Baptism

my opinion is that you can DEDICATE the baby and parents to God... but that baptism is something that one must decide for oneself... i know each branch of organized religion thinks differently about this, but that's just my opinion...

I personally think that a blessing if fine. However, I feel that religion is a very personal and committed decision that should not be taken lightly. I think that one should be old enough to decide what's right for that person.

it depends on what religion or faith you believe in. personally, it would be more meaningful if we allow our kids to be baptized when they are old enough to understand the significance of baptism. it's very important that the kids should undergo indoctrination as to the teachings of God, salvation through the Lord, following God's commandments, and many more. baptism is a personal choice, i think and accepting the Lord as your Saviour is again a personal decision and supposedly not influenced by the parents.

Let me tell you first that my parents had me baptised when I was a year old. The story goes that I screemed very loud in the church "no"! I was baptised anyhow and I like it, I like the religion that I was brought up with. Somewhen along the line I got married to an atheist. We could not agree on getting our child baptised. So she was to decide for herself when old enough. When she was old enough she decided for herself on a non Christian faith. I am very sad about it.

In my religion we baptise babies as soon as possible. In my religion, baptism is done to have God watch over the child until it is old enough to chose it's own religion. If it chooses ours, then they go through 2 years of conformation in junior high, and then we leave it up to them if they want to be a confirmed member of our church. At lease this way, they know all about our religion and can make a dicission.

My opinion (also from my religion) is that children must be baptised a few days after they are born. We believe that baptising has come in the place of circumcision. And that is for young children. I know that there are more opinions, but this is mine. When the child id old enough (around 18-19 years)he can say yes to God, we are calling this confession (I do not know the excact word in english)

wait we cannot make even our children christians this has to be a personal desision! we can dedicate them but to baptise before the age of reason is both unecesary and useless. as someone once said God has no grandchildren we become a child of god because we personaly choose to not because it is what our parents desire !

I guess it depends on the person's religion and their beliefs. As for me I waited and let my kids decide what religion and when and or if they would be baptized. 2 of my 3 chose to be baptized the same religion as I am and the the other one was baptized a different religion.

I believe a that every person has to make a personal choice to be baptized. My children were dedicated but we are waiting until they understand and make the decision to be baptized themselves. Some children will understand and make the choice earlier than others, some children may never make that choice. I believe that baptism is a public profession of faith in Christ. I know that there are different denominations that have different views, so this is just my personal opinion.