Posted on 06/25/2015 2:50:39 PM PDT by NYer
LOL, you are the one pestering me about it, you are the one that found something in post 4 to start harping about.
Sure, he was already saved by a minister and makes that clear, but he may have been re-baptized for the reasons you mentioned, or even because he seems so passionate about religion, that he may have felt better getting a Catholic baptism as a personal event in his becoming a full Catholic, and just handled things in a way, that he got one.
The Catholic initiations I've attended for adults are public events, and usually performed as Easter vigil services with the whole community present.
That being said, if I had to guess, the most likely scenario is that Jindal did not receive a baptism upon joining a Catholic Church, but rather a Confirmation and Holy Communion. Agree its an interesting question, and one of the media likely won't cover.
A more important question, also avoided by the media, is whether Obama was EVER baptized. It appears his daughters were baptized by Obama's hate whitey pastor, but I've ever heard any account of Obama being baptized himself, either before or after joining Trinity UCC. Merely attending his wife's hate whitey church doesn't make him a Christian, and the vast majority of Catholic and Protestant churches agree on that point. People argued about Obama's birth certificate for years, while no one investigated whether self-proclaimed "Christian" Obama had actually become a Christian. Since he gets so offended by suggetions that he's not Chrisitan, the burden should be on him to demostrate that he became a Christian on so-and-so date.
If you lived in Louisiana, you probably would not.
Compared to Trump, the nutcase, two bit hustler?
My late mother in law, who I knew believed in Jesus and His teachings, went into a coma a few weeks before she died. My husband and I were discussing how her funeral arrangements would be handled. I am born and raised Catholic and my husband converted after we were married. My mother in law always spoke of how she admired Catholics and the Catholic religion. So I suggested that we have her baptized so she could have a Catholic burial. We called our priest to ask his advice on this, and he asked if she had ever been baptized before as a Christian, and we had no idea if this was the case. So he came to the hospital and conducted a “conditional Baptism” and gave her the last rites. Within a day, she regained consciousness and was delighted when we told her that we had her baptized while she was in a coma. She confirmed that she had never been baptized and so the priest removed the “conditional” and she was formally baptized into the Catholic Church. She eventually died within the next two weeks, and she had a full Catholic burial. The priest, at her Mass, said that upon her baptism all her sins were now forgiven and she would be able to go straight to heaven.
What’s special about that is that when my husband was conceived, she and my father in law were having many marriage difficulties and she did not want another baby. My husband would be her 4th. She went to a nurse and the nurse gave her some sort of pill that would “bring her period down”, or abort my husband. Well the pill didn’t work and my husband was born. The same baby she tried to get rid of was responsible for her baptism at the end of her life and helped save her soul.
I live in Louisiana and I have no problem with Bobby Jindal. He certainly is a big step up from Blanco.
Only is I were a LIBERAL would I not Bobby Jindal!!
AMEN!!! Out of something HORRIBLE, something fabulous happened!! Your husband, her son, saved her soul for ALL eternity!!! God bless BOTH of you!!
I live in Louisiana and his poll now is about 32 per cent.
Come to Louisiana and join the 32% or lower who still approve of him.
Too many Libtards in La.!!!
“Too many Libtards in La.!!!”
I don’t really know how to respond to that, since Louisiana is one of the most conservative states. Jindal is unpopular because he will soon leave the state with its finances in total disarray; he has finagled the budget for years, he lies, he talks a precise conservative message, but governs the opposite, he campaigns against Common Core after he installed it in Louisiana, he has used his office only to gain nationwide exposure, he has been running for president since he was 24, the list is endless.
You are certifiable. Goodbye.
In some cases people are re-baptized because the original Baptism formula was not followed.
Nice true story. Thanks
I’ve always thought assisting at an exorcism might be useful in politics, both in Louisiana and beyond.
“When I was in a Catholic high school in the 60s, we learned that in the case of a Protestant converting to Catholicism, he received “conditional Baptism” — i.e., ‘If thou art not already baptized, I baptize thee ...’”
This seems quite plausible.
Which poll is that?
Poll taken May 12, 2015. (Southern Media & Opinion Research Survey) Some have him at 27% (Louisiana is the most anti-democrat states in the nation)
“Governor Bobby Jindal’s job performance rating is at an all time low. He receives a 31.8% positive job performance rating from Louisiana voters. The Southern Media & Opinion Research Survey in December 2014 had Governor Jindal with a 40.9% positive job rating. Jindal’s negative job rating was 57.6% in December 2014 and today stands at 64.7%.
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