I don't think I broadbrushed anything. I was speaking specifically of those people who actually do this. Not that all dispies do this. I think you just don't like my critical tenor and point I'm making.
The fact remains, it happens. Teens who read this stuff build their whole eschatology on it. That carries over to their adulthood.
Oh but you do.
I haven't read any of the left behind books either. But, I have listened to messages by Tim LaHay and he speaks of repentance from sin and the need to place your faith and trust in the work of Christ. You know, the good old Gospel. If an individual listens to a sermon delivered by Tim LaHay, they will not be able to stand before Christ and make the claim that they never heard the truth.
As for the question in the OP, many evangelicals are quite unsure what is the fate of babies born in this present age who die at a very young age or have developmental issues that don't allow then to understand the concepts of sin and forgiveness. If you believe that at a rapture infants are translated then it would seem logical that you would also believe that a child that dies two weeks after being born goes to heaven. Put it another way, do you tell a grieving mother (one that isn't saved) at her infants funeral that her child is going to hell because the infant didn't repent and trust Christ? There are three possibilities, 1. I don't know, 2. yes and 3. no. The truthful answer to that question is #1, you don't know and I don't know and Tim LaHay will tell you that he isn't going to the wall on this question either.
A strict Calvinist might argue that only those dead babies who are of the elect go to heaven. So why would they not be raptured when Christ translates the dead in Christ just before judgement? On the other hand, the Bible states that "ye must be born again", which implies the ability to confess sin and accept Christ as Savior.
Jesus tells us that at his second coming it will be like the days of Noah. In those days, all of the babies, cute and innocent as they were, were judged. On the other hand, the Bible teaches that many will come to Christ during the tribulation. An unbelieving mother that has her baby raptured, just might find herself looking for the answer to her problem in the Bible. If she did, then she would not only find salvation for herself but would also know that her child is safe in the presence of Jesus.
A previous poster in this thread mentioned that at the end times of a pre-trib rapture, there will be very few believers alive to be raptured. This is actually a Biblically sound statement. Jesus said it in Matt. 24:10-12
Stepping back from this discussion for just a moment, allow me Tim to make the observation that you think that there are millions of young people out there getting their theology from fictional books. Well from my perspective, there are a huge number of posters on this forum who get their theology from "theology books" and not the Bible. If Tim LaHay is pointing young people to Jesus Christ and the Bible then he is doing his job regardless of what you think on the matter.
