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The reason I ask,is when adults get "Baptised",you repent for your sins,and to accept Jesus into your heart,and try to live a good life.
A baby however,isn't capable of this process,so why "Baptise"?
 
Baptism is not only for purging sins, I believe that it's also for induction into certain groups.

Like, when I was about 5, I got baptised in the Catholic church, thus making me a Catholic, and my brother the same (he wasn't even a year old). Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Jack said:
Baptism is not only for purging sins, I believe that it's also for induction into certain groups.

Like, when I was about 5, I got baptised in the Catholic church, thus making me a Catholic, and my brother the same (he wasn't even a year old). Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Yeah I believe that's right. My ma's side of the family is Catholic.
 
MR.KAZ said:
The reason I ask,is when adults get "Baptised",you repent for your sins,and to accept Jesus into your heart,and try to live a good life.
A baby however,isn't capable of this process,so why "Baptise"?
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Baptism doesn't mean you repent for anything, it's a physical act of being accepted in a Christian Church. Some denominations try to inject more meaning into the act. I'm curious on which denomination you speak of.
 
Jack said:
Baptism is not only for purging sins, I believe that it's also for induction into certain groups.

Like, when I was about 5, I got baptised in the Catholic church, thus making me a Catholic, and my brother the same (he wasn't even a year old). Correct me if I'm wrong.
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That is correct. I'm Catholic as well.
 
Baptism is an outward profession of faith. It doesn't save you, it doesn't remove sins. Only Christ can do that through faith.
 
Faylox said:
Baptism doesn't mean you repent for anything, it's a physical act of being accepted in a Christian Church. Some denominations try to inject more meaning into the act. I'm curious on which denomination you speak of.
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Do you necessarily have to be part of any religious organization to be baptised?Isn't belief and acceptance and love for Jesus enough?
 
I was "basptised" in the sense, my Uncle, (as Pasta) that I was put through being dunked into water and all that stuff that happens. But, it was more of a naming ceremony, than a baptising one. I'm free to chose my religion,
 
Dart said:
Baptism is an outward profession of faith. It doesn't save you, it doesn't remove sins. Only Christ can do that through faith.
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This.

Assuming we're simply referring to the Christian faith, though.
 
Dart said:
Baptism is an outward profession of faith. It doesn't save you, it doesn't remove sins. Only Christ can do that through faith.
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Debatable (of course) depending on which "brand" of Christianity you subscribe to.

Some Catholics believe that baptism removes the "original sin" the child was born with. The child is too young to repent for their sins to a priest, thus they are baptised to ensure the child will go to heaven should they meet a premature death. There may be other meanings associated with baptism in different churches, even different Catholic ones, but I don't believe they believe it is a formality or merely symbolic gesture.

Whether or not you personally agree with that is another matter.
 
In the Baptist denomination they do not allow babies to be baptized in the belief that they are not able to know what they are doing and have them wait till early teens when they can consciously make the decision to accept Jesus as their savior and choose to be baptized. Instead there is a ceremony for babies called a dedication which is basically the parents making a commitment to raise them in a christian way and prepare them to make the choice to be baptized when they come of age.
 
stealth toilet said:
Debatable (of course) depending on which "brand" of Christianity you subscribe to.

Some Catholics believe that baptism removes the "original sin" the child was born with. The child is too young to repent for their sins to a priest, thus they are baptised to ensure the child will go to heaven should they meet a premature death. There may be other meanings associated with baptism in different churches, even different Catholic ones, but I don't believe they believe it is a formality or merely symbolic gesture.

Whether or not you personally agree with that is another matter.
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Debatable? Not when the Bible is being used in an exegetical sense. It's clear, really. It says all over, "believe and be baptised." Belief first and then go and get baptised. But it also says if you do not believe, you are condemned. It never says, "if you don't believe, and are not baptised, you are condemned."

Any sin that is removed is by the blood of Christ, and nothing else. Again, in the Bible. The Protestant view, which Catholics do not agree with, is that if it is not in the Bible, then it is not Scripture.
 
Well my understanding is the reason is that it has something to do with there belief of "orginal sin" and without the kids go to hell or limbo I'm not entirely sure I'm Protestant. So my view of Baptism is that it's a symbolic act of ones faith like Communion and not actaul part of the process of salvation.
 
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