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To: srweaver

So you deny original sin?

There’s no record in scripture of him baptising infants.

There’s also zero evidence of him condemning the practice.


133 posted on 03/04/2010 3:44:23 PM PST by BenKenobi (And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.)
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To: BenKenobi

No, I don’t deny original sin, just the ability to wash the sins away from an uncomprehending indivudual through the ritual of baptism.

An unbeliever who submits to baptism goes down a dry “sinner” and comes up a wet “sinner.”

He that BELIEVETH and is baptized shall be saved.

An infant cannot/does not yet believe, so whatever magic or miracle the Catholic church supposes there to be in infant baptism has no scriptural support.

And no, Jesus didn’t condemn the practice just as He didn’t condemn eating hot dogs. To state that there is something holy (or unholy) about eating hot dogs or baptizing infants is extra-biblical.


135 posted on 03/04/2010 3:52:33 PM PST by srweaver (Never Forget the Judicial Homicide of Terri Schiavo)
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