In honor of the Lord's Baptism today, were you baptised?

[pres2032]

Poll question: In honor of the Lord's Baptism today, were you baptised?

and if so, when?

I was baptised when i was a mere 4 weeks old.

let's try and not let this degrade into a flame war. this is just a simple survey.

[bleedingheart]

1. supposedly as they poured the water on my brow it steamed..

;-)

[jeff30997]

10. Hehehe.

So your real name is Damien ? :evilgrin:

[Itchinjim]

2. A few days after my birth.

R.C. eom.

[JVS]

3. Yes

As an infant.

[supernova]

4. This might be better served in

one of the myriad religion groups.

Infant, btw.

[Deja Q]

9. I concur.

Infant, too, FWIW. Or why it should matter at all. Faith is in the deed. Not in a liquid or spoken word.

[jeff30997]

13. Amen to that.

[pres2032]

16. sure, as a catholic, you don't have to convince me

that faith is in the deed, or works that you do. someone did a "do you pray" thread here a little while ago and it got a huge response. Again, i'm not looking for a flame war nor am i trying to convert, this is just simple poll for the curious.

[Deja Q]

30. I didn't mean to preach. But so many in power today prattle of faith...

and their actual acts are far removed from the words they spout.

I was spitting on them. Not on you. Please forgive me, if I gave you that impression.

And I'll admit, had you not posted here in the Lounge, you would not have received any responses.

In retrospect, I am glad the mods did not move this thread. There is merit in it being here that I didn't foresee at the time.

:hug:

[JohnLocke]

5. Jew (nt).

[jeff30997]

6. I was baptized at about the same age as you....

So I didn't have much choice.Are you catholic like me ?

[pres2032]

11. yup, Roman Catholic through and through

not sure if it was exactly 4 weeks, maybe only 2 weeks old.

[jeff30997]

15. Hehe...My memory about that period is fuzzy too.

[Pirate Smile]

18. Catholic here. so when I was a baby. I don't remember when - what a

surprise!

[Rowdyboy]

7. Dunked by the Baptists at 11, sprinkled by the Methodists at 16 and

confirmed by the Episcopalians in my early 40's after 25 years away from the church. I've got pretty much all the Protestant bases covered!

[madison2000]

12. you're a theological nightmare

they won't know what to do with you in heaven :shrug:

[Rowdyboy]

33. The Baptists scared the shit out of me at Vacation Bible School

accounting for the first one. 4 years later I joined a small Methodist church that my grandparents had helped form in the 1920's.

My current affiliation with the Episcopal Church is largely because they welcome gays, women and minorities. It squares with my concept of a social conscience.

[supernova]

14. LOL! Are you sure?

You've been baptized? :+

[Rowdyboy]

34. I am rock solid sure!

I started to get worried that the Baptist preacher wasn't going to bring me back up out of the water. How could a 12 year old have that many sins to be washed away?

[madison2000]

8. In a college swimming pool at age 16

wearing a tshirt and jeans

[neebob]

17. The Mormons tried to drown me at 8 -

that's the age where you're completely responsible for everything you do, don'tcha know - and I remember being scared.

Oh, and I was also baptized for some dead people when I was 15, but I don't remember much about that. Seems like they read a bunch of names and then dunked me once, but I could be wrong. By then I had learned to swim, so it wasn't as scary.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

19. Yes, but I've managed to shake it off n/t

[nini]

20. I was baptised at birth.. I wasn't expected to live..

.. so a nurse did it right there in the delivery room.


The official church ceremony was held a few months later.

[arwalden]

21. So Do People Believe That Infants Who Die

before being baptized go to hell? If so, that's a hell of an emotional burden for grieving parents, isn't it?

[nini]

24. Not hell.. Limbo (makes me want to laugh now thinking about this)

The belief then was if you were not baptised you did not go to heaven or hell.. you went to that place somewhere in between.

As far as I know that's not the belief anymore but I'm not sure.

I agree it's an evil teaching that only adds to a parent's turmoil.

[Zomby Woof]

25. They send the child a to a loudmouth RW radio host?

WHAT???

Oh, you said Limbo, not Limbaugh. :evilgrin: Never mind.

[nini]

27. No.. that would be HELL

:P

[Zomby Woof]

29. Actually

Compared to him, as Jim Morrison said, "Hell ain't a bad place to be." :D

[bleedingheart]

42. it is deeply ingrained in Roman Catholicism..

when my daughter was in the NICU I told them to baptize her if she got sicker...

luckily she got better and was baptized 4 months later....

[Zomby Woof]

22. never have, never will

I am thankful to my parents for sparing me this bizarre occult ritual.

[jus_the_facts]

23. at age 9 I decided to be baptized...then again at 21.....

....after counseling with a southern baptist preacher..post my second baptism...I realized that there is NO WAY I can follow blindly along with faith in the POOF Theology...virginal births and small boats that carried two of every animal etc....I'm a much happier person and have much more peace of mind now that I've left religion far behind me...in the PAST where it belongs...and I think the world would be a much better place if there weren't so many religions controling peoples lives and closing their minds to science that has explained our origins in a much more believable context...but that's just me...sigh.

[Schema Thing]

32. Amen! er....I mean.... agreed ;-D

[Ekirh]

26. Baptist at 15 In The Southern Baptist Church System

Left a few months after two years due to differences (Took them another half a year to realize I haven't been attending and to call and "check" on me)

"shrugs" At that time in my life I thought the baptism was nesecarrily.. less than two years later... I came to the conclusion I was wrong. That's all I'm going say, I don't think this thread is in any need for "soap boxing"

[Lone_Star_Dem]

28. I'm a strange case

I was baptized twice. Once as an infant and again at 9.

My parents changed denomination and the second one would not recognize my first baptism.

I remember thinking I had been so bad that I had to be re-baptized.

edit: I checked infant. I believe it took the first time. ;)

[Schema Thing]

31. Biggest mistake of my life

I was baptised at 18 as a Jehovah's Witness. When you've been raised as a Jehovah's Witness, at 18, you have all the worldly wisdom of an 8 year old.

It's a bit like signing a death warrant, as every decision you make from that point forward is done with the realization that there is a cocked, safety off, gun pointed at your head.

Of course, by the time you get to that point, as a JW kid, you've pretty much lived your life with a gun pointed in your general direction, poking you towards the baptismal pool.

[arwalden]

36. Okay... that sent a chill down my spine...

... and raised the hairs on my neck.

I hope all is well with you know.

-- Allen

[Schema Thing]

40. Thank you.

I finally hit bottom about 5 years ago, and decided if we had the "truth" as we refered to our religion, it could withstand any and all intellectual criticism (besides, I was depressed to the depths of dispair anyway, so what the hell?).

The "Truth(tm)" couldn't withstand even the first wave of honest criticism. My life as I knew it, was over in 24 hours. I've never been happier.

Turns out you "worldly people" aren't so bad after all.

[Left Is Write]

35. I was baptized as an infant on July 17, 1966.

[rbnyc]

37. not me, and not my boy.

Shortly after he was born, I had nightmares about my husband's parents taking him to be baptised. I was seriously prepared to leave with him and move in with my dad. But they got the clue that it was more important to me that he not be baptised than it was to them that he be baptised.

EDIT: Just telling about my experience. I simply am not Christian and don't believe in following any church. I'm fine with other people's faiths as long as they are not pushed on me.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

38. Drowned by the Baptists at age 12

I still remember what dress I was wearing: navy blue with short sleeves, a white collar and big green and red flowers on it. This occurred after the minister came to my house, sat on the porch with me and asked if I was ready to "ask Jesus to come into my heart." I am now a Muslim. 'Nuff said.

[Nikia]

39. I was baptized twice

Once as an infant in a UCC church. I don't remember the incident.
Later, I joined the Church of Christ and was baptized at age 14, which I remember well and did of my own free will.
I realize that many churches use baptism as an infant right of passage/initiation ceremony. I think that it is more appropriate though for people who are making their own decision to be a Christian. I don't think that it should be at a particuliar age because not everyone is at the same level at any one given age and I think that when something is suppose to occurr at a certain age (like baptism or confirmation in some churches) it puts too much pressure on the young person to do something that they may or may not want to do now or in the future.

[Bertha Venation]

41. Age 9. It's the only time I remember my mother going to church. n/t

[pres2032]

43. kick

because we've gotten so many good responces