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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
Correct me if I'm wrong, (probably unnecessary phrase), but don't southern Baptists require that one be baptized in their church in order to be a member, even if they have previously been baptized in another Christian denomination? If so, doesn't that imply that baptism in other churches is invalid according to their beliefs? If that is the case, how do you feel about all those wasted years, and the ones you left behind, in those other denominations that you now must belief are destined to not be saved?
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No, SB do NOT believe that. If they did, I wouldn't be there. Some groups do tho. One baptism is all that is necessary and it's ONLY a witness or profession of faith. You may be thinking infant baptism vs adult or believer's baptism tho. SB would NOT recognize an infant baptism because it's not seen anywhere in Scripture. But even so you can still worship even if you were baptized as an infant. They would just insist you be baptized in order to join
Many of the groups I was involved in were cults and I would say are actually dangerous..spiritually speaking. Nice, nice people but very deceived. I don't believe any of my past years were wasted in these "off" groups though. I have so much knowledge in what they believe in and have been very instrumental in helping others wade thru the muck comparing these religions with what Scripture actually teaches.