I was supposed to altar serve today whoooops sorry verger
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I was supposed to altar serve today whoooops sorry verger
There was also an infant baptism today
So after the service I get to be like "sorry for ghosting, it was an accident, but this is just to say that I am a conscientious objector to infant baptism, so I'd prefer not to serve on days when we're doing that"
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People will bend heaven and earth to explain why we should sprinkle the baby, and I'm just like
"Well, you see, I don't believe that babies sin"
And they look at me like I'M the illogical one
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"We're welcoming the baby into the household of God!"
What does the Nicene Creed say????? What is the purpose of baptism?????? Surely you're not a heretic who denies the authority of the Nicene Creed?????
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Lol the priest just totally flubbed the words of institution
This is now the second time, in a row, that a priest who has sprinkled a baby has gone on to flub the words of institution in the same service
I like to think that the Holy Spirit is magnifying my hater beam
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Woke mainline Protestants love it when I point out that "Jewish deicide" is heresy according to the Nicene Creed (which is awesome, everyone should love pointing this out)
They don't love it when I use the Nicene Creed to denounce their favorite sacred cow (infant baptism)
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Snot-nosed 8-year-old: "did you forget you were supposed to acolyte today?
"Ok kid listen here
Babies don't sin but I will punt a snot-nosed 8-year-old
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@alpine_thistle this message made me wonder: what age is appropriate for non-infant baptism? I assume some time after 8, right?
(this post brought to you by my ignorance caused by having been raised and lived her whole life in a Catholic country, and having never seen an adult baptism, feel free not to answer if you don't want to)
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@valhalla I was raised in a church which taught that children are unable to sin (and should not be baptized) until they are capable of understanding right from wrong, which they define as the "age of accountability" and set at 8 years old.
I don't set a firm line, but somewhere between 5 and 10 (depending on the individual child and their family) seems like a good minimum. I think the child should be able to understand and agree to the basic concept before being baptized.
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@alpine_thistle thanks!
I was expecting something close to the upper edge of the limit, but yeah, it makes sense
