re the doctrine of original sin eugene bigelow ebay sun com geno writes joseph h buehler writes this all obviously applies equally well to infants or adults since both have souls infants must be baptized therefore or they cannot enter into heaven they too need this form of life in them or they cannot enter into heaven are you saying that baptism has nothing to do with asking jesus to come into your heart and accepting him as your savior but is just a ritual that we must go through to enable us to enter heaven my feeling on baptism is this parents baptize their baby so that the baby has the sanctifying grace of baptism and thus removal of original sin on its soul in the event of an unexpected death that is the parents speak on behalf of the child which is too young to speak on its own this should not surprise anyone don t parents always do what they believe is the best for their baby why would that apply to the baby s physical needs only but not his her spiritual needs to have god s grace the purpose of confirmation is for the baby now young adult to decide to re affirm for himself herself the promises that his her parents made at baptism that is where accepting jesus into your heart comes in in baptism the parents ask jesus to come into their baby s heart at confirmation the child repeats that request independently by the way these are my personal feelings though i believe they are pretty close to what the doctrinal position of the catholic church on this issue can anyone out there back me up or correct me
