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AnswerWidespread Christian belief is that a person must be baptised as a Christian in order to go to heaven. The Catholic Church makes specific allowance for babies who die in infancy before they can be baptised, with the belief that the souls of infants will go to limbo until the second coming. This belief is currently under review, which may result in the belief that the souls of infants go straight to heaven, in line with much Protestant belief.

The position with the pre-Christian Jews is less clear. Some say that they can not go to heaven until the final judgement. Others would accept that their failure to be baptised as Christians was out of ignorance of the faith, and that this should not delay their time in heaven.Either way, most Christians would not condemn the pre-Christian Jews to eternal hell.
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