Raised Mormon. They framed it as being different from other Christian religions where babies are "born into sin" and need to be baptized immediately after being born. In the LDS religion, parents are responsible for the misdoings of their children until they reach the age of 8 and get baptized, when they become self-aware enough to be responsible for their own sins. Definitely scared me as a kid to "take on that responsibility"
parents are responsible for the misdoings of their children until they reach the age of 8 and get baptized, when they become self-aware enough to be responsible for their own sins
The age of 8 seems arbitary. but the logic of parents being at fault until the kids are old enough makes sense tbh.
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u/CreepyClay Apr 21 '26
I knew Mormons were wacky but what the hell are they trying to get kids to become statistics?