And how many "Christians" don't really believe that?Well given the chance to do it as an adult I think is a great idea. How many people would not come back if they had to do that? I think it's a great idea to make people who were born into it reconfirm as adults. Make people say I believe Jesus is the son of God, Mary was a virgin and that they take it all literally. If you can't say it, don't call yourself a Christian. Where is the line? Are people who don't take the bible stories literally really Christians?ThanksI was baptized as a child. All Greek Orthodox children are at a very young age.Quick questionIf there's one thing I can't stand is born agains. I credit them for waking me up though. I was a faithful Greek Orthodox and I ran into a born again who asked me, "are you sure you know where you are going to go when you die?" Of course setting me up for the fact that I wasn't baptized as an adult. This is their angle. They tell you how your religion has it wrong, even if it's a Christian faith. They have a hook to steal other Christians from other sects away. Brilliant really. If you didn't make the choice yourself as a child to get baptized, you have to do it again as an adult. Even if you believe as an adult after being baptized as a child, that aint good enough. You MUST be born again and that means you MUST go through the ritual of being baptized. Preferrably by one of their preachers because lets face it. If the Greek orthordox got this wrong, what else do they have wrong, right? LOL.
If you're Orthodox doesn't that mean you follow Scripture rather literally?
Because even Jesus had to be baptized.
Are we somehow exempt while He wasn't? Wouldn't that put us above Him?
I was baptized when I was eight but I think it makes such a stronger connection when you do it again at an older age when you can more fully understand the gravity of it all
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead...you will be saved.
Its not done at gunpoint Sealy and no human has the power to give it to you, make you do it or... take it away from you.
Ask that question and watch 3/4th of the churches close. Talk about a recession.