K9Buck
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As I said a couple of days ago, I would like to talk about the Catholic practice of infant baptism.
There is no mention of infant baptism in the Bible, at least none that I have seen. And, while we're at it, there's nothing in the Bible about young teens being "confirmed", as the RCC practices.
Jesus and his apostles preached baptism, but never said anything about baptizing infants. So why did the RCC begin doing so? I'm not saying that baptizing infants is offensive to God, but I do believe that people should be baptized only when they are mature enough to consciously make that decision for themselves, otherwise, at least to me, it seems worthless.
There is no mention of infant baptism in the Bible, at least none that I have seen. And, while we're at it, there's nothing in the Bible about young teens being "confirmed", as the RCC practices.
Jesus and his apostles preached baptism, but never said anything about baptizing infants. So why did the RCC begin doing so? I'm not saying that baptizing infants is offensive to God, but I do believe that people should be baptized only when they are mature enough to consciously make that decision for themselves, otherwise, at least to me, it seems worthless.