See post 17.
It is NOT cool.
Iscool: Full emmersion is not a requirement for baptism. The idea is is that the water cleanses us of our sins, and gives us new life in the Lord. It might not be YOUR tradition to be baptised this way, but it doesn’t mean it’s not baptism. I was baptised as an adult Catholic, and you insult me to say I am not a Christian.
I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
I didn't say you were not a Christian...That's a personal decision of yours...
The water cleanses you of nothing...It gets you wet; that's all...
The moment Jesus died, Jesus did all the cleansing that will ever be needed...When Jesus said, 'It is finished'...
You didn't become a Christian when you got baptized...You became a Christian when you called on Jesus Christ to become your Savior...Thay may have happened before you got wet, after you got wet, or maybe it didn't happen at all...
What do you think??? We Protestants in the month of June ask Jesus to save us and He says to wait til next April??? You can't become a Christian til next April and someone will sprinkle you with some water to cleanse you???
That may be the ritual for initiation into the Catholic religion but it has zero to do with becoming a Christian...
Water doesn't cleanse sin...Only blood can cleanse sin...Shed blood...And it was shed, Once for all...It is finished...