Children can not comprehend the law and therefore sin is not held to account and they are alive apart from the law. Proving everyone is chosen to be saved from birth.
Nowhere in scripture does it say God adds a name to the book of life but only can take away a name.
He is arguing in a sense a child who dies will go to be with Jesus because of the parent.
With child mortality being 6 children 2 survive, this was an obvious question raised by
believers. You can see how this became child baptism etc.
In faith the idea of eternal torture for a child of two years old is absurd.
If they have tasted life for such a short time, yet deserve an eternity of punishment,
appears unjust. On the other hand the destruction of that which is rebellious
and disfunctional makes perfect sense.
What I do know is what I see in my life is not understanding but observation of
what happens. So grief is like a wave that takes away part of you. You are
disabled and lost, yet you do not choose it, it is very, very real.
So on the day of judgement those who claim so much will discover what they
truly are, and there is no remedy.
If you see people speeding on motor bikes, they know they could
meet a stationary object, but the temptation to go too fast is there, splat.
Jesus calls to all, yet only the elect turn to the invitation.