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==Discernment of Truth: Seekers, Converts, and Christian Apologetics==

==Discernment of Truth: Seekers, Converts, and Christian Apologetics==

Independent seekers of truth who are not Christians, but are attracted to the person of the historical [[Jesus Christ|Jesus of Nazareth]], struggle with [[discernment]] of what is right in accordance with [[reason]] and their [[conscience]]. This is especially true for those persons with an unborn or newborn child, infant, babe, child in arms, a child not yet able to walk, faced with the question of the eternal soul and the [[Last Judgment]]. Those who have recourse to [[Christian apologetics]] for help are offered arguments from scripture and tradition to help them decide. Those who are persuaded that Jesus is the Son of God and become converts to [[Christianity]] will rely on what seems to them to be the truth of the matter of infant baptism according to the various and differing apologists they read and hear, with whom they agree or disagree. Some of them may or may not be found to use [[specious reasoning]], which may or may not be exposed by the arguments of other apologists discussing infant baptism. Some use [[polemic]]. Accordingly they will choose to become a Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant, Independent, non-denominational, or [[Cafeteria Christianity|"cafeteria Christian"]], and, on their own personal judgment, on their own personal authority, as being answerable solely to their own conscience alone, decide what to believe about the matter. Any one of them can become closed-minded and firmly entrenched in their [[opinion]] because of [[Sloth (sin)|mental and spiritual sloth]]. There are those who seek to be more and more informed about the matter and sometimes change their minds. Then, after careful discernment and much "soul-searching" with prayer to God for guidance, they often move to a different [[church]] or [[denomination]] as being more in accord with [[truth]] and the [[Bible]], fully assured that they are doing what is right. Their friends and associates may strongly disagree, some even warning that they could possibly, or most certainly will, go to [[hell]] unless they [[Repentance|repent]] their decision.

Independent seekers of truth who are not Christians, but are attracted to the person of the historical [[Jesus Christ|Jesus of Nazareth]], struggle with [[discernment]] of what is right in accordance with [[reason]] and their [[conscience]]. This is especially true for those persons with an unborn or newborn child, infant, babe, child in arms, a child not yet able to walk, faced with the question of the eternal soul and the [[Last Judgment]]. Those who have recourse to [[Christian apologetics]] for help are offered arguments from scripture and tradition to help them decide. Those who are persuaded that Jesus is the Son of God and become converts to [[Christianity]] will rely on what seems to them to be the truth of the matter of infant baptism according to the various and differing apologists they read and hear, with whom they agree or disagree. Some of them may or may not be found to use [[specious reasoning]], which may or may not be exposed by the arguments of other apologists discussing infant baptism. Some use [[polemic]]. Accordingly they will choose to become a Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant, Independent, non-denominational, or [[Cafeteria Christianity|"cafeteria Christian"]], and, on their own personal judgment, on their own personal authority, as being answerable solely to their own conscience alone, they decide what to believe about the matter. Any one of them can become closed-minded and firmly entrenched in their [[opinion]] because of [[Sloth (sin)|mental and spiritual sloth]]. There are those who seek to be more and more informed about the matter and sometimes change their minds. Then, after careful discernment and much "soul-searching" with prayer to God for guidance, they often move to a different [[church]] or [[denomination]] as being more in accord with [[truth]] and the [[Bible]], fully assured that they are doing what is right. Their friends and associates may strongly disagree, some even warning that they could possibly, or most certainly will, go to [[hell]] unless they [[Repentance|repent]] their decision.

Catholics rely on [[Petrine Primacy]], the authority of the [[Pope]] and the whole of Scripture and Tradition as the one deposit of the divine faith authentically interpreted by the Catholic [[Magisterium]].

Catholics rely on [[Petrine Primacy]], the authority of the [[Pope]] and the whole of Scripture and Tradition as the one deposit of the divine faith authentically interpreted by the Catholic [[Magisterium]].