
seeing== is apparently a prerequisite of
sinning. Not something a preborn can
yet do.
As for a disabled person repenting: if (s)he
believed with all their heart that Christ is the Son of God, then -- yes -- the repentence is not only acceptable, it's
commanded. Repentence is a turning -- like you noted -- so there'd have to be some notion of
going the wrong way to begin with. If there's no notion then -- no worries;
safe is better than
saved.
Each person is made
in the image of God. And we Americans don't adequately teach the meaning of being
set apart or
hallowed/holy as we should. It's
serious business. We are the
last made -- a pinnacle;
the only in His image;
the only He died for. The fact that we suffer from the
deteriorating genetic code (and products of it) is a consequence of the curse on us and this world, but it does not deprive us of humanity, likeness or love. When God speaks,
He means it: He spoke at creation and made us like Him. He meant it.