simplelogic said "Hereditary Total Depravity.
Wrong. Children are conceived and born sinless and are not charged with sin until they are able to know the difference. Man may be born with a propensity for evil, but he is not born guilty. Just a few of the passages that make this evident are the following;
"They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and daughters..." Psalm 106:37,38
"For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good... Isaiah 7:16
Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them, But Yahshua said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 19:13,14
And Yahshua called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one little child like this in my name receives me. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea." Matthew 18:2-6 "
I believe the innocence of youth is temporal. The physical mind has not yet matured.
I believe there is nothing in those veses to support this concept.
I believe this is from the spirit that is breathed in at conception. I believe every spirit has been tainted by sin including Adam and Eve who were pre-existing spirits.
Ps 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.