Parents often baptize their children, without even thinking about why and why they do it. At the same time, not everyone is aware that the baptismal rite is not only a beautiful ceremony in the church and by no means a means of protection from the evil eye, moods and diseases.
Many baptize babies simply because it should be. For the most part, modern mothers and fathers were also baptized in childhood (although not as massively as today's babies), so this rite is taken for granted. Very often, it is the rite of baptism that the crumbs join the church, and then the church is visited, at best, a couple of times a year on major church holidays (Easter, Christmas). Some see the sacrament of baptism as a kind of “pill” for some problems with children's health or behavior and believe that, having performed the ceremony, they will be able to help the baby recover faster or fall asleep better without going into hysterics. Very often not only young mom and dad argue this way, but also older, wise family members. However, it is fundamentally wrong to consider baptism a way of obtaining indulgence from the Higher Forces. Believing parents see the process of baptism as a completely natural event, and they baptize their children because they have no idea how to do without it. According to Christian doctrine, at baptism a person joins the Kingdom of God, and this must be done even in infancy. In this case, the parents are fully aware of what this rite means, they conduct the appropriate preparation (prayers, confession) and very responsibly approach the choice of godparents, who should become a reliable support for the peanut. In such families, the child does not just go through the sacrament of baptism, he joins the church from a young age. They partake of him, go to services with him, read the Bible to him or simply retell parables that are understandable even to the smallest. I must say that from the point of view of faith, only in the third case does the rite of baptism make sense. Although the priests do not refuse anyone, because in any case, the child joins God, and then everything depends on his parents and godparents. And sometimes mothers and fathers come to faith through the baby, through the sacrament of baptism and subsequent communions and services. It is also believed that during this rite the infant receives its guardian angel and falls under the protection of the Higher Powers. Some believe that it is not worth baptizing a child at such a young age, but you need to give him the opportunity to come to this himself. For true believing Christians, such a waiting tactic is absurd and impossible, because, according to their beliefs, a child from a very young age should be brought up in Christ and be a true Christian (and therefore go through the sacrament of baptism).
