According to general Christian beliefs...will my baby go to Hell if he's not baptized?

Question

How about my daughter who's three?

Mike P: Insults are not needed.

Answer 1

First of all, there are things that need to happen before a person can be called "Christian".

You must Hear the Gospel.
You must Believe the Gospel.
You must Repent of your sins.
You must Confess Jesus as God's Son.
You must be Baptized into Christ.

Children who cannot fully comprehend and believe cannot perform these tasks. Adults without the ability to comprehend and believe cannot perform these tasks, either.

You must have reached the "age of accountability" mentally before you can truly become a Christian. Children then, by definition, cannot be Christians.

God is not stupid. People who are truly unable to comply are not simply tossed away. Jesus died for the atonement of all sins, past, present, and future.

While the Bible does not specify what exactly will happen to those with either no opportunity or no ability, we trust that these people will be treated fairly and justly.

Answer 2

Yes, there are alot of Christians who do believe that a person will go to hell if the person is not baptized. However, there is an even larger ammount of Christians who belieive that baptism is simply a declaration that one has dedicated one's life to following the Lord. However, according to the Bible, baptism is not required for salvation. Romans 10:9 states, "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved." Salvation is deeper than getting dunked, one must follow the faith. If there are any further doubts in your mind,here are a few more explanations. According to the Bible, God is Love (I John 4:8). How could One who claims not only to be loving, but to be the Essence of Love, itself, condemn a person to an eternity of hellish misery based on the fact that they never ceremonially splashed a little water on their head? I'm not trying to downplay baptism. There are millions of people who have been saved at their baptism. It also a very good idea for all devout Christians to get baptized, but at the same time, God is after something much deeper than religious symbols. It says in First Samuel 16:7, "Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart." This message is reiterated again and again through out the Bible. In layman's terms it reads, "Religious symbols and actions are good, but if you have no love for God, they are worthless."The answer: No, your children will not go to hell based on whether or not they have been baptized.

Answer 3

Babies are Heaven Bound until they reach the age of Accountability. People reach this age at different times in thier live.Oh by the way the person that says Baptism is not necessary Must be saying God's word is a lie. It says repent, be baptised, and recieve the Holy Ghost.

Answer 4

I don't know any Christians that believe that, all children go to heaven because they are not accountable at that age, accountability usually begins at around 13, some times older, only G-D knows the heart. Be assured all children that have passed away will finish growing up in heaven.

Answer 5

Good question. But in my belief (I don't have a religion and I'm not an Atheist), all children who still do not understand malice will all go to heaven (if ever) regardless of their age.

But in Christian beliefs, opinions differ due to different interpretation of the Bible.

Answer 6

What happens to babies and small children? They are still under the providence and grace of God. Should something unfortunately happen to them they have shown through their simple lives they have no desire to usurp God's will and so are not separated from him.

"As regards children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus’ tenderness toward children which caused him to say: “Let the children come to me, do not hinder them” (Mk. 10:14). . . "

Gawry, Abelard was not really excommunicated, he died founder of a religious order in the abbey of Cluny and was buried at the Paraclete (he founded). Bernard of Clairvaux (Peter's rival brought charges of heresy against him twice, the first one as Sens he defeated, the second he died before any was concluded and they were revoked after his death). He was castrated by Heloise's uncle for their love affair and the birth of their son out of wedlock, not the Church, in fact to escape this both Abelard and Heloise joined religious orders.

Secondly the idea of limbo was never officially adopted as doctrine, though it was accepted by many it never became dogma or canon, it remained always a theory that has now been officially denied.

I do not remember any of Bernard's writings on Baptism condemning children to hell (that was Augustine of Hippo (who bernard closely followed but I believe diverged on this)), but I believe Bernard taught they would be saved through the faith of their parents.

Answer 7

I don't think anyone ever said 'Hell'. 'Limbo' maybe, which was a theological attempt to deal with that fact that Jesus required Baptism. Anyway with all the denominations, some probably way one thing and others another. I'm sure some have quite harsh views on the matter. But don't gamble on that.

Answer 8

Christianity must be confusing to you or you wouldn't ask questions like this before studying into the matter.....

The bible never says that anyone will go to Hell if they are not baptized.......

"Confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart and you will be saved"

Simple....

Answer 9

Not all of them think that. Some are even opposed to baptizing infants in general. They think that it should be a choice that they made to really be effective.

Answer 10

No, he won't. And the 3 year old, neither. Baptism is not necessary for anyone to get into Heaven. Either way, God does not send little children to Hell.