[Alamo-Girl]

The belief in Holy Water is not of Jewish nor Christian origin --- and your link admits it. It's pagan.

The Jewish laws required washing before entering holy places. As I recall, the Catholic idea was to have a basin whereby one entering a place of worship would symbolically simulate that command to remember it - in addition to the other reasons for having holy water, i.e. "outreach."

[Uncle Chip]

The Jewish laws required washing before entering holy places. As I recall, the Catholic idea was to have a basin whereby one entering a place of worship would symbolically simulate that command to remember it - in addition to the other reasons for having holy water, i.e. "outreach."

Show me the words "holy water" in the Old Testament or the New Testament. When the priests or others washed themselves, was it in "holy water" or just "clean water"?

Are you saying that "clean water" is "holy water"? If so, then my bottle of Evian Spring water is "holy water", right?

In the NT Christians were baptized in water --- not clean water nor holy water, unless you can say that the water of the Jordan River was clean and holy

And then answer this question: After someone has dipped their hand into a basin of water in the front of the church, be it clean water or holy water, is it still holy water??? Is it still clean water??? Would you drink it???

According to the link that Salvation provided, holy water is a superstition that originates in pagan religions, right???