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- From: bear@kestrel.fsl.noaa.gov (Bear Giles)
- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas betray?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.014243.11695@fsl.noaa.gov>
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:42:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.183758.2411@hfsi.uucp> ata@hfsi.UUCP (John Ata - FSO) writes:
- >
- >However, to be more precise for the technical minded, anyone who
- >is baptized and has not renounced their faith is then formally a
- >Christian belonging to the Church of Christ.
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- Where do I get the form? Do I need to go through a ceremony?
-
- For the technically minded, baptism is supposed to performed on willing
- adults who have undergone an extensive period of education. In practice,
- it is performed on infants, then confirmed on children.
-
- (A 14-year-old in our culture generally does not have the ability to
- resist parents and peers who wish he be confirmed. Since informed
- refusal is impossible, informed consent is impossible as well).
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- Bear Giles
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