I don't know that I'd term is as 'wrong' but I would pick up the phrase 'invalid' as already commented. Most baptisms I've seen within the protestant faiths (and I'm generalizing here) seem to focus on the commitment of the family to raising the child within the church/faith, versus it being considered a precursor to 'being saved'. And what that all boils down to depends on the degree of involvement of someone's particular family in church life and/or religious views.
That said, I personally don't see it as a requirement of faith in either case. We didn't baptize our son because the church were were attending didn't do infant baptism. I was baptized as a baby, but I later made the conscious choice to become baptized as an adult. (And that was another whole 'sprinkle vs. dunk' debate that goes on ad nauseum.) I guess what I'm saying is it didn't make or break me one way or another, and my son hasn't made up his mind yet... I trust him to find his own path.
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Date: 2006-02-16 06:58 am (UTC)That said, I personally don't see it as a requirement of faith in either case. We didn't baptize our son because the church were were attending didn't do infant baptism. I was baptized as a baby, but I later made the conscious choice to become baptized as an adult. (And that was another whole 'sprinkle vs. dunk' debate that goes on ad nauseum.) I guess what I'm saying is it didn't make or break me one way or another, and my son hasn't made up his mind yet... I trust him to find his own path.