Comments on: Baptism: Answering Aaron on two men in a desert and a conclusion. http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=253 The Coming Together Of Two Different Species. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:07:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ali http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=253#comment-1930 ali Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:44:01 +0000 http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=253#comment-1930 Hey Tania You are the first person I personally have come across who has been baptised by some other means than immersion as an adult, so I read about your experience with interest. Others who have been baptised by sprinkling/pouring were baptised as infants, and that is a whole different issue...one I'm not sure about. I'd probably say the same in your minister's shoes - I really don't think it's that much of a big deal, and I'd be happy to leave it up to the individual's conscience. Of course, tragically, sometimes an individual's conscience is misinformed because of the strength of feeling and the huge bias toward immersion in today's Christian community. I'm impressed you have not felt the need to be baptised again. Thanks for the comment. Hey Tania

You are the first person I personally have come across who has been baptised by some other means than immersion as an adult, so I read about your experience with interest. Others who have been baptised by sprinkling/pouring were baptised as infants, and that is a whole different issue…one I’m not sure about.

I’d probably say the same in your minister’s shoes - I really don’t think it’s that much of a big deal, and I’d be happy to leave it up to the individual’s conscience. Of course, tragically, sometimes an individual’s conscience is misinformed because of the strength of feeling and the huge bias toward immersion in today’s Christian community. I’m impressed you have not felt the need to be baptised again.

Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Tania http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=253#comment-1929 Tania Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:33:29 +0000 http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=253#comment-1929 I was baptised as a young adult 14 years ago today. Our church used to hire a tub/tank for immersion baptisms, but I chose to be baptised by sprinkling rather than wait for the tub/tank to become available (it was quite a wait - my decision to be baptised was not spur-of-the-moment). My minister believed personally that either form was equally valid, but he warned me I would meet people who believed I hadn't properly been baptised if I hadn't been immersed, and he said he would re-baptise me by immersion if I ever wanted that. I have certainly met people who don't think sprinkling is baptism, but I have never wanted to be re-baptised. I have always felt that God was fully involved in that step of my journey as he has been at any other time, and I have never felt that my baptism was inadequate in any way. The physical act is important, but it can surely never eclipse its own spiritual significance. I don't have anything to add to this debate but my own personal experience, but I have read your posts with interest Ali. I was baptised as a young adult 14 years ago today. Our church used to hire a tub/tank for immersion baptisms, but I chose to be baptised by sprinkling rather than wait for the tub/tank to become available (it was quite a wait - my decision to be baptised was not spur-of-the-moment). My minister believed personally that either form was equally valid, but he warned me I would meet people who believed I hadn’t properly been baptised if I hadn’t been immersed, and he said he would re-baptise me by immersion if I ever wanted that. I have certainly met people who don’t think sprinkling is baptism, but I have never wanted to be re-baptised. I have always felt that God was fully involved in that step of my journey as he has been at any other time, and I have never felt that my baptism was inadequate in any way. The physical act is important, but it can surely never eclipse its own spiritual significance. I don’t have anything to add to this debate but my own personal experience, but I have read your posts with interest Ali.

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