I know I'm not the only one...

[monkeybard]

...who thinks that baptizing infants and babies is wrong. I grew up in a church that didn't do that, and to this day does not do that. They believe, and I agree, that no one should commit you to something that important without your full understanding of and agreement with what's going on. I mention this because my man-cub's family wasn't raised that way, and my sister-in-law and her hubby just had their kid baptized, as did my cousin-in-law. I believe that it's just plain wrong. I am glad I'm not baptized. It's not a commitment that I chose to make, and I'm very grateful that the decision was left up to me. Thank you, my liberal Christian parental units, for having that much respect for your offspring and allowing us to make our own decisions.

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[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

i completely agree!
i was baptised as a child, and even *I* considered it invalid. *I* wasn't the one who made the choice, someone else made it for me. that is not what i consider empowering!
*I* made the choice later (age 22) to be rebaptised.
i don't believe in infant/child baptism. Biblically, there's no basis... folks were baptised AFTER they believed, not before...

bb

[monkeybard]

That's interesting. I'd never thought of the possibility of someone finding it "invalid". I'm glad people can feel that way and then make their own decisions. I guess I'm just too stubborn and defensive and a bit overprotective of what I see as "mine". (I am an actor and an Aries, after all. We're all about selfishness. ;) ) My soul is mine. My decisions are mine. If I'd been baptized, I'd feel almost like something was implanted in me that I didn't agree to. Something I would then have to have removed.