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(6,126 posts)Fla Dem
(23,351 posts)PJMcK
(21,916 posts)If that's for real, that's stupid.
Really?! A priest is baptizing a a child with a squirt gun?!
Yeah. Christianity is a REAL thing.
Wait until they pull out the light sabers.
ETA: Mom and Dad seem really happy. What a pair of idiots. Clearly, they do not understand anything about the rites of their faith. HYPOCRITES!
catrose
(5,047 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,115 posts)Maybe it was a joke and maybe it wasn't. Everyone involved appears to be perfectly happy.
Methodist baptize with application of a wet palm by the minister. Other groups do not baptize infants and in fact find it blasphemous.
Even adult baptism does not escape controversy: immersion vs sprinkling discussions can set off serious arguments.
Sometimes an unusual method is to make a point; a student pastor I knew in college served Pepsi and potato chips for Holy Communion, illustrating that it is motive and sincerity which are important.
I sent this to my Senior Pastor, I am looking forward to his comments.
safeinOhio
(32,527 posts)drunk Irish priest jokes.