Some would call it bullsh!t...no all would call it bullsh!t. Baptizing soulless not feeling entities. Do not remember Johnthe Baptist baptizing rocks or drawings.
“Baptizing soulless not feeling entities. “
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May I ask how this is different in your view than this Catholic practice?
https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=198
The blessing of a vehicle.
And they practice similar silly things.
Funny you should say ‘rocks’.
This event reminds me of a particular Japanese way of seeing the world, where literally every object has it’s own essence, consciousness and soul. Every tree, rock and river.
Buddhist influences are common.
The Japanese are also into Anime depiction, highly skilled and professional looking.
In a more mundane way, I recall a Japanese cartoon popular in the 1990’s called “Dragonball Z”. Dazzling and entertaining.
This was back when Xena the Warrior Princess was a big deal.
Well, those “soulless not feeling entities” are just avatars, or stand-ins for real people on the other end of the internet. So there’s a weird metaphysical question here. Does the validity of the baptism depend on the external trappings (water, physical body, etc), or is it based on internal things going on in the mind and heart of the person receiving it? Or is it a combination of both?
It seems to me that Catholics normally put more importance on the external parts of the ceremonies than Protestants, but I think even Catholic theology would allow that something like this might be valid in a dire circumstance, if there was no opportunity for a more traditional baptism.