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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
Protestants don't believe this. We believe, for the most part, that as a young child, it is your parents responsibility to teach you about church and Jesus Christ. After going to Sunday school, church, and vacation Bible school that around the age 10 - 13, the kid would make the decision to commit his / her life to Christ, and thus decide to get baptized.
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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
Protestants do believe that people are born with sin. Most Protestants don't practice infant baptism, however.
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As jeni said, many if not most Protestants do believe in original sin. I'd be careful in saying, however, that
most Protestants do not practice infant baptism. Given that the Lutherans, Anglicans, Reformed/Presbyterians and Methodists are among the largest Protestant groups and given that they all practice infant baptism, saying that "most" Protestants don't practice infant baptism might be an overstatement.
I would agree, though, that most Protestant groups do not see baptism as remitting original sin in quite the same way as the Roman Catholic Church does.
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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
For clarity's sake, original sin is one of the major theological beliefs that came out of the Protestant Reformation in full force.
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Original sin as understood in the Western church, Roman Catholic and Protestant alike, is largely based on Augustine's understandings. ('Course, Calvin took it a step further with total depravity.) But yes, almost all Protestant groups -- even those that rejected infant baptism -- retained the doctrine, though as you say, with varying degrees of emphasis or understanding. The Eastern Orthodox never accepted the Augustinian understanding, and there is nothing comparable to it in Jewish teaching.
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Originally Posted by GooniePDT49
ignorance is a southern thing!
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Apparently, it's a Connecticut thing as well.
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