Baptism and Christening

Muslims don't baptise their children- baptising is strictly Catholic/ Christian.

However, Muslims do have a ceremony for their children called Aqiqah. During this ceremony, the parents of the child sacrafice a lamb or a goat to the Almighty Allah, to thank Him for the gift of a child. Usually, if it's a boy, two lambs or goats may be sacrificed, and if it's a girl, usually only one.

The baby is shaved. All hair of the baby's head must be shaved off and it must be weighed. The weight of the hair can be equivalent to how much gold or money the parent/s gives to charity. Also, they name the child during this ceremony.

Answer:

Baptism, as it is called by Chritianity, was always simply a cleansing prior to entering the faith, or a washing before prayers (as Jesus himself is recorded as doing).

So in Islam, when a person finally finds the truth and wants to accept it, then it is recommended that he or she takes a bath before coming to the mosque to declare that there is only One God, and Muhammad is His Final Messenger.

Other than that, we are also required to wash before prayers.

Let us understand HINDUISM first.

'Hinduism' is actually very-very little of a religion, if you talk of the essence of Hinduism. The more

you call Hinduism, a religion, the more you are destroying the real thing. So, Hinduism is great

only as long as it is not a religion. The moment you say, 'Hindu-ism is great', it's gone, finished.

Hinduism is not at all a religion in

the sense Christianity and Islam are religions. The Upanishads do not propagate a religion at all. Are you getting it? How can you follow a

religion after reading Ribhu Gita? Gone, finished! There is no question of religion. Yes, if this religiousness can be called 'Hinduism', then it is

alright. Then it is alright.

So, there are religions who are on one plane, and then there is Sanaatan Dharma , which is another dimension. It is Sanaatan Dharma ; the eternal religiousness. It is not a religion. Sanaatan Dharma is awakened intelligence, also called 'Swadharma'. You know what you must do at any point, because you know who you are, that is Swadharma. Now, you don't need a

dharma because you know Swadharma, that is Sanaatan dharma; Swadharma. That is what

Krishna has talked about.

When Krishna says, 'Swadharme nidhanamshreya (स�वधर�म� निधन� श�र�य�)', he is not talking about Hinduism. He is talking about the action of

intelligence.

'Heretics', 'apostates', 'believers', 'non-believers', how does it matter? These terms are relevant only when there is a frozen pattern of thought,

which you call as 'religion'. In the free and open expanse of mind, which you call as spirituality, there is no need for any religion.

When you have a religion then you can be converted to another religion, but once you start living in Swadharma, the Sanaatan Dharma , it is impossible to convert you.

So, who is a real Hindu? The one who is religionless. A real Hindu does not have any religion. To go beyond all religions is to be a Hindu.

If heaven exists and god is just, they would if they lead good lives.

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>Everyone whether dead or alive will have the opportunity to have the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached to them. If they accept the Gospel in the spirit world when it's preached to them(they who have died and passed on) then the baptismal ordinance, and a few other saving ordinances will be performed in proxy for them here on earth. In, 1 Corinthians 15:29 we read, "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?" Everyone will have the opportunity to be Baptised, or Baptised in proxy of, if they accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ whether they be alive or dead, as I said. Bear in mind that death is the separation of the spirit from the body, for without the spirit, which lives on, the body has no life in or of its self and so, returns to dust, from the dust whence it came; Much the same as a glove is lifeless when the hand is removed. Another King James Bible scripture affirms baptism for the dead; 1 Peter 4:6 reads, "For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.">

Well for infants it is a way to give the baby over to God, if it is as an adult it generally means that someone has been thru some really difficult, times, perhaps an incident where they almost died they may want to be baptized to purify themselves in a physical sense to symbolize what is going on in their heart with God.

Roman Catholic: In the Christian church the Rite of Baptism is the first of the seven Sacraments. It is one of the sacraments of initiation (along with Confirmation and the Eucharist) which lays the foundations of every Christian life.

"Since the very dawn of creation your Spirit breathed on the waters, making them the wellspring of all holiness." (Roman Missal, Easter Vigil, Blessing of Water" The Church has seen in Noah's ark a prefiguring of salvation by Baptism, for by it, "a few, that is eight persons, were saved through water"

Hence Baptism is a bath in which the 'imperishable seed' of the Word of God produces its life-giving effect. St. Augustine says of Baptism: "The word is brought to the material element, and it becomes a sacrament"

"It signifies and actually brings about death to sin and entry into the life of the Most Holy Trinity through configuration to the Paschal mystery of Christ. Baptism is performed in the most expressive way by triple immersion in the baptismal water.

"For all the baptised, children or adults, faith must grow after Baptism. For this reason the Church celebrates each year at the Easter Vigil the renewal of baptismal promises. - From the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Editio Typica, Second Edition