Im having a discussion over baptism with another brother of mine. I was told to read John McArthurs article on Infant Baptism. In the article John wrote something that kinda stung me the wrong way and I wanted a solid answer from anyone here who might know.
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He says:
In fact, after the Reformation, if somebody was rebaptized, who was baptized as an infant, they were labeled an "Anabaptist" and persecuted.
It was not uncommon for that persecution to reach a fever pitch so that after the Reformation, you had Protestant people who believed in infant baptism persecuting people who believed in believers’ baptism. It became a serious issue, even to the point where some people who believed in adult immersion after confession of faith in Christ and were rebaptized, were killed. So, this was a heated issue. We can be glad it isn’t quite that furious today, but it is still an issue of immense importance in the church, because as I said, you have baptized non-Christians and unbaptized Christians. In both cases you have a problem, a serious problem.
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Is this true? Offhand from my poor memory this seems to be misconstrued to make paedo-baptisers appear even more wrong then need be.