Credo Vs. Paedo Baptism/Communion is not a scriptural debate
I didn't think I cared about this topic as much as I do. As a former Baptist who only recently joined a Reformed church and had our children baptized, I'm not the most qualified person in the world to consistently promote either side of the debate. But I do have something to say on the subject that I don't think I've heard anyone say before: the baptism debate is a worldview/presuppositional debate. Further, where you fall on the issue has very little to do with the actual text of scripture. This is where the Baptist jumps in and says, "That may be true for Presbyterians, but we Baptists hold to Sola-Scriptura. That's why we only baptize professing believers because there are no biblical commands to baptize apart from repentance and belief." And then the Presbyterian jumps back in and says something about the covenant and how much more gracious it is, repeat ad nauseum while the actual argument is being completely overlooked. ...