Is the Age of Accountability Doctrine Biblical?
Many protestant denominations, including Southern Baptists, teach the ‘age of accountability’ doctrine. Simply put, this doctrine holds that children are not responsible for their own sins until they reach some nebulous age of accountability that only God is aware of. Supposedly, this is the point at which an individual child begins to understand the difference between right and wrong along with how to receive forgiveness for his or her sins and salvation for the soul.
