infant baptism

Of late, my friend @Ain't Zwinglian has posted a number of interesting and important threads defending the practice of the infants and children against the attacks of the credobaptists who believe that only “Believer’s Baptism” of adults, and in some cases, older children or adolescents, is...

I'm not sure where I stand on this. That is why I would like to hear what others think. I am somewhat leaning more towards Credobaptism because: There is no explicit mention of a baby being baptized in the NT No early church writings say anything about pedobaptism. To the contrary, they only...

Starting with a viewpoint of theology, God is love, all good, light and no darkness in Him. And God is all powerful. Together with 1 Tim 4:10. KJV: "For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that...

Today, as I was playing in my home swimming pool with my dad, right after my mom and I dunked him under the water, I said to my dad and mom, "Now that is how a real baptism is done. Not by having a priest pour water on my head when I was a baby." When I was 15 and went on a high school field...

We have been visiting a local church of the above denomination. In selecting a church family of which to belong it is important to me to find out what kind of doctrine/practices I am supporting and promulgating, even as a tithing visitor. The church itself has no local "core" values or doctrine...

I've had a rough time at mass, this morning, don't worry, I'm fine now, but at mass I was really struggling. As usual, I had a hard time focusing on Jesus, and mourning over the irreverence displayed there. What's more, an infant was baptized there and I couldn't focus on praying that he be...