Baptism - De-baptism?

In light of the recent flood of baptisms at Mountain View Church (no pun intended), I thought I'd share this with you.... Edwin Kagin, national director of the American Atheists, conducted a mass “de-baptism” during a recent conference using a blow-dryer to symbolically “dry up the offending waters” that were sprinkled on the heads of participants during religious ceremonies as young children. Kagin said baptism and fundamental religious education “teaches children that the world works in other ways than it does” and even aligned it with terrorism and a weakening of the nation. Interestingly, Kagin’s son serves as a fundamentalist minister in Kansas, and Kagin himself cannot deny his son’s claims of a personal revelation in Christ. When asked about his son’s faith, Kagin admits, “I am totally unable to say it’s not true...(my son and I) just understand there are certain things we can’t, at this point, talk about.” Kagin says he sees the conflict between atheists and believers as “America’s religious civil war” and bad manners are a reasonable weapon in it, but he also said it was unlikely that atheists would emerge victorious: “There are far too many [believers].”
Man!! I hope we are part of the problem of leading more believers into the family of God!!! Folks, I believe we so soon forget that the vehicle thru which God spreads His Good News is the Church - The body of believers in Jesus Christ. Let's keep sharing the hope, grace and love that can be found in a personal relationship with Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!

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