baptism

Well this isn't good. US Catholic priest resigns after performing thousands of invalid baptisms over 20 years For Catholics, this is a very big deal. The sacraments may seem trivial to us, but to a Catholic they are critical to salvation. And they are, apparently, completely invalidated by the...

My boyfriend and i were discussing religion after i showed him a thread about the bible being a historical document. Anyways he was talking about something with baptism hundreds (thousands?) of years ago where they would actually DROWN the child and if they came back to life then they were...

BBC Radio 4 reported today that the number of christenings in the UK has halved in the last 15 years, and that today only 1 in 6 babies are baptised (the Daily Wail must have the same press document because they have the same figures). This christian site reports the same situation ("fewer than...

Catholic Church sees hope for unbaptized babies. Wow, they really take this stuff seriously, don't they. Assuming they mean if they die, I think I know.

I'm wondering how many nonbelievers attend religious wedding ceremonies, or other religious ceremonies to please a believing family member, a relative, or even a believing friend. The question arose recently in my own family and my thinking is that one might avoid such occasions lest it...

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/31/pastor.electrocuted.ap/ I'm a terrible human being. When I first read the title, I admit it...I laughed. Turns out the poor guy died. Now I feel bad. I'm sure there is a clever commentary to be made about religion and science here but I leave that to others.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/06/02/baptism.ban.ap/index.html I don't have the whole story - but I tend to agree with the xians on this one. If they are at a nice secluded area doing baptisms - who gives a crap? I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks.