Should babies be baptized?

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What’s Your Question? for Sept. 22, 2010

Infant “baptism” is the result of the doctrine of inherited sin. If babies are born sinners, the problem arose over how they could be saved. The Bible teaches God is the Father of spirits (Heb. 12:9). Eccl 12:7 says: the spirit will return to God who gave it (Eccl. 12:7). Ezekiel said the son shall not bear the guilt of the father (Ezek. 18:20). If the spirit enters with the guilt of sin, it came from God, not the parents! Jesus indicated their innocence when He said: unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven (Mt. 18:3). Some, who believed in inherited sin, have decided children are not born sinners, but they need to be “baptized” to be dedicated. This invention was to accommodate a practice, not because of Bible teaching.