Would you put a newborn baby that had never sinned into hell? Or into a hellish situation?
I can't believe that anyone can believe in something so absurd. Why do you think that God would do this?
You might have explained this already but I haven't read all this thread sorry, so why do you believe this? Thanks
I believe this because that is what is taught in the Scripture. All men are condemned because of Adam's sin (Romans 5:18). All people are born and conceived with sinful natures (Ps. 51:5). Sinful actions are not what get people in hell. Sinful nature is why people are in hell. Naturally, we are enslaved to our sin, we cannot not sin (as Augustine would say). We commit sins because we are sinful, not the other way around.
As to why, the answer is simple. Sin is evil, regardless of the age. That is why Paul would list disobedience to parents as a sin worthy of hell. Sin is a rebellion against God, and therefore deserves to be punished to the utmost severity. I do not know why Adam represented us before God in the garden. What I do know, is that the Scriptures plainly assert it. And who are we to talk back to God? If He has destined some for mercy and some for wrath, that is His right as Creator and Sovereign.