religion

[Integrity]

The books covering Jesus’s life.

Yes I agree.

Do We Overuse the Word “Gospel”?

File this under the hashtag #confessyourunpopulartheologicalopinion, but I think we sometimes overuse the word “gospel.” Think of all the hyphenated adjectives we have invented with the…

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[BrownFlush]

 

[Pee Bottle]

It's really a matter of being baptized when you're old enough to know right from wrong and then living the Christian life to the best of your ability. You won't earn your salvation, it's God's grace that covers us. But God expects effort on our part and will judge us accordingly. Otherwise if it's you'll go to Heaven no matter how you live then many people would do some pretty wicked things. The Christian life is about living your best life so that you aren't harming yourself or others. But you'll never be perfect. You ask for forgiveness when you fail and you move on, trying not to sin. Being of service to others. I don't believe it's constantly skipping through fields of daisies while singing Kumbaya. You need yellow tights for that...

Infant baptism is the 2,000 year Christian tradition. Every single Protestant denomination practices it besides the Baptists.

 

[FromOffTheStreets]

Infant baptism is the 2,000 year Christian tradition. Every single Protestant denomination practices it besides the Baptists.

I thought it was only the catholics & Lutherans

 

[Pee Bottle]

I thought it was only the catholics & Lutherans

Anglicans, Presbyterians and Methodists also practice infant baptism.

 

[Pee Bottle]

Baptists are just regarded and theologically uninformed.

 

[tourists24]

Baptists are just regarded and theologically uninformed.

uninformed? do tell

 

[vantexan]

I thought it was only the catholics & Lutherans

Nowhere in the New Testament were infants baptized. They practiced immersion of those old enough to know right from wrong.

 

[Pee Bottle]

Yeah, you’re definitely rescuing the tradition from the rest of us. It’s you guys who are right. I miss playing ping pong with the Catholics using anabaptists as the ball. John Calvin’s followers used to drown infant baptism deniers in rivers as a humorous final act of their life lol

 

[vantexan]

Yeah, you’re definitely rescuing the tradition from the rest of us. It’s you guys who are right.

Not a matter of me being right. There was no such practice in the 1st Century Church. An infant is innocent and isn't in need of having its sins washed away.

 

[tourists24]

Not a matter of me being right. There was no such practice in the 1st Century Church. An infant is innocent and isn't in need of having its sins washed away.

Someone correct me if they disagree, but I've always thought that infant baptism was done as a practice done by the parents as a declaration of their faith with the church and the church is giving their blessing as a welcoming to the Christian community?

 

[vantexan]

Someone correct me if they disagree, but I've always thought that infant baptism was done as a practice done by the parents as a declaration of their faith with the church and the church is giving their blessing as a welcoming to the Christian community?

Except that is a tradition that came in centuries later. Not in the New Testament. If you want to do that with your baby I guess there's no harm in it but it isn't a substitute for the immersion baptism one needs to enter the Church.

 

[Box Ox]

Someone correct me if they disagree, but I've always thought that infant baptism was done as a practice done by the parents as a declaration of their faith with the church and the church is giving their blessing as a welcoming to the Christian community?

That was my experience growing up.

 

[Integrity]

Except that is a tradition that came in centuries later. Not in the New Testament. If you want to do that with your baby I guess there's no harm in it but it isn't a substitute for the immersion baptism one needs to enter the Church.

Infant baptism, also known as paedo-baptism, is a Christian practice where infants or young children are baptized, often with parents and godparents making vows to raise the child in the faith.

Key aspects of infant baptism:

• Practice:
  Water is poured or sprinkled over the child's head, or the child may be immersed in water.
  
  
• • Significance:
    It symbolizes the child's inclusion in the Christian community and marks the beginning of their spiritual journey.
    
  • Denominations:
    Many Christian denominations, including Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and some Protestant traditions (Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist), practice infant baptism.
    
  • Alternative Term:
    Some faith traditions refer to infant baptism as christening.
    
  • Biblical Basis:
    While the Bible doesn't explicitly mandate infant baptism, proponents argue that it symbolizes the New Testament counterpart to the Old Testament practice of circumcision, which marked the covenant with God.
    
  • Purpose:
    Baptism is seen as a way to welcome the child into the Christian faith, to purify from original sin, and to grant the child the grace of God.
    
  • Counter Argument:
    Some denominations, like Baptists and Pentecostals, practice believer's baptism, where baptism is reserved for those who can profess faith in Jesus Christ.

 

[Integrity]

That was my experience growing up.

I was baptized as an infant and was dunked when in my 30’s

 

[tourists24]

That was my experience growing up.

My family has Irish blood so a lot of my family follows Catholic ways and familiar with it but that’s not the church I am in. There are numerous ways that organizations do things for sure

 

[Integrity]

Not a matter of me being right. There was no such practice in the 1st Century Church. An infant is innocent and isn't in need of having its sins washed away.

So are infants of those in COC in the church or not in it?

 

[Integrity]

Someone correct me if they disagree, but I've always thought that infant baptism was done as a practice done by the parents as a declaration of their faith with the church and the church is giving their blessing as a welcoming to the Christian community?

So do you view the young children of the members of your church also as members of your church?

 

[Pee Bottle]

I’m from a non denom family who didn’t baptize. I got baptized at 24. Been an Anglican since but currently looking at both Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

 

[tourists24]

So do you view the young children of the members of your church also as members of your church?

Never really thought about it lol. I mean if the parents are members of our church I suppose their kids are also (by proxy? lol) . To be honest I've never really been so deeply involved with the administrative side of things that I really cared if they were members or not