Can someone explain Mormon to me?

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What happens when a baby under the age of 8 dies before he can atone for his sins or earn his way into the higher (or highest levels) of heaven?


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these are automatic celestial kingdom candidates (the highest kingdom). the standard mormon belief is that these individuals have already proven themselves worthy of the celestial kingdom in the pre-earth life and thus just had to come to earth to get a body. since they never had a chance to sin, they have no idea for baptism (i am pretty sure). anyway, the long and the short of it is that when people die young they are righteous souls and will be going to heaven. which as many can imagine, is really comforting for the families involved.