I have noticed that they showcase children that get baptized before they are 10. I remember when it was 12-14 when they were mature enough (still much too young). These days, it seems to be that children that reach 10 are being frightened into getting baptized. I have heard on this board a story where one child was afraid of getting destroyed unless they get baptized now.
I even saw in the litter-ature stories of children as young as 6 getting baptized. The yearbooks and Experiences sections in the Puketower are favorite places for this. Then, there are those that go up on the platform during a$$emblies. They are 12 or 13 now, and they recite stories about getting baptized when they were 6 or 7. This elicits a lot of response from the audience, in the form of those staged applause sessions (I wonder if the actual experiences were real or fake, but they seem to inspire a lot of parents and hounders to force children to get baptized at 6).
There is nowhere in the Scriptures that insinuates that children that young should get baptized. King Josiah becoming king of Israel at age 8 is often cited, but I doubt he was king without some kind of supervision from those old enough to run the place. Nor does this mean that most should be getting baptized at age 6. If anything, they should hold off until long past the age of 18. Jesus would have been qualified to get baptized at age 6 if anyone would have. But, even at age 12, he was not yet baptized. He was 30 when he was baptized, and he KNEW that he wanted it! This would indicate that a person should be at least 30 before getting baptized.
Not only that, but Jesus spent time questioning those in authority. He was able to do this at age 12, even before thinking of baptism. Jesus was basically the master of the religion. He perfectly lived up to the Mosaic Law (if one believes the Bible literally), without the extras that the leaders added. And he was 30 before baptism. Go figure.
