Did God make us broken?

[Azekual]

So a day-old baby who dies is "stained with sin," due to the actions of one woman 6000 years ago (who committed her "sin" without even understanding the difference between good and evil)? Obviously if a person who is "stained with sin" dies in this state, a truly just God would have to punish that person. So, we have a day-old baby who dies "stained with sin" and God punishes that baby how? By condemning him to eternal punishment. Something's wrong here.

Catholicism gets around it by advocating, or demanding I don't know which, that you baptize your baby soon after birth.

However protestants believe (from my observations) that God will allow a child a freebie on sin until that child is old enough to understand right from wrong, which is usually around 7 or 8. This age is called "The Age of Accountability".

 

[Katzpur]

Catholicism gets around it by advocating, or demanding I don't know which, that you baptize your baby soon after birth.

That might be how they get around it, but the Bible is pretty clear that repentence and faith in Christ is necessary before a person is baptized. A baby has no need of repentance and no ability to have faith.

However protestants believe (from my observations) that God will allow a child a freebie on sin until that child is old enough to understand right from wrong, which is usually around 7 or 8. This age is called "The Age of Accountability".

But don't you see it as problematic that a person can say we're "born in sin" but that God will look the other way if a child who is "born in sin" dies? If a person is truly guilty of sinning and is unrepentant, what kind of a God would simply ignore his guilt? If a person isn't truly guilty of sinning, why say he's "born in sin"? The phrase "born in sin" becomes meaningless, in my opinion.

 

[Many Sages One Truth]

Personally the term "sinner" becomes pointless when you consider that sin just means to miss the mark. Therefore a person can commit a sin, but they cannot be the thing they're doing, anymore then an archer is the arrow that he shoots to miss the target.

 

[Katzpur]

Personally the term "sinner" becomes pointless when you consider that sin just means to miss the mark.

I'm curious as to where you're getting that definition.