baptism

• becomes a child of god
• becoming a member of the christian church
• receives gods saving grace and the holy spirit
• a person is cleansed of original sin
• catholic and orthodox christians recognise the 7 sacraments
• many protestant christians only accept 2 sacraments baptism and holy communion
• other christian such as salvation army and quakers accept no sacraments
• infant baptism is practiced by catholic, orthodox, anglican, methodist christians

  it removes original sin

  parents can thank god for their new baby
• believers baptism

  people should be old enough to make a decision about their faith, this decision to live a life dedicated to Jesus is what saves not being bapitised