Reply #32: I was raised in a fundie Baptist church (dropped out years ago) [View All]

[Kucinich4America]

They had a little bathtub built in right behind the pulpit where they did the dunking. My sister attends a "non-denominational" Protestant church where they actually go down to the lake, walk out into the water and do the dunking there, which is how John the Baptist did it at the Jordan River.

Since Baptism is more symbolic than anything, I really don't think it matters if it's a dunk or a sprinkle, as long as you're making that choice yourself. I'd probably be inclined to beat the crap out of someone dunking a small child's head underwater though, unless it was clear the kid knew what was happenning, and why, and was cool with it. I don't think Jesus would be cool with drowning kids.