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Are People Drinking Out of the Baptismal Font?
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| September 17, 2013
| Matthew Archbold
Posted on 09/17/2013 11:55:41 AM PDT by NYer
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To: NYer
Nobody drinks holy water! I do know a few people who sign themselves in the Hispanic way (kissing their hand after making the sign of the Cross) so I suppose they might touch their hand to their lips after dipping their fingers in the font.
I notice there's no mention of levels or ppms . . . there's a certain amount of bacteria that occurs naturally in the air and on every surface, not to mention on people.
So long as the sexton does his job and cleans and refills the font regularly, this doesn't look much like Public Health Issue No. 1.
It's just Attack the Obvious Christians No. 1 for this week . . . . and those of you who are standing on the sidelines cheering against those nasty Papists: you're next. The only reason they're after us is that (1) we don't support their agenda; and (2) if they can destroy us, the smaller protestant sects will be easy to pick off, one by one.
"They came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." - Martin Niemöller, Lutheran pastor
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posted on
09/17/2013 3:29:24 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: NYer
Fail!
Baptismal water comes in from the same pipe that all the rest of the water does. and it usually has a high Cl2 residual.
No danger if people take regular showers.
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posted on
09/17/2013 3:33:15 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Morgana; FatherofFive
In all my years of being Catholic I have never heard of anyone dying from drinking Holy Water.Years ago it was common practice to keep a candle and Holy water in the house in case someone needed last rites. You would meet the priest at the door with these and he would perform the sacrament.
My wife who was about 5 at the time and her brother who was around 8 found the container and dared each other to taste it. I am certain you can guess the rest.
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posted on
09/17/2013 5:22:21 PM PDT
by
verga
(Lasciante ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.)
To: verga
Like I said, never heard of a death!
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posted on
09/17/2013 5:24:01 PM PDT
by
Morgana
(Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: Morgana
simple blessed water no, the stuff you dip your fingers however in is something different all together...
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posted on
09/17/2013 5:37:33 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: NYer
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:25:11 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: NYer
Unclear on the concept. That is NOT what you are supposed to do with the water. Must be all of their 3rd world immigrants.
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:41:04 PM PDT
by
La Lydia
With a bit of vodka, a dirty martini
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posted on
09/17/2013 10:20:06 PM PDT
by
RBStealth
(--raised by wolves, disciplined and educated by nuns.)
To: Morgana
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posted on
09/17/2013 10:29:47 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
To: Morgana
Never mind me!! Its way past my bed time.
Nite all.
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posted on
09/17/2013 10:32:36 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
To: BipolarBob; NYer
I've got to defend NYer on the "lol". The article didn't say anybody
had gotten sick. Not one. Not anywhere. Not ever. They only said that of the billion people who bless themselves with holy water, somebody "could" theoretically get sick if they drank it.
Since it is not Catholic practice to drink holy water, they are issuing a pseudo-news-report expressing pseudo-concern over a pseudo-problem.
It's like "Public alert! Beware, hearing aid batteries! NOT to be taken internally!"
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posted on
09/18/2013 8:39:22 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." - Groucho Marx)
To: elkfersupper
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posted on
09/18/2013 10:02:49 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Mrs. Don-o
I've got to defend NYer on the "lol". Of course you have to. You're friends. That's known as an ad-hominem response. First it's nobody drinks it or baptismal font. Then it's yeah some people do drink holy water and baptismal font. Then it's nobody gets sick or dies from it. Then it's some people got sick but it's probably not from that. Then it's some people died but they were going to die anyway so let's all have a BIG lol.
To: BipolarBob; NYer
"Then it's some people died but they were going to die anyway so let's all have a BIG lol." First: Tsk. You made that one up. Big BOOOOO---ooooo.
Second: defending someone's post by name is not ad hominem. Ad hominem means attacking, not the proposition being disputed, but the character or personal distinctives of some individual associated with the dispute. This I did not do.
Third, Catholics do not drink holy water at all; Orthodox do not drink holy water from a baptismal font, but fill their bottles from a covered canister or tank that has a faucet or stoup.
Next up:
Danger!
You may keel over from aflatoxins
from eating floral arrangements
at Mary shrines!!
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posted on
09/18/2013 12:09:59 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("In Christ we form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:5)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Just before a funeral, I would take the top off the big container of holy water, and take the top off the aspergillium, and dunk it in to fill it. My deacon told me not to do that, because lots of people drink Holy Water. It's the only time in my life I've ever heard of people drinking Holy Water. I still agree with you that it's NOT a Catholic practice--even if people do it.
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posted on
09/20/2013 7:21:26 PM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
To: NYer
If it’s a serif font it’s all right.
To: Arthur McGowan
Oh my goodness. They take the top off the tank and stick their faces in? Or they put their mouths on the spigot? Or... what DO they do? Surely not suck holy water out of the aspergillium?!
I'll tell you one thing. I'm older than you are, Arthur, and I have never seen any of this done. You sure these people aren't into the ol' vodou?
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posted on
09/20/2013 7:36:01 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God." -- -1 John 4:7)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Hwe said they put in a little bottle (from the spigot on the tank) and take it home and drink it.
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posted on
09/20/2013 8:56:41 PM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
To: NYer
we’ll what do you expect, many people don’t wash their hands after they sneeze in them, blow their noses and don’t wash and don’t wash when they go to the restroom...so hands are full of germs and when you have hundreds of people putting their hands in a small amount of water there are sure to be plenty of germs. It’s one of the reasons why I try to get a little drop on a finger to bless myself...
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posted on
09/22/2013 5:37:18 PM PDT
by
Coleus
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