Why baptism is fucked

Infant baptism only means anything in Catholicism. It isn't biblical. And you're not obligated to blindly worship anything that you don't want to worship--at least, not as an adult. Parents have a right (and, as I see it, an obligation) to raise their children in a particular faith, but once that child is an adult (I don't mean legally--I mean at an age when they can discern and think about spiritual matters on their own terms), then they can choose to believe whatever they like.

 

So, it's not so much the baptism, but your being born into a family with a particular religion, right? With little rewording the story could easily be restated as follows:

I was born into a religious family when i was a baby. Now, the Catholic religion has decent morals and its relatively not dangerous (in a physical manner, mentally is another discussion). So im not mad or angry about my family religion but the whole process seems a little fucked, thats all.I'm a baby. I have EXTREMELY limited cognitive thought processes and can't really think for myself or make a big decision like decidimg what religion to go into. I didnt even have a chamce to explore (or know about) other religions. Hell, i didnt even know about my religion or i was being brought up in my family religion for that matter.
You're tricked when you get born. You get thrown into whatever religion your parents decide and (ideally) you blindly worship that religion until the day you die. & the idea is you then enter this other dimension of "life" aka "afterlife" to take away at the fact that your life ha a good chance of just being non-existent after death. Now for the religious extremists on here. For argument sake, lets ssy you're a devoted catholic and youre a die-hard who belives the bible is in a literal fashion. For those, they have a lowkey attitude of "Other religions are wrong. Jesus loves me personally." Now what if when you were a baby you were thrown into the hinduism religion. Wouldnt you want to make your own decision on important manners such as this? Seems a little barbaric. If i have kids, I'm waiting until they're 23-25 yo (deoending on guy and girl) so they can make their own decisions like an accrual human being does inn the real world. You know... decision-making and such.

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Not so much about what helps me, I was just trying to parse further a bit at what the real core issue is. Probably closer now, but I sense there's probably more to it still, that is, if one really wants to respect and take the post seriously.

BTW, now that you're an adult, what religion or belief system or lack-of-belief system did you end up choosing for yourself?

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That quote to Romans is very much on point. My opinion is that baptism is a matter of entering a community. in this case for the child to have the opportunity to grow in a certain religious district while having all of the advantages it brings with it. Baptism I would consider to be a formality rather than an spiritual act.

 

Parents make choices for their children. As others have pointed out, a child is just as likely to hate their parents for not baptizing them as they are for baptizing them. Parents have every right in the world to impose their beliefs on their children.

 

Dude
you are taking it too seriously. Is not like you are forever bound to a religion when you are baptised. I got baptised and I am the biggest atheist of my household and possibly the world. I don't even believe in Santa Claus.

 

Wow, just like Ben Franklin or some of our other founding fathers. What may become of you could be quite astounding? You might even evolve beyond their limited preconceptions.