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While an infant’s works, so to speak, might not appear to you to satisfy the requirements of Baptism, I honestly have no idea what an infant understands or is capable of in that time of life and on the level that Baptism speaks to. I’ve heard and read stories about what we, as infants, experience and understand, even while in the womb, but have no way to verify such things here and now in/at/on the physical level.

If Scripture commanded the baptism of infants, and actually recorded such, then surmising what happens thereby would be allowed, but instead resorting to appeal of mysticism when faced what Scripture says and does not say in refutation of you is simply spurious.

Anywho, thanks to the First Parents, we all are natural born sinners: born in a sinful world to sinner parents.

And are not guilty of one sin that would damn us.

I also believe that we are born knowing God, with full memory of our first sight being the Eyes of the One who formed us, but that we “forget” soon after birth.

Which is simply a more extreme example of recourse to unproven mysticism which is untenable as a argument.

We are to believe like children. How am I doing so far?

In fantasizing you are doing quite well, but believing like children refers to believing the word of God, not fantasy.

Thanks for taking so much time with me and for sharing your understanding in kind, as I have done with you, and with humor, too!

I’ll consider what you have written and add what’s new to what I’ve found so far.

Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between mysticism and the supernatural acts of the Bible, if I’m using the words correctly?

Does God still do supernatural acts any more post-Bible? If not, why not?

If so, then how do you know if they are supernatural acts of God or acts of mysticism?

Thanks!