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I was raised Methodist so sprinkled as a baby. Then was immersed by my own choice at 13 or14 in a creek west of town.
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Ingwe, why do you suppose it didn't take?
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Lmao....... I should read the comments, huh😛
On my way.....
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I was 33 when I was baptized by immersion in the Mullica Hill Baptist Church. I have worshiped and made music in that church in the distant past - across the Delaware from where I was raised.
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Too young to have a say in that nonsense.
Same here. And it didn't take.... You prolly had a boner. 
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I Dindo Nuffin
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I got baptized and joined the Congregational Church on the same date when I was in the 8th grade. I talked a couple friends into going with me or I wouldn't have done it.
All I remember about the classes etc. is it was interesting and I kind of liked it and have not forgotten any of it!
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if a man speaks, and there isn't a woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
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Immediately
Wasn’t expected to survive
Limbo was a thing in 1963
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Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Join date 3/09/2001
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We’ve had a couple of wide-eyed pastors that used to like to ramrod kids 5 and 6 years after a few days of summer vacation bible.
Kids that were just friends of kids that went to the church,
I was in with a meeting of a few members and a couple of deacons there, and it looked as if the pastor was the just pushing them through the works to make some fake eye candy aka numbers. “Hey hey, looka here we had a dozen kids get saved and will follow in baptism asap. Partly I think because we used to dump $3k-$4k on associational packages and decorations and logistics. Lifeway media corp mafia, overpriced materials.
These kids had no idea what they were saying yes to, too young in my opinion; brow beat in a corner for 30 minutes, straight exhausting coercion.
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I was basically a newborn. Presbyterian Church.
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I was 32 or 33. I watched baptismal services for years thinking I’d join in on the next one. Finally one Sunday I decided I was out of excuses.
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For those of you who have been baptized twice or more as adults, that is "choosing" to be baptized, I have a question or two.
How many times was Jesus baptized?
And, why the need to re-baptize?
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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I was 12, It was my choice and I knew what I was doing. I had accepted Christ a few months before and was baptized in a Baptist Church. 57 years later I'm still a member and Deacon in the same Church.
Harry
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12. In the Southern Baptist Church I grew up in.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Initially, about 12 or 13 by a "non-denominational" (translation: holy roller) church that leaned heavily Pentacostal/Charismatic in deepest, darkest Appalachia.
About three years ago I converted to Orthodoxy (OCA) and was baptized and christmated into the Church. The best decision I've ever made. I think it really took this time. Your avatar is a testimonial to your conviction. My avatar is a statement about an enemy we all face.
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I was twelve years old. My parents were busy, and just did attend church much for while . After my older brother died in an auto accident they stepped it up a lot.
Presbyterian Church, sprinkling. I was 12, and also in a Presbyterian church.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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"Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." --Thomas Jefferson
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