[pgyanke]

I have a strong feeling you write for the MSM. That is the only way you could feel vindication in lifting half of a sentence which agrees with what you have written and hit me over the head with it. Where we disagree is that Baptism must be received consciously and in faith. Just as birth brings you to your earthly family, so Baptism enters you into God's family. Adults must make a conscious decision because they must come to God and can refuse God's grace... an infant is an empty vessel to be filled.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

I'm about to do it again.

>>an infant is an empty vessel to be filled.<<

We are not born "sin neutral". We are born sinful and fallen creatures - every one of us - since Adam. David speaks of this flowingly in several of the Psalms.

No one has to teach a child to reach for a toy and say "MINE!". No one has to teach a child to cry and fuss when he doesn't get his way. People hate hearing that their children are little sinners, but it's the Biblical truth.

There are none righteous, none who seek God. We are all born at enmity with him. Romans is very clear on this.