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I took a holy dip into the Ganges aerocontrols Send a noteboard - 10/06/2011 11:48:26 AM
The water seemed quite polluted to expect any 'holiness' out of it, but I was allowed to make a wish afterwards. Since I wished for something good to happen to someone else, I may never know if it came true, but it was a pretty reasonable thing I asked for that probably would have happened in any case (in my opinion, one shouldn't be too pushy when making requests of an imaginary deity... since they don't exist, they can really only help you in a very limited way)

I hope that story amuses you as much as the thought of you trying to puzzle out consistency on the matter of baptism amuses me. For what it's worth, I was baptized in my teen years when I went through a period of very strong belief in the Christian god. I still dig his music, moreso now than back then, actually.

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I took a holy dip into the Ganges - 10/06/2011 11:48:26 AM 653 Views
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He dances and dips in The Ganges- Very Nice. *NM* - 11/06/2011 02:15:41 AM 243 Views
Three dips - that's the ceremony. - 11/06/2011 02:35:43 AM 505 Views
Early Christians and Jews were obsessed with purity - 10/06/2011 12:56:58 PM 675 Views
Oh, I know about the historical/academic/anthropological reason - 10/06/2011 01:04:43 PM 620 Views
I misunderstood, lets try again - 10/06/2011 01:44:43 PM 708 Views
Huh. *NM* - 10/06/2011 02:06:58 PM 286 Views
A first responce - 10/06/2011 02:09:32 PM 750 Views
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Re: A first responce - 10/06/2011 02:19:25 PM 644 Views
Do you want a theological answer or a historical one? - 10/06/2011 03:16:44 PM 728 Views
The theological. I already had a fairly good idea of the historical - 10/06/2011 03:18:51 PM 582 Views
My favorite fact about baptism is that is REQUIRES water... but it can be ANY water - 10/06/2011 04:31:12 PM 671 Views
That is absurd. - 10/06/2011 08:37:13 PM 764 Views
It is absurd - 10/06/2011 08:56:19 PM 588 Views
When your post is eviscerated, resorting to "HURR RELIGION IS DUMB" isn't a winning move. - 10/06/2011 10:00:39 PM 695 Views
Psh.You can dress it up with spiritualism and semantics, but the concept boils down to "magic water" - 11/06/2011 03:56:03 AM 550 Views
The point is that it's a symbol. - 11/06/2011 04:45:19 AM 556 Views
I have no problem with water as a symbol - 11/06/2011 04:59:52 AM 632 Views
You are totally missing the point. - 11/06/2011 02:46:08 PM 710 Views
Which again, is something that sounds nice and spiritual, but doesn't actually make any sense - 11/06/2011 03:46:51 PM 689 Views
your problem is you're trying to apply objective logic to religion - 11/06/2011 04:13:01 PM 940 Views
I'm not, exactly. Religion has internal logic. For example, certain things are "unclean" - 11/06/2011 04:40:33 PM 576 Views
Beliefs about holy water are internally logical. - 11/06/2011 07:36:08 PM 625 Views
Shrug. It was on topic. - 11/06/2011 08:06:16 PM 892 Views
Baptism is almost, if not entirely, symbolic. - 11/06/2011 10:23:02 AM 757 Views
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I never thought of it in that way, that is why I like this site *NM* - 12/06/2011 04:26:40 PM 264 Views
Because we are all nuts in our own special ways? *NM* - 12/06/2011 04:36:03 PM 232 Views

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