Infants (might) go to heaven

As explained by Ross Douthat (filling in for Andrew over at The Daily Dish), the Catholic Church is moving away from its teaching on infants being in Limbo (literally) in the afterlife. Previously the thought was that being unbaptized, even if an infant, meant there was no way to enter heaven. This and with hell not being suitable for those who die as infants led to the conjecturing of another place somewhere in between. In contrast, the current Catholic theological state of the art (as I understand it) is that God's grace can likely overcome the infant's unbaptized nature, but we cannot know for sure where anyone (infant or otherwise) is after they die. I find this whole discussion extremely interesting, and in large part I welcome the new teachings. It is true we cannot know for sure where anyone goes after their death, but being a Protestant I differ (from what I understand) with Catholics on the reason. It is only because we cannot know each others' hearts, not because our destination is up in the air. We can know our own heart, and God promises: "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Rom. 10:9 NIV)

Microcars

I like that GM is getting around to building small cars for the US market. I also like that I can do my best to vote out the two ugly ones. Here is the website with details of what I'm talking about; follow the "Vote for Your Minicar" links to vote for the Beat. In this design I see more than a little of the Chevrolet Rally Concept that was touring the auto shows not too long ago, which is a good thing.