as in baptised.

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7/26/2009 1:06:30 AM

is this a chit chat thread?

7/26/2009 1:25:12 AM

i too thought i was lost

7/26/2009 1:27:40 AM

no such thing

7/26/2009 11:21:51 AM

OMFV

7/26/2009 11:22:34 AM

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"BAPTISED"

7/26/2009 11:27:05 AM

when I was a baby I was. but that was before I could form any type of rational thought

and oh yeah, I believed in Santa too

7/26/2009 11:28:21 AM

i feel like this thread is going to get alot better

7/26/2009 11:29:51 AM

oh yeah, and i also believed if I put my lost teeth under my pillow that a magical fairy flew through my window and paid me a dollar a piece for them

[Edited on July 26, 2009 at 11:31 AM. Reason : a]

7/26/2009 11:31:12 AM

God is make-believe.

7/26/2009 11:39:22 AM

I've been baptized. It was unremarkable.

7/26/2009 11:41:12 AM

I have been baptized. If there is such thing as hell, i feel sure i would end up there. Good thing i don't have to worry about that.

7/26/2009 12:25:49 PM

nope

7/26/2009 12:27:43 PM

i've been christened as a baby, does that count? ( i mean i have been blessed with holy water)

7/26/2009 12:27:48 PM

I did when I was 14. I think they are two different things. I was only baptized bc I was following jesus's example. I think one should do it but I think the heart is more important than the deed. Jesus did it bc of the Jewish tradition.

7/26/2009 12:39:10 PM

lol religion

7/26/2009 12:45:29 PM

is this the part where little kids get to taste wine?

7/26/2009 12:46:11 PM

I am a Free Will Baptist. Baptism is a very important outward sign of your faith and a reflection of something that has occurred within. I have not been baptized. It's a step that I just have not taken.

Now, I have been saved -- accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and personal savior. It's not the same thing a baptism.

[Edited on July 26, 2009 at 12:47 PM. Reason : ,]

7/26/2009 12:46:16 PM

None of the above for me. My parents (in their words) "didn't feel like they should force religion on their children."

I appreciate my parents' choice there. Trusting your children from the day they are born is hard to do.

7/26/2009 12:48:23 PM

yes

7/26/2009 12:49:07 PM

I don't believe in fairy tales. So, no.

7/26/2009 12:50:29 PM

Quakers aren't baptized.

7/26/2009 12:56:04 PM

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"oh yeah, and i also believed if I put my lost teeth under my pillow that a magical fairy flew through my window and paid me a dollar a piece for them "

Your tooth fairy was a rich motherfucker. I only got 25 cents for my bones

7/26/2009 1:27:08 PM

but you got more bones

7/26/2009 1:28:09 PM

sounds like you got visited by the jew fairy

7/26/2009 1:30:33 PM

my mom was a sunday school teacher at a Soutehrn Baptist church. i went to church up to 3x per week, and was active in the youth group.

i made personal decision to be "saved and baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ" when I was 12 years old.

and, of course, nothing happened. and my lingering suspicions that Christianity was a sham became more pronounced.

i pretty much quit going to church by the time i was 16. but it was pretty much a painful chore of a joke for those last two years before i finally put my foot down and refused to go anymore.

7/26/2009 1:31:23 PM

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"lol religion"

7/26/2009 3:24:59 PM

There's a tall, skinny black guy and a short, fat white guy that always stand downtown, asking passerbys if they've been saved.

Which one is roddy?

7/26/2009 3:47:27 PM

wait, i thought it was christians who were the ones supposed to be making disparaging remarks about others' lifestyle choices? i think some of y'all got the wrong memo

7/26/2009 3:51:42 PM

maybe when i was a kid

i honestly couldn't say though

7/26/2009 3:53:55 PM

baptized when i was a baby. then i was confirmed in like middle school. i did youth group for awhile in middle/high school. that is when it was trendy to be religious i guess.

now i just don't care. i don't really think i believe in god. i don't 100% disbelieve either because who REALLY knows. but i don't do organized religion. i don't really do religion at all, i guess.

i just don't think that when we die we are all going to have a bbq in the sky and be reunited again and be happy. i also don't think that you have to get morality from religion or that morality SHOULD come from religion. i mean, can't we just know right from wrong and make "good" choices because we want to and we are rational not because we fear god's wrath? and for me religion is different than spirituality. i also think that either way, it should be a personal choice and a personal relationship (with whomever) and people shouldn't be all in your face like "i go to church! praise jesus! be a christian be a christian be a christian!" etc.

i know that is a stereotype and religion does do some good, i just feel like i (personally) see more harm than good come from it. i know other people feel differently and that is fine. i guess you are lucky to have been exposed to model religious people instead of like, overzealous jesus freaks.

/rant!

7/26/2009 4:01:08 PM

some people think that you will go to hell if you havent...no mater how many good things you do in life....

7/26/2009 4:14:04 PM

7/26/2009 4:15:53 PM

the most lol thing about baptism in Baptist/Pentecostal churches is that you don't even have to be a pastor or anything to baptize someone, you can get your grandpa to do it if you want

organized religion ftl

7/26/2009 4:21:09 PM

isn't having a close friend or relative involved in such a personal experience less "organized religiony" than having a typical church authority do it?

7/26/2009 4:32:06 PM

i'm not baptized, nor have I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior.

7/26/2009 4:45:05 PM

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"i'm not baptized, nor have I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior."

well, that sucks for you, douche.

i dont believe in any of the Christian dogma, but the fact that i was saved and baptised at age 12 gives me a "Get Out Of Hell Free" card, on the off chance that there is a such thing.

7/26/2009 4:52:20 PM

baptized =/= saved

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7/26/2009 5:00:05 PM

I believe in ghosts, gaurdian angels, and karma but I dunno about religion or that shit.

7/26/2009 5:06:06 PM

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"baptized =/= saved"

you're right, "baptism does not equal saved" ... but it is instrumental in being saved. according to Jesus, you must first believe, then be baptised, in order to be saved.

Mark 16:16 -- "He who believes and is baptized will be saved."

7/26/2009 5:17:35 PM

I was baptised and forced to repeat religious bullshit at christian camps when I was really young, but I grew out of that shit fast.

7/26/2009 5:27:08 PM

Is there any way you can be unbaptized?
I was baptized against my will, and I'd like the procedure undone.

7/26/2009 5:30:45 PM

yeah. you just have to submerge yourself in a tub full of hooker spit for 83 seconds.

7/26/2009 5:32:25 PM

i always assumed i had been baptized as a kid. actually asked 2 summers ago and found out i hadn't been. i was glad cause i'd felt more obligated toward being a catholic if i had been. either way i'm one of the ppl that hates on religion even though i do think it does some good for some ppl. but some of it is so damn silly and i can't believe grown adults buy into it.

7/26/2009 5:32:27 PM

you arenty baptized in order to be saved

you are baptised because it is a public confession that you have accepted Jesus AND more importantly that you believe that he died on the Cross, was buried, and rose again

you do not have to do it in order to reap the benefits of salvation. Its a confession of Faith

good lord folks, the Bible is not hard to understand.


The only thing you HAVE to do to receive salvation is approach the Lord with a repentant heart and ask for forgiveness of your sins

you dont have ever have to walk into a church, you dont have to be baptized, and you dont have to tell a soul. Period.

(and btw I check the expiration date, and if its expired you arent gettin in...VALID Photo government issued ID)

[Edited on July 26, 2009 at 5:38 PM. Reason : d]

7/26/2009 5:37:24 PM

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""Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."-John 3:1-21"

7/26/2009 5:38:16 PM

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"you are baptised because it is a public confession that you have accepted Jesus AND more importantly that you believe that he died on the Cross, was buried, and rose again ..... Its a confession of Faith"

Why do they baptize babies, then? A baby can't believe one way or another....

7/26/2009 5:40:55 PM

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" baptized when i was a baby. then i was confirmed in like middle school. i did youth group for awhile in middle/high school. that is when it was trendy to be religious i guess. now i just don't care. i don't really think i believe in god. i don't 100% disbelieve either because who REALLY knows. but i don't do organized religion. i don't really do religion at all, i guess. i just don't think that when we die we are all going to have a bbq in the sky and be reunited again and be happy. i also don't think that you have to get morality from religion or that morality SHOULD come from religion. i mean, can't we just know right from wrong and make "good" choices because we want to and we are rational not because we fear god's wrath? and for me religion is different than spirituality. i also think that either way, it should be a personal choice and a personal relationship (with whomever) and people shouldn't be all in your face like "i go to church! praise jesus! be a christian be a christian be a christian!" etc. i know that is a stereotype and religion does do some good, i just feel like i (personally) see more harm than good come from it. i know other people feel differently and that is fine. i guess you are lucky to have been exposed to model religious people instead of like, overzealous jesus freaks. /rant!"

i, too, was baptised and confirmed and pretty much feel the same way about all that as you

7/26/2009 5:43:24 PM

could be a dedication of the infant to Christ


I dont know, thats not according to the doctrine of any Baptist church I have been to, only children of age to understand Salvation and have been saved and request baptism according to the scripture get baptized. (or their family makes them do it, which is not according to scripture)

children that cannot understand salvation due to age or diminished mental capacity do not got to hell if they die.

7/26/2009 5:44:06 PM

it's basically drowning practice in case a swarm of angry babies attacks
they have those crazy razor sharp nails

7/26/2009 5:44:12 PM