[George W. Bush]

The scriptures above describe it exactly, and it is summarized in the famous command to "pick up your cross and follow me."

Are you then saying that the disciples described were then "baptized by suffering"? And exactly how did that occur to each of them?

You seem to have at least a half-dozen different kinds of baptism listed. Maybe there are hundreds? Perhaps even thousands of different kinds of baptisms? Who knows? Maybe there's the baptism-of-spilling-hot-coffee-on-your-lap or some such thing (I just spilled some coffee). Can I be sure I didn't inadvertently baptize myself again?

[JesseShurun]

Pardon me for all of my impertinence. There is only one baptism of course. Whatever the scriptures are saying about any other types is mere fiction, for clearly, they are not mentioned. There is no baptism of repentance, no baptism by fire and certainly, absolutely, no baptism of suffering.