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Transgender baptisms offered at Greater Manchester church
BBC ^ | 01-30-2016 | Staff

Posted on 02/05/2016 12:47:07 PM PST by NRx

Transgender baptisms are to be offered for the first time in the UK by a church in Greater Manchester.

The New Chapel Unitarian and Free Christian in Denton, Tameside, agreed the move at its annual general meeting.

Jean Clements, the church's worship leader, proposed the change after meeting a couple who had a transgender child.

The church was moved to make a change in order to help those in the same situation.

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1 posted on 02/05/2016 12:47:07 PM PST by NRx
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2 posted on 02/05/2016 12:50:56 PM PST by Boogieman
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Next thing they will be offering baptism as a post operative procedure right out of the gender reassignment operating room. Maybe in the future there will be female brain tissue transplants so these tyrannies can think like a woman too. I would do the procedure cheap with a blender and ice with, of course, holy water.


3 posted on 02/05/2016 12:52:42 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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Most Christian churches have gone over to the dark side.


4 posted on 02/05/2016 12:53:05 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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Transgender baptisms?

How’s that go, I wonder...

“I now baptize you in the name of the Father (Or Mother if you prefer)...

And the son/daughter/glbtqt/he/she/it....


5 posted on 02/05/2016 12:53:56 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Is Ted Cruz a US Citizen? Yeah? Then Shut Up and Vote for Him.)
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I’m still not certain exactly WHO is hypothetically transgender here? Was the infant born with both sets, making it a hermaphrodite, or is this about older children and adults who have decided their first baptism under the birth sex doesn’t count, so they want to be re-baptized under their ‘chosen’ gender. Is that what they speak of here? Oy!


6 posted on 02/05/2016 12:57:12 PM PST by lee martell
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Hey kids! I got a GREAT idea!

Let's Mock God!

That'll be keen fun.

7 posted on 02/05/2016 12:59:47 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Let's Mock God!

Went back to my traditional tagline a few days ago. (From a Bob Dylan song.)

8 posted on 02/05/2016 1:03:17 PM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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LOL.

Everyday it gets weirder and weirder.

9 posted on 02/05/2016 1:05:14 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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Well, you see, yours is not an appropriate question.

Because Unitarianism is:

“Unitarians are now an open faith community celebrating diverse beliefs; some of its members would describe themselves as Buddhist, Pagan, or Jewish, while many others are humanist, agnostic, or atheist. Unitarianism differs from many other religions in that it helps people find their own spiritual path rather than defining it for them.”

So while they call it a religion, it is not.

Might be helpful to think of Unitarians as a bowling league but without the shoes, goofy shirts, pins, balls, and rules, and scoring. Or the French existentialists without Gaulois and sidewalk cafes...it’s all relative so it really doesn’t matter.


10 posted on 02/05/2016 1:15:42 PM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled..e.by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
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Best we can say here is Unitarianism is not Christian.


11 posted on 02/05/2016 1:19:28 PM PST by Lent
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Sounds like another case of constantly evolving truth and ever-flexible definitions. Well, at least they don’t include Wicca or Santeria as ‘worthy vessels’ of The Word.


12 posted on 02/05/2016 1:21:50 PM PST by lee martell
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It will be performed in a cauldron of sulfur.


13 posted on 02/05/2016 1:22:43 PM PST by Cats Pajamas (Trump and Cruz, snakes or not I say let's send our meanest snake to take out the Clinton snake!)
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Well, Unitarian would be the most logical denomination for the pervs.


14 posted on 02/05/2016 1:40:00 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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I wouldn’t be so sure that exclude them.


15 posted on 02/05/2016 1:40:43 PM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled..e.by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
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How would the church know it was a transgender child unless the parents bragged about it?


16 posted on 02/05/2016 2:30:29 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Obama Rules of Engagement: Hands up Don't Shoot)
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“Well, Unitarian would be the most logical denomination for the pervs.”

I don’t know about that. The Episcopalians and ELCA are definitely competing for the freak faithful.


17 posted on 02/05/2016 3:12:56 PM PST by NRx (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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I baptize you in the name of the Parent, the Offspring, ....


18 posted on 02/05/2016 3:44:31 PM PST by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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**The New Chapel Unitarian and Free Christian in Denton, Tameside**

Another one of those broken denomiations?


19 posted on 02/05/2016 4:26:48 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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a couple who had a transgender child.

Poor kid, to have such addled parents.

Come Lord Jesus!

New Chapel Unitarian and Free Christian in Denton

Ah. "Heretics gotta heret."

20 posted on 02/05/2016 4:48:51 PM PST by Lee N. Field ("I don't care if there's a billion of you. You're in a cult.")
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