I am not a religious person myself. but i fail to understan how any child can make the decision of what religion they want to be before they can talk. unfortunately the main religions all impose it upon a child of parents of that religion. why is it fair to deny them the right to decide.
the baptist church has it much more correct.
I thank God that i wasnt christened as a child ( pun definitely intended)
2007-11-30 23:47:33 · 10 answers · asked by periwinkle123 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
even if the child can grow up not to be christian, in other cultures or religions, that isnt so.
The other problem i find with christenings, is that most people nowadays just have a christening irrespective of their own beliefs.
2007-11-30 23:56:01 · update #1
We are all born with the original sin and the sooner we get baptized the better. This is done in case we die as a baby! so naturally, you are baptized in your parents religion, you can always change when you become of age.
2007-11-30 23:57:56 · answer #1 · answered by Gerry 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure the Baptist church can pick out all kinds of verses to support their position. That doesn't mean that they are correct.
The sacrament of baptism parallels and replaces the rite of circumcision in the Old Testament, which was also performed on infants unable to make a decision for Judaism. To believe that baptism has no relation to circumcision, forces a huge disconnect between the old and new Testaments, and leads to logical conundrums that are very difficult if not impossible to address.
If you're glad that you were never baptized as a child, I believe you've missed the entire point of baptism as a mark of God upon his remnant, his own people.
2007-12-03 14:38:16 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me the christening ceremony is more for the adults than the child - to make a commitment before God and the church of your intention to raise the child in the Christian faith - obviously at a certain age, that baby like everyone else will need to decide life-and-death matters on their own.
2007-11-30 23:53:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Another perspective that hasn't been acknowledged, infants are baptized (I do not use the time period "christened" despite the fact that we are by and large relating to the identical ceremony) as side of a covenant among God and his folks, wherein we now have our youngsters marked as God's estate, identical to the moms and dads are. Too many parallels to Old Testament circumcision to disregard, if you are protecting grownup baptism most effective. I do not believe there may be any approach to "go away the children out of it," regardless that. You have got to don't forget that even "no faith" is a faith! And kids do comply with their moms and dads' ideals -- or non-ideals, for that subject. What's unhappy is while the youngster says at thirteen-sixteen years of age, that you simply, the mother or father, are mistaken, and now every of you'll don't forget the opposite a idiot. 15 years ancient? You're kinda younger to be contemplating matters this a ways alongside in theology, I'm inspired.
2016-09-05 17:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first, just b/c someome is baptized does not mean they can't change their religionlater in life. second, many religions don't baptize until the child is old enough to decide for themselves. third, while catholics do baptize in infancy, it is not for the reasons you assume. while it is an introduction into the church, catholics do this to cleanse the child of original sin. they must recieve their first holy communion at around 7 yrs then, at around 14-15, they are comfirmed which is when they are considered a full member of the church. almost like a second baptism
2007-12-01 00:04:46 · answer #5 · answered by racer 51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infant baptism does nothing for the child with respect to where they spend eternity.
It can be considered a symbolic commitment by the parents to promise to God to raise their child according to the tenets of their religion. I still don't believe in it though.
2007-12-01 00:00:18 · answer #6 · answered by Richard F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that it doesn't make any difference, if parents decide to christen a baby it will still have a choice when it grows up, it doesn't have to be christian just because it was christened!
2007-11-30 23:53:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thank God you're not religious! Christening is a catholic tradition, it has NOTHING to do with God. Like first holy communion, confirmation, popes, etc. You won't find any of it in the bible.
2007-11-30 23:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by Halfadan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some Christians do not baptize babies. They dedicate them to the Lord.
2007-11-30 23:51:48 · answer #9 · answered by Averell A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's for the parent's reasurance I guess...
2007-11-30 23:53:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋