McCain's pastor, Dan Yeary, calls baptism the biggest cause of fear "for 99 percent of people."

[usregimechange]

"Full-immersion baptism is probably the biggest bugaboo for 99 percent of people, particularly adults."
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aHH18X6Vsqzk&refer=home

Main Entry:
bug·a·boo Listen to the pronunciation of bugaboo
Pronunciation:
\ˈbə-gə-ˌbü\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural bug·a·boos
Etymology:
earlier buggybow, bugger-bo, of unknown origin
Date:
1598
1: an imaginary object of fear2: bugbear 2; also : something that causes fear or distress out of proportion to its importance
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bugaboo

All religious people should be outraged by this comment! How arrogant and elitist! Does he think religious people are afraid of baptism?

[Alexander]

1. That's funny since McCain converted to Baptism recently.

[usregimechange]

2. 99% of people afraid of baptism!

[Muttocracy]

3. Is his version of baptism like waterboarding?

:yoiks:

[libnnc]

4. DUzy

:hide:

[cliffordu]

13. Yep...lol

[usregimechange]

5. It must be!

[KittyWampus]

6. Oh no, you didn't go there.... YES YOU DID!

:rofl:

[usregimechange]

7. Yeary said he thinks he and McCain are ``kindred spirits'' on spiritual matters.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aHH18X6Vsqzk&refer=home

[jwirr]

8. Oh oh this time he is stepping on rw toes. This one they will want

thrown under the bus.

[blogslut]

9. How Ironic

People afraid of being dunked under water...

[usregimechange]

10. I am outraged!

[frogcycle]

11. so McCain opts not to participate in a goofy ritual

big whoop

[juno jones]

12. Baptism...

I was baptised as an infant (congregationalist). It didn't stop me from becoming a totally heathen pagan. I saw my baptist friend get (full-immersion, but gentle) baptised at 12. I wasn't impressed...or afraid of it.

When my oldest son was born, my mother kept asking for me to have him baptised. I knew it woiuld make her happy so I asked , "What would I have to do?" She replies, "You'd have to swear to the minister that he would be raised as a christian." I said, "Mom, you know I can't do that. That would be a lie. if you want him baptised, I give you permission to do so, stand in as a godparent or something, but I can't do that."

In the end, he is still unbaptised, and I think none the worse for it. If he desires baptism, he will seek it out for himself, he is certainly more of a christian than me.

Full-immersion baptism, especially when you're being double-dog *dared* to do it, is just a *christian* hazing ritual.

[cliffordu]

14. Yeah, I gut dunked when I was a kid. Got and infection.