RIP phone..

[Joe]

My phone was declared dead at the scene, after drowning in Devils Lake at about 6:30 this evening, while attending a Baraboo Assembly of God baptism service. He had no surviving family members, but his former owner is alive in well, although in deep despair.

[Kaleeko]

And the world rejoiced!

^^

[rabbit]

Baptism kills.

[Joe]

Haha, that reminded me of a pastor who died during a baptism by touching a microphone connected to electricity.

[Chavo]

Haha, that reminded me of a pastor who died during a baptism by touching a microphone connected to electricity.

Isn't baptismal water supposed to be purified....

[Sidoh]

Isn't baptismal water supposed to be purified....

'Purified' in a metaphysical sense.  Not 'purified' as in removing the ions so it doesn't conduct electricity.

Joe's church is weird, though.  We never do batisms outside.  They're always in the middle of the service inside of the church.

[rabbit]

Hahaha the episode where Granpa Griffin forcibly baptises Stewie in the "tainted holy water" episode was on the other night

[Chavo]

Isn't baptismal water supposed to be purified....

'Purified' in a metaphysical sense.  Not 'purified' as in removing the ions so it doesn't conduct electricity.

Joe's church is weird, though.  We never do batisms outside.  They're always in the middle of the service inside of the church.

purified as in I thought that they were supposed to use distilled/filterred water for sanitary reasons, not religious reasons

You don't have to deionize the water for its conductivity to be negligible.

[Sidoh]

purified as in I thought that they were supposed to use distilled/filterred water for sanitary reasons, not religious reasons

You don't have to deionize the water for its conductivity to be negligible.

You take a shower in tap water... what's the problem?  (Like I said, Joe's church is weird).

In any case, though, you're removing the ions from the water, yes?

[leet_muffin]

Isn't baptismal water supposed to be purified....

'Purified' in a metaphysical sense.  Not 'purified' as in removing the ions so it doesn't conduct electricity.

Joe's church is weird, though.  We never do batisms outside.  They're always in the middle of the service inside of the church.

Boil the hell out of it.

lololol =)

[Sidoh]

Boil the hell out of it.

lololol =)

Which does remove the ions to some degree...

[CrAz3D]

Cell phones are the devil!

</water boy>

[Joe]

Sidoh, I've been meaning to ask you this for a while now. What denomination do you believe in? I'm part of an Evangelical church, and most of our stuff is pretty much "the bible is cool, and the other religions suck for forgetting that". When I was baptised back in April, that was done during a youth group church service, but doing a baptism outside would make more sence than doing it inside, because St. John baptised Jesus outside. Of course, that could be countered saying that a church is a holy place, but eh, whatever.

[Chavo]

purified as in I thought that they were supposed to use distilled/filterred water for sanitary reasons, not religious reasons

You don't have to deionize the water for its conductivity to be negligible.

You take a shower in tap water... what's the problem?  (Like I said, Joe's church is weird).

In any case, though, you're removing the ions from the water, yes?

I didn't mean to suggest tap water is unsanitary   At my church they have use purified water because of some law or something, I don't know enough to ponder why exactly.

Removing ions from the water to make it less of a conductor is a side effect of distillation/purifying but I'm sure there are more efficient/effective means if that is your goal. I don't know anyone that distills water so they can use it as an insulator   Hard tap water is certainly enough of a conductor to cause what Joe is talking about, I'm just surprised the church was using tap water.

[Sidoh]

Sidoh, I've been meaning to ask you this for a while now. What denomination do you believe in? I'm part of an Evangelical church, and most of our stuff is pretty much "the bible is cool, and the other religions suck for forgetting that". When I was baptised back in April, that was done during a youth group church service, but doing a baptism outside would make more sence than doing it inside, because St. John baptised Jesus outside. Of course, that could be countered saying that a church is a holy place, but eh, whatever.

Lutheran, Missouri synod.  It's one of the most conservative Christian religions.

I didn't mean to suggest tap water is unsanitary   At my church they have use purified water because of some law or something, I don't know enough to ponder why exactly.

Removing ions from the water to make it less of a conductor is a side effect of distillation/purifying but I'm sure there are more efficient/effective means if that is your goal. I don't know anyone that distills water so they can use it as an insulator   Hard tap water is certainly enough of a conductor to cause what Joe is talking about, I'm just surprised the church was using tap water.

Maybe mine does too.  I haven't had any reason to ask until now, haha.

Yeah, I know, but that wasn't the point of what I was saying earlier... :p

[Joe]

Our church's baptismal, IIRC, was filled with a hose coming from a nearby (but hidden) spigot. I know the church's hidden areas better than pretty much anyone but the pastors and possibly the elders, but that area's far out of the way. On the left side of our sanctuary, behind the walls, is a hallway accessable through two doors that nobody would ever bother looking inside of. At the end of that hallway is the front corner of our sanctuary (it's a semi-circle, not rectangular) and behind the screen where the lyrics to the Jesus songs are projected during worship is where the baptismal is located, so it's easy to hide stuff by.

[Sidoh]

Our church's baptismal, IIRC, was filled with a hose coming from a nearby (but hidden) spigot. I know the church's hidden areas better than pretty much anyone but the pastors and possibly the elders, but that area's far out of the way. On the left side of our sanctuary, behind the walls, is a hallway accessable through two doors that nobody would ever bother looking inside of. At the end of that hallway is the front corner of our sanctuary (it's a semi-circle, not rectangular) and behind the screen where the lyrics to the Jesus songs are projected during worship is where the baptismal is located, so it's easy to hide stuff by.

OMG YOUR WATER TAP IS WELL HIDDEN.  THAT MAKES IT HOLY. 

[Joe]

HAHAHAHA

[Blaze]

Cell phones are the devil!

</water boy>

Our church's baptismal, IIRC, was filled with a hose coming from a nearby (but hidden) spigot. I know the church's hidden areas better than pretty much anyone but the pastors and possibly the elders, but that area's far out of the way. On the left side of our sanctuary, behind the walls, is a hallway accessable through two doors that nobody would ever bother looking inside of. At the end of that hallway is the front corner of our sanctuary (it's a semi-circle, not rectangular) and behind the screen where the lyrics to the Jesus songs are projected during worship is where the baptismal is located, so it's easy to hide stuff by.

OMG YOUR WATER TAP IS WELL HIDDEN.  THAT MAKES IT HOLY. 

Hahaha the episode where Granpa Griffin forcibly baptises Stewie in the "tainted holy water" episode was on the other night

In response to all three of these:  I love you.

[Joe]

My phone has been resurrected from the dead (dried out by Wednesday, ironically, thee days later) but the contract ended and it's been replaced by a nice Samsung flip-camera-phone.