::and (2) babies in the womb and before the age of understanding who cannot believe (victims of circumstance),
::and justly condemns them all to hell by default (Calvinism) solely because they have not heard and do not believe, being by nature "children of wrath" (Mark 16:16; Ephesians 2:3),
:<big>'''''or'''''</big>, because God is love and is merciful to the innocent, declares that children who have not yet attained the age of understanding with ability to hear and believe and repent are already saved because they are totally innocent of the guilt of sin and the guilt of Adam's [[original sin]], and have no need to "believe and be baptized" to be saved (Mark 16:16).
:However, some among them point out that all human beings die, which accords with Paul's doctrine that "death passed upon '''all''' men, for that '''all have sinned'''" Romans 5:12, and "by the offence of one ''judgment came'' upon all men to condemnation", because "we have proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are '''all''' under sin; As it is written, There is '''none''' righteous, '''no, not one'''"—and therefore, that children even in the womb are not guiltless before God, but need salvation, being descended from [[Adam]]. This is why some Protestants believe in baptizing their children as a way of commending them to God's mercy and consecrating them to Christ Jesus, our Lord and our Salvation.