Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: sysprg@zeus.unl.edu (Craig B. Walter) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: RE: Baptism Message-ID: Date: 2 Aug 89 01:20:21 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 19 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu > We'd like to get some of your thoughts on baptism. Both my wife and >I are catholic ( at least we were brought up as catholic...), and we'd like >to baptize our baby girl who is about 2 weeks old. Since my wife is >divorced, the catholic church will probably give us a hard time ( or so >says my wife ) on this and my wife does not want to go through any questions >or comments that she might feel uncomfortable with. Well, you shouldn't be baptizing your baby anyway. Baptism is a personal statement by a believer to publicly identify them with Christ. So what is the point of baptizing a child that has not made a decision for Christ? I realize that this is contrary to the Catholic belief, but I am not Catholic. But surely anyone that sits down and logically thinks about what baptism is, can realize the uselessness of infant baptism. I challenge you to study up on the real meaning of baptism, and do it yourself! Read the scriptures for yourself, and then make a decision.