Why did infant baptism start?

Question

Why did infant baptism start?

Answer 1

it was believed that unbaptised babies that died would not go to heaven, but limbo, that is why infant baptism was performed, a couple of years back the vatican said now that they do believe all babies, baptised and unbaptised go to heaven and that limbo doesn't exist anymore

Answer 2

I guess it has something to do with original sin.

Answer 3

No place in the Word does it say to baptize babies. How can our acts save another or have their sins forgiven? It is only through Christ that we are saved not of ourselves lest any man should boast. The many bible verses that a catholic listed on here are twisted. It would be contradicting scripture when it says we are to repent and be baptized and then have another verse that says we can have our whole household baptized and there is no repentance from the children. When the Catholics bring up the household verses it does not say there were babies that were baptized. For some reason and I don't know why , some churches believe they personally have some kind of power to perform these acts and that they are valid before God.

It is always up to God on who enters heaven.

Answer 4

One practical reason I can think of is because people used to practice waiting to be baptized until they were on their death-beds, that way they were pretty sure that they would go straight to heaven when they did die because baptism cleanses them of their sins. The only problem with that was, what happened if they died before the priest (this was before the protestants broke off from the church) arrived to baptize them? Or if they died in some sort of an accident or because of some illness at a young age? Where would their souls go? I think that's one reason why infant baptism became a practice, that way the baby is already part of the church (and have been cleansed of original sin) in case anything happens to them.

Answer 5

In my denomination, Methodism, infant baptism is done to "plant the seed" of God's Holy spirit in the heart of the baby. It's not a perma-save. It is a promise made by the church and the child's family to raise the baby to know God.

Answer 6

It started early in the church, even before catholicism. This was one of the major rifts that caused the first church split in 251 a.d. The side that was against infant baptism and also baptismal regeneration (salvation through baptism) was called the Anna-Baptist. They eventually vanished and opposing group grew and survived all the persecution of those days through great doctrinal compromise. They eventually evolved into the Roman Catholic church.

Answer 7

infant baptism start

Answer 8

it started in the churches, Jesus was baptized at 30 years old, for one to be baptize you must be able to be a foot step follower of Jesus Christ and understand what the gospel is.

Answer 9

Here's just a few for you:



Gen. 17:12, Lev. 12:3 - these texts show the circumcision of eight-day old babies as the way of entering into the Old Covenant - Col 2:11-12 - however, baptism is the new "circumcision" for all people of the New Covenant. Therefore, baptism is for babies as well as adults. God did not make His new Covenant narrower than the old Covenant. To the contrary, He made it wider, for both Jews and Gentiles, infants and adults.



Job 14:1-4 - man that is born of woman is full of trouble and unclean. Baptism is required for all human beings because of our sinful human nature.



Psalm 51:5 - we are conceived in the iniquity of sin. This shows the necessity of baptism from conception.



Matt. 18:2-5 - Jesus says unless we become like children, we cannot enter into heaven. So why would children be excluded from baptism?



Matt 19:14 - Jesus clearly says the kingdom of heaven also belongs to children. There is no age limit on entering the kingdom, and no age limit for being eligible for baptism.



Mark 10:14 - Jesus says to let the children come to Him for the kingdom of God also belongs to them. Jesus says nothing about being too young to come into the kingdom of God.



Mark 16:16 - Jesus says to the crowd, "He who believes and is baptized will be saved." But in reference to the same people, Jesus immediately follows with "He who does not believe will be condemned." This demonstrates that one can be baptized and still not be a believer. This disproves the Protestant argument that one must be a believer to be baptized. There is nothing in the Bible about a "believer's baptism."



Luke 18:15 – Jesus says, “Let the children come to me.” The people brought infants to Jesus that he might touch them. This demonstrates that the receipt of grace is not dependent upon the age of reason.



Acts 2:38 - Peter says to the multitude, "Repent and be baptized.." Protestants use this verse to prove one must be a believer (not an infant) to be baptized. But the Greek translation literally says, "If you repent, then each one who is a part of you and yours must each be baptized” (“Metanoesate kai bapistheto hekastos hymon.”) This, contrary to what Protestants argue, actually proves that babies are baptized based on their parents’ faith. This is confirmed in the next verse.



Acts 2:39 - Peter then says baptism is specifically given to children as well as adults. “Those far off” refers to those who were at their “homes” (primarily infants and children). God's covenant family includes children. The word "children" that Peter used comes from the Greek word "teknon" which also includes infants.



Luke 1:59 - this proves that "teknon" includes infants. Here, John as a "teknon" (infant) was circumcised. See also Acts 21:21 which uses “teknon” for eight-day old babies. So baptism is for infants as well as adults.



Acts 10:47-48 - Peter baptized the entire house of Cornelius, which generally included infants and young children. There is not one word in Scripture about baptism being limited to adults.



Acts 16:15 - Paul baptized Lydia and her entire household. The word "household" comes from the Greek word "oikos" which is a household that includes infants and children.



Acts 16:15 - further, Paul baptizes the household based on Lydia's faith, not the faith of the members of the household. This demonstrates that parents can present their children for baptism based on the parents' faith, not the children's faith.



Acts 16:30-33 - it was only the adults who were candidates for baptism that had to profess a belief in Jesus. This is consistent with the Church's practice of instructing catechumens before baptism. But this verse does not support a "believer's baptism" requirement for everyone. See Acts 16:15,33. The earlier one comes to baptism, the better. For those who come to baptism as adults, the Church has always required them to profess their belief in Christ. For babies who come to baptism, the Church has always required the parents to profess the belief in Christ on behalf of the baby. But there is nothing in the Scriptures about a requirement for ALL baptism candidates to profess their own belief in Christ (because the Church has baptized babies for 2,000 years).



Acts 16:33 - Paul baptized the jailer (an adult) and his entire household (which had to include children). Baptism is never limited to adults and those of the age of reason. See also Luke 19:9; John 4:53; Acts 11:14; 1 Cor. 1:16; and 1 Tim. 3:12; Gen. 31:41; 36:6; 41:51; Joshua 24:15; 2 Sam. 7:11, 1 Chron. 10:6 which shows “oikos” generally includes children.



Rom. 5:12 - sin came through Adam and death through sin. Babies' souls are affected by Adam's sin and need baptism just like adult souls.



Rom. 5:15 - the grace of Jesus Christ surpasses that of the Old Covenant. So children can also enter the new Covenant in baptism. From a Jewish perspective, it would have been unthinkable to exclude infants and children from God's Covenant kingdom.



1 Cor. 1:16 - Paul baptized the household ("oikos") of Stephanus. Baptism is not limited to adults.



Eph. 1:1; Col. 1:2 - Paul addresses the "saints" of the Church, and these include the children he addresses in Eph. 6:1 and Col. 3:20. Children become saints of the Church only through baptism.



Eph. 2:3 - we are all by nature children of wrath, in sin, like all mankind. Infants are no exception. See also Psalm 51:5 and Job 14:1-4 which teach us we are conceived in sin and born unclean.



2 Thess. 3:10 - if anyone does not work let him not eat. But this implies that those who are unable to work should still be able to eat. Babies should not starve because they are unable to work, and should also not be denied baptism because they are unable to make a declaration of faith.



Matt. 9:2; Mark 2:3-5 - the faith of those who brought in the paralytic cured the paralytic's sins. This is an example of the forgiveness of sins based on another's faith, just like infant baptism. The infant child is forgiven of sin based on the parents' faith.



Matt. 8:5-13 - the servant is healed based upon the centurion's faith. This is another example of healing based on another's faith. If Jesus can heal us based on someone else’s faith, then He can baptize us based on someone else’s faith as well.



Mark 9:22-25 - Jesus exercises the child's unclean spirit based on the father's faith. This healing is again based on another's faith.



1 Cor. 7:14 – Paul says that children are sanctified by God through the belief of only one of their parents.



Exodus 12:24-28 - the Passover was based on the parent's faith. If they did not kill and eat the lamb, their first-born child died.



Joshua 5:2-7 - God punished Israel because the people had not circumcised their children. This was based on the parent's faith. The parents play a critical role in their child's salvation.







By the way, infant baptism is also practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian Church of the East, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Church of the Nazarene, Reformed Church in America, Episcopalians, United Church of Christ (UCC), Presbyterians, Continental Reformed, and others. Together, these constitute over 80% of all those who call themselves Christians.

Answer 10

Armitage's History (p73) explains the pagan civil law and social customs of that day. These pagans had no standard of morality as you and I have. Their marriage rites were not on the basis ours are. One man might be the husband of a hundred women, and he might be the father of several hundred children. The mother had no right at all to determine whether the child she bore was to live or not, that was le ft up to the FATHER. Just as the farmer would go down to the pigpen and pick out the pigs he wanted to keep and do away with the runts, so was the father the one who decided if the child was to be kept and allowed to live. The mother could not even name the child if it was kept, the pagan priest did that. If the child was decided to be kept, the daddy would take it down to the pagan priest and the ceremony would be arranged. The Priest first must 'exorcise' evil spirits from the infant by anointing the baby's head with OIL. With the oil the priest puts the occult mark of Tammuz on the child's head by marking a "T" with the oil. (later to become the 'Sign of the Cross) The Priest then put SALT and SPITTLE on the baby's tongue to preserve it from future influence of evil spirits. "HOLY WATER" is now sprinkled or poured over the baby's head, and the baby is said to be cleansed from any original sin and is now "born-again" and a member of the Babylonian Religion. This process was known as INFANT CHRISTENING and was practiced hundreds of years before Christ, (Hislop,pl38) and is found NOWHERE in the Bible! There is not a single example of a baby being 'baptized' or 'christened' in the Bible! Knowing what you do now, WOULD YOU WANT YOUR BABY CHRISTENED?



This was called 'Baal Worship' in the Old Testament, and God called it an abomination!



In Colossians 2:11, 12, repentance is compared with circumcision. "In him [Christ] you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism..." (NIV). The apostle Paul also said, in Romans 2:29, that circumcision is "of the heart."



Physical circumcision—the surgical removal of the male foreskin, or prepuce—demonstrated for Abraham’s descendants that they were in a covenant with God. Circumcision of the heart serves a similar purpose. When we change our way of thinking and behavior, we demonstrate our submission to God and our New Testament covenant with Him.



Even though Paul likened baptism to the practice of physical circumcision, he did not mean that children should be baptized. Jesus did bless little children, but this was quite different from baptism (Mark 10:13-16). Unlike physical circumcision, which is best performed in infancy (Genesis 17:12), baptism must wait until we are mature enough to understand repentance. The seriousness of baptism clearly makes it a decision for those who are mature. What about infants and other young children who die long before they can understand or gain the maturity to receive the Holy Spirit and seek God's Kingdom? What about people who live and die in nations where they may never even hear the name of Jesus Christ, much less make any kind of commitment to Him? What about people who adhere to high moral values but don't hold to any particular religious beliefs or commitment?



What will happen to them and when? Will the treatment these people receive be just? Is God fair? Will He give everyone equal opportunity to receive eternal life?



John said those not resurrected at the time of Jesus' return ("the rest of the dead") will live again at the end of the Millennium: "But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished" (Revelation 20:5).



A few verses later comes a further description of the scene of this resurrection: "Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades [the grave] delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works" (Revelation 20:11-13).



After Jesus Christ returns, He will expand the process of offering salvation to all mankind. Everyone who lives during the 1,000 years immediately after He returns will receive the opportunity to accept the gift of eternal life available through Christ.



At the end of the Millennium will come a physical resurrection of all who did not receive the calling to salvation during their lifetimes. Then they, too, will have the opportunity to receive that gift of eternal life and be judged by their righteous works. Being judged according to works does not imply that one earns

the gift of salvation. It simply means that a person demonstrates by his life that he believes in Jesus Christ and is willing to do the will of the Father (Matthew 7:21). A person living that commitment will naturally demonstrate in his life the positive results of that choice and way of life (Galatians 5:22-23; James 2:14-26).

However, God will mercifully destroy those who choose to defy Him, knowingly refusing to accept Jesus Christ's sacrifice and follow God's way of life.

Answer 11

Probably because infant and child mortality (that is "death") was so high up until the 20th century. Baptism in certain forms of Christianity is the first sacrament and initiation into the faith. People believed that if you died without being baptized, you would not go to Heaven, and if the plague or tuberculosis, or flu or sepsis or starvation some such disease or cultural ill took the life their child, folks wanted their child to die as Christians.

Answer 12

Infant baptism is one of the earliest traditions of Christianity. There was no disagreement anywhere in Christianity regarding infant baptism until the seventeenth century. Are we to say that for sexteen hundred years all those baptisms of Christians were invalid?





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Answer 13

First, I disagree with you that baptism is not a condition of salvation!



Jesus said, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved". (Mark 16:16) Peter said repentance and baptism are "for the remission of your sins" ("unto the remission of sins" - ASV) (Acts 2:38). Peter also said "baptism now saves". (1 Peter 3:21) Paul said that at baptism we enter "into Christ" (Galatians 3:27, Romans 6:3-13). He also said we contact Christ's death. That is where the saving blood was shed. (Romans 5:8-10) When we contact that blood, our sins are washed away. (Acts 22:16, Revelation 1:5)



The doctrine of infant baptism comes from the (mistaken) idea that babies have the guilt of sin, therefore they need to be baptized to wash away that sin.



Again, the Bible does teach that baptism has a role in having our sins washed away (Acts 22:16) by bringing us “into Christ” and figuratively into contact with His death, where the saving blood was shed (Romans 6:3-4, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:12). It is that blood that washes away sins (Romans 5:8-10, Revelation 1:5), yet it is through baptism that we contact the blood, therefore, “baptism now saves… through the resurrection of Christ” and baptism is “for the remission of sins”. (1 Peter 3:21, Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16)



Finally, it is at baptism that we “rise to walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:3-13, Colossians 2:12). We cannot be saved if we are not “born again” into this new life in Christ.



Infants, however, do not need to be baptized, and they are not candidates for scriptural baptism, for the following three reasons:



First infants are not born with the guilt of inherited sin, so they do not have any inherited sin (guilt) that needs to be forgiven. Ezekiel 18:20 says, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.” Infants are born in a safe condition.



We will each be judged based on what we have done, not based on how anyone else has lived. 2 Corinthians 5:10 says, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”



Secondly, infants do not have any sin of their own. 1 John 3:4 says, “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”



Since “sin is the transgression of the law”, if a baby is guilty of sin, what law have they transgressed, or which law are they even capable of transgressing or even understanding? Clearly, a baby has transgressed no law!



Finally, baptism in the New Testament is preceded by belief and repentance. (Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38)



In Acts 8, the eunuch asked, “…What hinders me from being baptized?” (verse 36) The answer was, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” (verse 37)



An infant is not able to believe, therefore, they are not candidates for baptism.



An infant has no personal or inherited sin (guilt), so they do not need baptism. Also, since they do hot have the capacity to believe and repent (and they have nothing to repent of), they do not meet the requirements in order that they may be baptized.



Also, Biblical baptism is by immersion. It would be difficult to safely, completely immerse an infant.



The New Testament was originally written in the Greek language. The Greek word we get the word "baptism" from, means to immerse.



Immersion is to dip down into the water. It is an overwhelming. The one being baptized is lowered into (until he is completely under) the water and then lifted up out of the water. It is not just sprinkling or pouring a little water on top of someone.



This can also be seen in Scripture.



John 3:23 says, "Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized." Only immersion requires "much water".



Baptism is described as going down into the water and coming up out of the water. (Matthew 3:16-17, Acts 8:38-39) Only immersion has the one being baptized going into the water.



Also, baptism is described as a burial. (Romans 6:3-4, Colossians 2:12) Only immersion buries the one being baptized.



It's funny that the only place that people have trouble understanding baptism is in religion. If someone were to say they were "baptized in debt", would you think they had just a sprinkling of debt (a few bills)? No, someone described in this way is figuratively "covered up" with debt.



I saw a sports article that said the freshmen on a football team had an "early baptism". Of course it mean they were plunged into full sudden participation in the program. They did not just see a sprinkling of activity, but they were fully involved.



If we can understand this everywhere else, why not in religion?



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Those who teach infant baptism many times point to the households that were baptized in the New Testament. They assume these households had infants and those young children were included in the baptism.



This, however is just an assumption. It is risky to base your doctrine on a guess that cannot be proven from the Scriptures!



In fact, the context of many of these scriptures DISPROVE infant baptism. Notice for example the household of the keeper of the prison in Acts 16.



He was baptized with his household (verse 33). But notice also, all his household was taught ( verse 32), and they all believed (verse 34). An infant cannot be taught, and an infant cannot believe. Therefore, "household" here did not include any infants.

Answer 14

Why did infant baptism start? It didn't "start," belladonna. The rite was a continuation of Old Testament circumcision, a covenant given to Abraham for all of his posterity. Christians are his posterity, and we get the promise, too! You are saying that baptism is not the condition of salvation. You get to figure out, then, what "baptism now saves us" means in 1 Peter 3:21. Covenant theology has no problem with this verse, because it applies the same way circumcision would, being accepted or rejected by God, not man. The "households" verses would have been under the same promise, a new life starting for the entire family and servants included in that household. They would conduct themselves differently and be sanctified under the "new" circumcision. In case you are thinking of the thief on the cross, who was probably neither baptized or circumcised, again we have the acceptance or rejection by God -- in this case Jesus Christ, who authorized the non-baptism/circumcision. The statements made in passage, didn't make the rite "optional."





As for "protection" until the age of accountability, nothing Man thinks he can do of his own ability, "protects" him. God is not required to save anyone. We can declare babies innocent all day long, and look for Bible passages to "prove" an automatic ticket to heaven, avoiding Hell for whoever we want. Why not just bring back indulgences too? We can make a "nice God" out of the carnage we see in various places in the OT, but look at Esau, hated before he was born. If he had died as an infant, would his age have justified him? Would circumcision have justified him? We can apply the same arguments to baptism today. It doesn't save us if the promise is not there in the first place. And it's God who decides who is included as Abraham's posterity, not us. Baptism does not force God's hand, neither is it an optional rite that has to wait until an age of reason. Public testimony? Yes, it certainly is for the new adult believer. But what's important is the promise applied, a "mark" on God's property, pointing to the saving work of Jesus Christ. It's not "following an example," that belief makes the rite just a nice thing for Jesus to do rather than the fulfillment of all righteousness. Christians supposedly make lots of public testimonies, so why is baptism not performed every day if that's the way to make a public testimony? If it's just a "ready, set, go" ceremony, then I think the entire meaning has been missed. There's nothing to apply to the rest of your life if that's true -- except a "look what I did" badge to wave in front of the non-baptized crowd who believe it's an option, anyway.



God's people are desperate for that mark, belladonna. Look at the eunich, baptism right away. Entire households when people believed. Everywhere you look in the New Testament, it went right along with belief. It wouldn't have waited for the kids to grow up, there was no hesitation at all. The new believer was on his/her knees before the Lord, and baptism, the way I believe it, brought me straight to my kid to place her on her knees before the Lord too, to bring to church whether she knew what was happening or not, folding her hands in prayer for her, raising her according to that new circumcision, that sacred mark of God, trusting in His grace as we celebrated the risen Christ together as a family. No waiting for an age of reason to show up, and a choice to be atheist. No way, we are under the cross, and we conduct ourselves accordingly!

Answer 15

they want us to believe that we inherited the original sin from Adam and eve and we need to be washed by such water sprinkling.



next or maybe the better reason is money. coz you are going to pay

Answer 16

Precursor to Andrea Yates.

Answer 17

Just in case... Jesus is known to go after children, too!!!



GOD THE FATHER PROFILE…

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 (NIV) If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." THEN ALL THE MEN OF HIS TOWN SHALL STONE HIM TO DEATH* (*the old perverts were just waiting there for the next child to be stoned to death! And only a God fearing Christian would have his/her son stoned to death!). You must purge the evil from among you. ALL ISRAEL WILL HEAR OF IT AND BE AFRAID.* (*It works all the time! Have your unruly child stoned to death in full public view and everybody else will learn to stay in line!)



GOD THE SON JESUS CHRIST PROFILE…

Revelation 2:23 (NIV) (Jesus says) I WILL STRIKE HER CHILDREN DEAD* (*Sweet Jesus Christ himself is the one having the pleasure of doing the killing of children so he can teach everybody a lesson! The Clergy earned millions printing books about Jesus love without telling anybody about Jesus’ vicious children killing habit. In our society today he would be in jail for promoting the killing of children!!!). Then ALL THE CHURCHES WILL KNOW that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.* (*Amen! Praise the LORD Sweet Jesus and F*** you, too!)



Luke 19:27 (NIV) (Jesus is very excited telling this story… most Christians prefer to ignore!) But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them–bring them here and kill them in front of me.



Control by fear is deeply rooted in God’s “Plan of Salvation”… So if you think that you got saved GOOD FOR YOU!!! Make sure that you pay your FULL tithes and offering on time or God the Holy Ghost will zap you on the spot and the church people will give you a decent Christian burial without telling anybody in your family. This is the New Testament killing of Christians after Jesus did away with the LAW of the Old Testament! You can’t test God the Holy Ghost a.k.a. “The Comforter” he is very touchy… Saint Paul says that many Christians get sick because of it. So if you get sick it may be that you lag behind in paying your dues to the Church!



GOD THE HOLY GHOST PROFILE…

Act 5:9-11 (NIV) Peter said to her, “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?* (*a.k.a. “The Holy Comforter” by not paying the FULL tithe and offering to the Church) Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door* (*in a Christian burial nobody notifies the death event to any spouse or relative! Have you noticed how bloody cool is Saint Peter about tithing?) and they will carry you out also.” At that moment SHE FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET AND DIED* (Praise the LORD!). Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. GREAT FEAR SEIZED THE WHOLE CHURCH AND ALL WHO HEARD ABOUT THESE EVENTS.* (*yeah… it works all the time! Just have somebody killed and the rest will learn! It’s the Bible way! What if Ananias and Saphira had children at home? Who would have told them that God the Holy Ghost zapped their parents dead in Church??? Too bad CNN was not there to report… Christianity would have come to a screeching end!)



Any member of God the Holy Trinity team puts to shame any mobster intimidating and killing anybody without mercy just to get your attention! And lastly, but not the least different…



THE CLERGY PROFILE…

Deuteronomy 17:12-13 (NIV) The man who shows contempt for the judge or for the PRIEST who stands ministering there to the Lord your God MUST BE PUT TO DEATH* (*Amen! Praise the LORD!). You must purge the evil from Israel. ALL THE PEOPLE WILL HEAR AND BE AFRAID, AND WILL NOT BE CONTEMPTUOUS AGAIN.



Luke 16:17 (NIV) (Jesus said) It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.



Jesus said that HE DIDN’T COME TO CHANGE THE LAW!!! But the clergy says that “Jesus fulfilled the Law” whatever that means and that the Old Testament is no longer valid!!! SHAME ON JESUS FOR LYING…!!! Christians would much rather listen to the clergy!



Nothing promotes religion better than the story of a few killings and some coercion to keep the Christian population UNDER A SMILEY CLERGY CONTROL! Believe it or not, most Christians honestly believe that because they are still alive God must love them! So that is why they don’t pay much attention to any of the above. Today we have Clergy led Christians promoting the Bible to make it the Law of the Land! Not even the NAZIS were that bad!



Jeremiah 6:13 (NIV) "From the least to the greatest, ALL are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, ALL practice deceit."

Answer 18

to confuse the people so when they grew up the think they do not need to do it

Answer 19

To get used to drowning witch babies.