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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[fisherbear.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I never thought of that. I'm curious, though - how many people really care? Not so much about the general baptizing practice of one group or another - I'm sure plenty of people get worked up about that - but about whether or not they, themselves, were baptized early?

If you still approve of whatever your parents chose when you grow up, that's spiffy. Good call all around. If not, I can't imagine someone abandoning a religious practice that they believe in - or a church throwing someone out to be damned - because their parents gave them the wrong kind of bath when they were too young to sit up without assistance.

Of course, my own interest in religion is purely academic and intermittent at best, so I'm sure I could be missing something obvious...

[monkeybard]

...how many people really care? ... about whether or not they, themselves, were baptized early?
Maybe I'm in a serious minority on this one. I really have no idea. See what I said in reply to brightbeak above for more on that point.

I can't imagine someone abandoning a religious practice that they believe in - or a church throwing someone out to be damned - because their parents gave them the wrong kind of bath when they were too young to sit up without assistance.
I agree, however in my case I don't hold the beliefs I was raised with. I abandoned religious practise even before I could get out of going to church every Sunday. I went agnostic in middle school, athiest after college, and now am hovering in a half-defined realm of athiest-pagan-wiccanness.