[Agrarian]

"Jesus said to suffer the children to come to Him. He did not say "You must bring them to Me". So a Baptist will stay with the plain teachings of scripture."

I'd say that this is a pretty plain teaching of Scripture. Parents were bringing their children to Christ for a blessing, and he ordered his disciples not to forbid it, and he laid his hands on them and blessed them.

If you had been there, would you have brought your infant or child to Christ for Him to touch him and bless him? Or would you believe that no blessing would result because your child was not of the age of reason, and thus have kept your child away until he could decide for himself?

[George W. Bush]

If you had been there, would you have brought your infant or child to Christ for Him to touch him and bless him? Or would you believe that no blessing would result because your child was not of the age of reason, and thus have kept your child away until he could decide for himself?

Granting your points, you evade the question of substance: there is no indication that the children repented their sins and were baptized. Nor did Jesus indicate that it was necessary for them at their age. That was not the object of His interaction with them. In fact, it seems rather pointedly omitted when compared to the accounts of those thousands who believed and repented and were baptized. And still, no mention of children being baptized after repenting.

If the babysplashers really are correct in their practice, the Gospels should have looked much different and the apostles and disciples of Jesus should have concentrated on preaching to and baptizing babies. And yet, they didn't.

Like I said earlier, when those babies come crawling out of the cribs confessing Christ and repenting their sins, we Baptists will baptize them. Until then, we will focus, as did Christ and the apostles, on those who understand right and wrong, who can conceive of a heavenly Father, a Savior to redeem their sins. The rest of you can splash away if it makes you feel warm and fuzzy but scripture gives no support for your practices.