With 10,000 gods, and the huge risk of hell, is it child abuse to baptize a child into only one religion?

Answer 1

Yes, take Pascal's Wager to the extreme and believe in all of them ... just in case

Answer 2

First, define the term child abuse. Many people think spanking their children is child abuse. Many people think yelling at their children is child abuse. I'm not saying they are right or wrong, but you need to define child abuse. Have you ever read A Child Called It? I would think Dave Pelzer would answer your question with a "No."

However, if you are simply asking whether or not a child is being put in harm's way when he/she is baptized, since the child often does not choose of his/her own free will (in Catholicism, anyway), then there is no potential harm. What God would condemn a person for something he/she didn't actually do?

Answer 3

No, it's not child abuse if you are baptizing a child in a Christian religion that serves the ONLY true LIVING GOD. Besides even if you baptize a child, no matter what religion, that child will eventually grow up and make his own decisions. Hopefully, they will grow up to realize that God Almighty is the only living God that does actually exist and that only through Jesus Christ will they be saved from hell.

Answer 4

I almost agree.

With 10,000 false gods and the risk of hell, it is especially necessary to baptize a child in the faith of the one true God.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called."

Infant baptism is not a new thing. There are non-biblical documented sources starting in the second century telling of infant Baptism.

There are even several passages in the Bible where whole households were baptized. This would include everyone who lived there, men, women, children, and infants.

Acts 16:15, "After she and her household had been baptized"

Acts 16:33, "then he and all his family were baptized at once."

Acts 18:8, "came to believe in the Lord along with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized."

1 Corinthians 1:16, "I baptized the household of Stephanas"

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

To the Christian there is only One God, the Father, Son & Holy Spirit.

I have dedicated my children in prayer to the Lord. My Daughter had my grandchildren dedicated to the Lord by Pastor Jack at River of Life Fellowship. It was a prayer of mine. I never dedicated my children to the Lord as babies because I wasn't right with God then.

To me child abuse would be me not praying for my children & grandchildren. They get extra blessings when dedicated to the Lord in front of the congregation.

I think baptizing a child into a religion is wrong. The Lord isn't a religion, He is a person.

Baptizing adults isn't baptizing them into a religion. Water baptizm is just an obedient act to witness to the world that your old man is dead, sins washed away in His redeeming blood, and the new man alive in Christ forever more. The death & resurrection.

Answer 6

There can Only be One God, by definition. All the others are made up by us. So, to answer your question, I think its wrong to baptize a child, let it grow up and make its own mind up. I am a christian, so Jesus is my God and i consider Him as the only one, It is my responsibility to tell people about him, but its not my responsibility if you chose to go another way.So i wouldn't baptize a child because he/she has no choice in the matter.

Answer 7

With 10,000 gods, and the risk of hell, you gotta be careful how you choose.

If you choose none, there is a 100% chance you'll go to hell.

If you choose several at once, you're actually denying all 10,000 of them and then again, there's a 100% chance of hell.

I you randomly choose, there's a 0.01% chance of going to heaven.

Probably best to investigate the matter and choose well.

Answer 8

You do not have to baptize children. They belong to God, the One and Only God. Baptism should happen when a child reaches the age of accountability. : )

Blessing is enough for a baby. : )

Answer 9

Do you think the Living God will accept a person's soul (salvation) when SOMEBODY else makes a choice against (or without) that person's will/consent? I believe that there is symbolism in the baptism of infants, but no power as to that person's salvation.
For some, they believe that baptising an infant causes them to become one with that religion (e.g. "I was baptised Catholic..."). This is purely religious, in my view, and holds no power as to how God will or will not accept them into eternal life on their judgement day.
There is only one true god, and not 10,000 that have any authority over His. He is the Lord Jesus, creator of Heaven and earth, and saviour of the world to all who receive Him.
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

Gman.

Answer 10

I believe you have it backwards. We bear children to pass on our beliefs; that is what they are for.

Once they start to become independent and start making their own choices, then we start to lengthen the tether.
Once they are old enough to fully make their own decisions, then they can choose.
Always let them know that they can come to you for advice.

Having a faithless parent (no matter what faith, philosophy, or science) can be harmful for a child. They never learn certain types of commitment skills nor how to believe in something bigger then themselves. When they get older they can apply those faith skills to whatever they choose.

Answer 11

It may confuse the child, let the child have a childhood, and when the child grows up into an adult, let the adult choose what religion to follow.