[LeRoux Strydom]

Lendaddy

back to your original question:

If you have no intention of raising & guiding your child towards Christ, then do not make a commitment that you have no intention to honor. Because that is what baptism is, a solemn undertaking to guide your child spiritually towards a life in Christ with an equally valid commitment from God towards that child. It is a two-way covenant between the parent and God. Baptism on its own without this commitment by the parent is an empty promise and means diddly-squat for the child.

If your child should become a christian later in life (with or without your influence and that of his grandpa), I believe it does not matter if he is baptized or not. If he then chooses to, he can get himself baptized if he wishes to enter into this special covenant with God.

People generally make too much of public rituals (especially the Roman Catholic church). What really matters is the intention and undertakings that you make in your heart towards the spiritual well-being of your child.

I disagree that you should do it for the sake of grandpa. If grandpa really understand the meaning of baptism, he will understand if you as the parent is reluctant to promise something that you cannot/will not honor.

My 0.02.

Le Roux