All Christian parents should make sure that their children are baptised as babies.?

Question

it is not good to wait until they are teenagers. Do you agree?

Answer 1

No because i believe that the decision has ultimately got to lie with the person themselves.

Answer 2

Having a baby baptised is a family thing as well as a religious one. It does no harm if the parents wish for their baby to be baptised into a religion and many people do this who aren't even remotely religious - a bloke I work with is having his son baptised on sunday and he's the least religious person I know.

When the child grows up they can become involved with their religion if they wish to, or not.

Answer 3

No, I do not agree. Baptisement (Spelling?) doesnt save you only the individual can ask Jesus into their heart. I believe that you should not baptise a child at a very young age before they know what they are doing. Wait until they are a teenager.

Answer 4

Baptism does not save.
There is no example in the bible of children ever being baptized.
The only people we see being baptized in the bible are adults who are old enough to decide for themselves.
Everytime someone was baptised in the bible it included plenty of water, going down into the water, and a thorough understanding of what baptism is about. Children do not have the ability to make this kind of decision, they are not able to discern right from wrong and therefore are blameless in the sight of God. In the bible, baptism was done not by the priest or pastor or even by Jesus Himself, it was done by ordinary people and Jesus had no problem with that.

Now, if you want to sprinkle your baby, if that makes you feel good, there's nothing wrong with that. Go ahead, sprinkle away. But understand that if your baby were to die it would go directly to heaven whether sprinkled or not. God does not condemn anyone who is not able to think and act for themselves. When your sprinkled baby grows up and decides that they want to make a decision regarding baptism for themself, don't get all offended and say to them, "We already did that for you when you were a baby!" Allow you child, at whatever age they become conscious of their Sin and need to repent, to be baptized with the baptism that really matters, and don't hinder them.

God bless you.

Answer 5

being baptised into a religion means that you are now a member of that religion. I believe everyone should have the right to choose their own religion and you can't do that until you are old enough to choose. I was baptised as an Anglican when I was a baby and when I grew up, I decided I didn't want to be an Anglican. The church wouldn't take my name off the registery and said I had no choice in the matter. I was later baptised in the religion of my choice anyway.

Answer 6

think of with reference to the newborn, no longer your loved ones. My grandparents are non secular- my mothers and dads are not. They went against what the kinfolk needed & they did no longer baptise me or my siblings. on a similar time as i'm no longer a follower of ogranied faith, I do want i became into baptised. some will argue that if the newborn needs it, they could have it later in existence; i agree yet I additionally think of that there is a exceptional feeling approximately being baptised- approximately belonging to a team precise from beginning.

Answer 7

I was baptised as a baby (I was born into a catholic family), but I am an atheist.
Just because you're baptised when you have no knowledge of religion, doesn't mean that you are going to become what you have been baptised into.
So, to me, it makes no difference one way or the other. It's just a silly ritual.

An atheist

Answer 8

No. Babies are born without sin. They don't understand sin, they are incapable of sin. Because of this, baptism isn't needed. It is only after the age of accountability that they can sin, so baptizing a baby does nothing for them.

A blessing is a good idea, and is done for most babies in my church, but baptism is reserved for after the age of 8, when they can choose to be baptized, and know the difference between right, wrong and what is a sin.

Answer 9

Depends on your religious beliefs. The Anabaptist communities (Amish, Mennonites and others) believe that it is ONLY as adutls that someone can make a decision to be baptized and part of the church as a full member. For me, I was baptized as a baby (so were my sons) and made my "commitment" as an adult with confirmation. I don't know that I think either way is right or wrong. It's simply different ways of believing.

Answer 10

No. That is twisting the meaning of baptism.

Baptism was commanded by our Lord after one has repented of their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as Lord in faith.

Unless the children have the wherewithal to do this, they are not being baptised. Rather, they are simply going through a religious charade, often done in the Presbyterian Church, that means little. Such ceremonies ought to be a dedication of the child to be raised by the parents and church members in a godly life. Instead, the church incorrectly mixes baptism in this. It has its roots in Calvinism, which also exposes a weakness in this paradigm.

Baptism is an outward testimony to others of how the believer has died to himself, washed of his sins, and raised again in the likeness of Christ. It is done in obedience to our Lord's command.

Answer 11

Absolutely they should bring their children before the Lord as part of the covenant that extends all the way back to Abraham. There is just too much evidence in the Bible to just wave this sacrament into the air as foolishness. Look at it closely enough, and you'll see credo beliefs as the preposterous views they are.