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To: Iscool
[Baptism] has nothing to do with someone pouring water on you

We don't have an example of baptism but in water in the Holy Scripture: "Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, as well as we?" (Acts 10:47). The Church made some exceptions when physical baptism was not available, for example, because the convert faced death, but ordinarily water is necessary, as the previous scripture illustrates.

2,202 posted on 09/19/2013 5:47:25 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex
The Church made some exceptions when physical baptism was not available, for example, because the convert faced death, but ordinarily water is necessary, as the previous scripture illustrates.

All that verse indicates is that you need water for a 'water' baptism...In no way does it say that all baptisms are water baptisms...

2,217 posted on 09/19/2013 9:21:55 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: annalex
We don't have an example of baptism but in water in the Holy Scripture:

Having 'examples' in scripture has NEVER slowed down the 'church' when it wanted to push something.

2,236 posted on 09/20/2013 5:40:22 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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