As a non-Christian (I cannot meaningfully accept Christ as my lord as I am agnostic about his existence) who was subjected to the rite of infant baptism I’ve always been interested in the rights and wrongs of the practice and in the differing perspectives there are on the issue.
Whilst trying to better understand the practice as well as why I was baptised and what my baptism means to me my thoughts on the matter lead me to this:
Subjecting children to the rite of infant baptism is about setting children off onto the first step towards them becoming Christians rather than a practice that instantly makes them Christians.
What do people think of this? How do others view their own (infant) baptism?
That is how i understand my own baptism - as the unknowing first step on a journey I which would later abandon but become interested in at a much later stage in my life. I don’t see it as something that did anything to actually change who or what I am.
Whilst trying to better understand the practice as well as why I was baptised and what my baptism means to me my thoughts on the matter lead me to this:
Subjecting children to the rite of infant baptism is about setting children off onto the first step towards them becoming Christians rather than a practice that instantly makes them Christians.
What do people think of this? How do others view their own (infant) baptism?
That is how i understand my own baptism - as the unknowing first step on a journey I which would later abandon but become interested in at a much later stage in my life. I don’t see it as something that did anything to actually change who or what I am.