Re: on original sin

salaam

shahadah and baptism are not analogous. shahadah is not a ritual, it is 
a personal affirmation. and no matter how many times a child might 
say the kalimah, her/his shahadah actually only makes once s/he is an 
adult and is discerning. baptism (from my little understanding of it) 0f a 
child is not a personal commitment and affirmation, it is something 
done TO the child

na'eem

On 6 Feb 2004 at 17:41, [email protected] wrote:

> I would agree that shahadah and baptism are analogous . . . if it's
> agreed that the similarity is that they both have a function roughly
> of being an official ritual that makes one's introduction into her
> faith.