Baptism at 8

My wife came home yesterday with an interesting story. She attends a parent group at the local church (non-LDS). During their meeting, the topic for discussion was education. When they got to boys between 8 and 12, the person leading the discussion mentioned that this is the age when they start changing physically. He claimed parents should be prepared to discuss sex and Chastity. Girls mature in a similar fashion, but on a different scale. There, too, parents should be prepared to consult on the same topic.

To me the connection to the age of baptism was obvious. The Jewish ritual of maturity - the Bar-Mitzvah, occurs at 13. Without much investigation, I would conjecture that this age reflects when a person is physically capable of having a family. At 13, you are supposedly ready to be thrown into the world, to hack it on your own.

On the other hand, starting your path to maturity with baptism at 8, gives you a better opportunity. You can use this to grow both physically and spiritually.

To me, this again shows the difference between the law of Moses (more physical for the younger human kind) vs. the law of Jesus (more spiritual for the latter days).

TOTD: Educate your children or they will educate you.

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