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Life would be boring if we all agreed on everything. Be it politics, religion, or sports or favorite colors or anything else. It is when disagreement turns to hatred or violence that I have a problem.

The "square pizza" that was actually a rectangle. We used to dip it in French Dressing and eat it with salad. You can actually buy it at this cafeteria

One of the things that made me change my position on social drinking is I heard a baptist preacher say that the water Jesus turned into wine was non-alcoholic. I did a word study and found out this preacher didn't have clue what he was talking about. In the process I discovered that a glass of...

Is O'Doul's actually Beer? Most of my beer snob friends would say no.

The long infant baptism thread made me do some thinking. Are there any major differences in the theology of what happens and why to baptized infants among the Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Presbyterian and maybe Methodist traditions? Which are all the traditions I can think of that I know...

I agree

Grape juice is just non-alcoholic wine. :) Although I understand not offering wine to minors (where it is illegal) or those recovering from alcoholism. Just curious, were Catholics, Anglicans and others who consider wine a critical part of the Eucharist allowed to purchase wine during...

What are some things you consider Accretions in the American Evangelical Church? I'm not talking about cultural distinctives, but things that are taught as "Dogma" by some denominations/preachers From my Baptist background the first thing that comes to mind is the total abstaining of alcohol...

Since this thread is slowing down I will put my final post on the subject. This is a summary of the CredoBaptist position. 1. Christ established an order in the Great Commission. Go make disciples, baptize and teach. We see this order demonstrated throughout the New Testament as people come...

The mindset I've witnessed is to be "Catholic" is to be "Christian". Whereas, Baptist (and others) differentiate between being a Christian and being a Baptist.

Except maybe Catholics.

I actually gave that quote in my first post on the subject and said that infant baptism probably started in the latter half of the 2nd century.

Just to show a difference in "mindset".

That doesn't mean it was the norm. As I have said many times, infant baptism probably began in the mid to late 2nd century. (100 years is plenty of time for an accretion to start to grow) However, history tells us that people didn't get baptized until the were old or sick and that several of...

Maybe one difference is that Baptist does see their children as "Christian" until they profess faith. We see a difference between being a Baptist and being a Christian.

It doesn't say that infant baptism didn't start until the 5th or 6th century. It says it didn't become the norm until the 5th or 6th century. Which is the scholarly consensus among historians. Most historians I've read say that there was a wide variety of practices on baptism in the first 4...

9 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:9 Notice the command is to "Baptize them" Who are the them? It is those who have been made disciples. Who are disciples and how to we "make...

I think part of the disconnect is what was alluded to earlier concerning our definitions of "Christian". To a Baptist, a Christian is a faithful follower of Christ who has the indwelling Holy Spirit and has received "Grace through Faith". To others, anyone who has been baptized is a...

@Albion and @Lamb Can you please give your thoughts on post #51 The historical context is an important part of this discussion.

It occured to me that those churches who baptize infants also baptize adults who convert and have never been baptized. It seems to me that it is possible for those churches to baptize people who have a "false faith" Someone can go through RCIA or whatever class Anglicans, Lutherans, or...