Actually, you should apologize for your insistence that you were reading it right, not that you read it wrong. Reading it wrong is forgivable. Your persistence was just annoying.
What persistance?
Exactly and they need to repent to be born again.
Well, it’s true that it was pointed out to you about four times before you caught it.
No. All who are able to repent are expected to do so.
No? What makes you say not?
Many choices, all day, every day. The sooner you start, the better! I am sorry that your parents did not raise you in the faith properly, but this is what they should have done.
No, but parents make all the choices for their infants and children from the moment they are conceived until they are able to start deciding on their own. I forgot you said you don’t follow links, so you probably did not see the link I left you on sign language and babies. It is clear that babies can communicate and make decisions before they have expressive language.
Okay, so then, what did you mean by this:
I just don’t understand your argument. What does what happened to somebody in a prior generation have to do with the state of this generations’ souls? What do you mean, “the first person who repented would have covered every generation after him”? I don’t follow. Each person is conceived with original sin regardless of his parent’s status.
that’s hardly true. however, your mistake was forgiveable, as I said. Your persistence is what’s annoying.
Can you provide some support for that assertion? Judaism prefigures Christianity. Just like someone can convert to Judaism, they can convert to Christianity. Adult men who converted to Judaism were circumcised. Adults who convert to Christianity are baptized.
Boy, talk about persistence. Let’s remain charitable here.
This is understandible. You don’t recognize the Church to which Jesus left the Apostolic Authority, so you have to fall back on whatever you have. Better a readers’ digest version than none at all!
It may be difficult for you to see it, rpp, but I am being charitable.
you are a believer
what makes you think that after attaining the age of reason that the children don’t repent their sins?
According to this theology they don’t have to because they are already saved.
THat is not true at all. You are once again putting words into someone’s mouth that is not there.
and nowhere and at no time has the Church taught that it is Baptism which saves you. It is Christ’s Sacrifice on Calvary which saves you. Baptism is one of the Rites of Initiation.
when does repentance come in
when one has sinned and one is sorry for having offended God.
If baptism doesn’t save babies why do it?