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Menu About the Institute Subscribe Search Our Site Authors Browse Our Research Read Our Publications Purchase Our Publications Issues in the News Answers to Your Questions Our Ongoing Projects	Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship Mission Statement The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship exists to Describe and defend the Restoration through highest quality scholarship Provide critically edited, primary resources (ancient religious texts) to scholars and lay persons around the world Build bridges of understanding and goodwill to Muslim scholars by providing superior editions of primary texts Provide an anchor of faith in a sea of LDS Studies	Frequently Asked Questions The Book of Mormon teaches that little children are without sin (Moroni 8:8-10), but children, like adults, suffer grief, sorrow, and pain, which are all effects of sin. The Bible says that death is the wages of sin (Romans 6:23; cf. Romans 5:12-21; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 15:56) and that, "the soul that sinneth it shall die" (Ezekiel 18:21), yet children die. How can we explain this? More From Our Publications "My Father Dwelt in a Tent" More