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SemperReformanda said:
Will,

You're not getting my point.

My point is that just because Baptists erroneously baptize non-believers does not make it an argument against credobaptism, and it doesn't make baptizing non-believers right either.

Marie,

Baptist ministers don't "erroneously" baptize unbelievers when the unbeliever professes salvation. (The same goes for Paedobaptist ministers when they are called upon to baptize professing believers who are not genuine believers.) Moreover, baptizing unbelievers is "right" from the Baptist perspective when the responsibility of the minister is in view. What is wrong from the Baptist perspective is for an unbeliever to present himself for baptism. When this occurs, it is indeed right for the Baptist minister to baptize.

Kindly,

Ron