I may just be a geeky, 19 year old going in to his second year of college, but I seem to see something lacking in this discussion. Where are all the Scripture references? I see some, but not many. I am credo, I'll attest to that, but all I see is debate over who is right or wrong. Why not discuss Scripture and what God has given us in His perfect, infallible Word? <br><br>I throw out a verse now on the issue. And this is from a totally neutral position. <br><br><blockquote>[color:blue]I baptize you with water to show that you have repented, but the One who will come after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He is much greater than I am; and I am not good enough even to carry His sandals. He has His winnowing shovel with Him to thresh out all the grain. He will gather His wheat into his barn, but He will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out."</font color=blue> (Matthew 3:11-12 Good News Bible)</blockquote><br>Now, if one of the reasons Christ came was to "baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire", how does an infant go to heaven who has not been baptized with either, since we are all born sinners? This is an issue that has bugged me from the start about believers baptism. It seems age of accountability is just a cover-up so that those groups who don't want to be "Catholic" so to speak can omit a practice that they just don't like. I do not believe that ALL infants go to hell. I think that since only very few infants die that they are of that remnant talked of in Isaiah who will be saved, hence why not a lot die in infancy. But the age of accountability arguement against infant baptism seems like a way to dodge this subject. But back to my question here. What assurance does an infant who is " spiritually dead because of...disobedience and sins" (Ephesians 2:1 Good News Bible) have if you hold to a credo position completely? (apart from age of accountability) Any thoughts from either perspective would be nice [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/dizzy.gif" alt="dizzy" title="dizzy[/img]
