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Posted on 08/30/2013 5:01:59 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
If there is a law that authorizes the NPS to do this, the law is a violation of the 1st Amendment.
Christian baptisms in Caesar’s regulated waters, huh. Rich with symbolic spiritual irony.
No, I don’t pile on with the theologians proclaiming a literally salvific water baptism. It’s symbolic and an act of witness to the actual baptism in the Holy Spirit upon the act of belief, a baptism which is non-physical, or supra-physical.
Give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s; and unto God what is God’s. If He’s calling you to be baptized, He wins and Caesar has no say.
Water comprising 3/4ths of our planet surface, one need not approach any park service for permission to apply it in connection with God’s Word and command unless one insists only certain water in a certain place will do. That runs well contrary to the biblical texts, which provide ample reference to the will of God concerning poor sinners, namely that all be saved.
What was that Alinsky the communist said about holding people accountable to their own standards? Hoist 'em high!
never underestimate the creativity of an anti-Christian (or anti-Catholic, or for that matter an anti-Jewish) emperor/ government administration
Force baptize any fed who tries to enforce the criminal “regulation”.
Anyone who has been baptized CAN baptize another. No need to wait for a church. Imagine IF 100,000 parents took their children into the waters and baptized them, without the proper papers.
:)
That would be a movement.
So, John the Baptist would have needed to get a permit to baptize Jesus in the Jordon.
I (and several others) were baptized in a swimming pool at a Christian camp. What do they think they’re going to do, require permits for swimming pools??
If people are allowed to use the water for swimming, fishing, or boating, then just go down and do the baptism. If try to stop you, do it anyway. Have plenty of video cameras on hand.
Just wait for the health regulations to come into effect for baptisms inside a church.
The NPS has already caved in on this.
more ridiculous laws
They can’t do that. Clear First Amendment violation.
Just a permit? What about an environmental impact study & report too? Those federal bureaucrats are letting those Baptists too easy!
Washington's constitution forbids the free exercise of religion? Or is he saying that Olympia has its own constitution which forbids Christianity?
Bingo!!!!
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