is there actually any rule against using gatorade for a baptism?
It’s better, cuz it’s got electrolytes.
Does it even have to be liquid water?
So like, ice X at 60 gigapascals and -120 °C?
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 months ago
-
Does AWOL mean something other than “Absent without leave”? Cuz that’s a weird way to describe a computer algorithm.
-
…aight so I’m definitely not a theologist, but… according to christianity, or catholocism specifically… is there actually any rule against using gatorade for a baptism? I’d assume it just says “water”, but there’s water in gatorade. Sure there’s also other shit in gatorade, but there’s other shit in tap water too. Even distilled water isn’t going to be 100% pure.
And if gatorade’s cool, where do they draw the line? Could you baptize a baby with honey? Or drop a steak onto the kid’s face (there’s water in those too!). Does it even have to be liquid water? Like what if you just threw some icecubes at the kid, or blasted some steam in its face??
So many questions!
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s better, cuz it’s got electrolytes.
It’s what souls crave!
So like, ice X at 60 gigapascals and -120 °C?
What’s the worse that could happen?
bomberesque1@lemm.ee 6 months ago
What’s the worse that could happen?
Freezer burn yo baby
blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 6 months ago
@Sterile_Technique
Not catholic, so I don't know their official position, but as I understand, in extreme circumstances any liquid will do.
Part of it involves the idea of "washing", or "being washed", so solid water or water in solids would not count. And also the idea of purification, but many use dirty river water.Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 months ago
the idea of “washing”, or “being washed”, so solid water or water in solids would not count.
You could make a solid (HA!) argument for exfoliative percussive removal of debris from the kid’s head via scraping or knocking the nasty-bits free via the holy projectiles.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
There was a picture going around during the pandemic of a religious leader performing a baptism with a super soaker. So, at least in some Christian denominations, that’s totally cool. And if Gatorade is okay…
Can you baptize people with a supersoaker full of piss?
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“That’s not piss.”
- Alter boy
emzili@programming.dev 6 months ago
To answer your first question, AWOL is also used colloquially to describe people wildly or destructively ignoring the responsibilities of their job. So it’d be an apt descriptor if it was talking about a REAL priest but in this case it’s just flowery wording (presumably for alliteration)
Sizzler@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Think rogue would be a better descriptor.
Vrijgezelopkamers@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think the writer meant to say ‘gone rogue’ instead of ‘AWOL’. Just poor writing skills.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 months ago
It’s not just any water, it’s holy water. If a priest has cast Ceremony to create the holy water on whatever, sure. But why when you probably have liquid water tk hand? God might wonder if it’s very sincere if you’re just basically doing it for a laugh. Might take away your spell slots.
laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Would that make them Oathbreaker Priests? Do they get special abilities for that?