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To: Forest Keeper; jo kus
Baptism is a Mystery by which a person is incorporated into Christ, which is His Body, the Church (Eph 1:22-23), however to a Protestant nominalist this would be menaingless. A baby which is not baptized and dies is not incorporated into Christ by the Holy Spirit, separated from God.

So, it is fine for earthly godparents to overrule the child for his own spiritual good, but you deny that ability to God for his children who are of age

It's done differently, but in both cases the desired result is an opportunity to improve, change, add, etc. In the case of Adults, God send us numerous blessings and opporutnities, whether they be people, events or even punihsments, for imporvement.

5,978 posted on 05/08/2006 8:30:26 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; jo kus
A baby which is not baptized and dies is not incorporated into Christ by the Holy Spirit, separated from God.

WHAT??? :) Are you telling me that every aborted baby is damned to hell?

6,377 posted on 05/12/2006 5:50:13 AM PDT by Forest Keeper
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