User blog comment:The Leader/Governance Reformation/@comment-113335-20090808173708

That is correct.

Like Catholics, Baptists are baptized in front of the church after they have reached what is called the Age of Accountability, meaning they understand Christianity enough to decide, on their own, whether they want it or not. They get baptized after they have chosen to become Christians.

HOWEVER, unlike Catholics, Baptists are only Baptized once, and that's when they choose to become Christians. They're often dedicated as babies (meaning the parents tell the church that their kids are going to be raised in a Christian manner), but not baptized.

Baptism is a public profession, in which the new Christian chooses to come before his or her church of choice and get wet. Getting Baptized doesn't mean you are saved, it means you have chosen to tell the church and/or viewing audience that you have been saved. It's basically saying that you're a Christian in front of the church, and it's actually optional (but HIGHLY RECCOMENDED BY GOD) and is not a requirement to get into Heaven.

As for the parody, it should involve water or getting dunked. Baptism is highly symbolic. Being dunked into the water represents Jesus being tossed into the tomb, and when the believer is pulled out of the water, it represents Him rising again. The water, which you may know as "holy water", represents washing away the sins of the believer. In the same way, the believer getting dunked means he's giving up his sins and former ways (burying them/going down), and he's going to start living with Jesus Christ (raising in Jesus' name/coming up).

Now, in technology, what could be symbolic?
 * Perhaps they're giving up their own ways of maintaining technology (going under is washing off their Noobishness) and deciding to seek professional assistence, learning from people who know their way around tech? THEN they recieve a phone instead of a Bible?

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