Is this hypocritical?

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LOL, I was saying silly things in chat last night while buzzed wasn't I?

Actually it's not really an entirely sexual thing, but it's a really awesome celebration for me and when it has cute girls getting wet that certainly isn't a bad thing in addition. Yeah saying the I'd look away with guys was kind of silly, though it was more in relation to skipping the guys in the videos I posted. But like I noted, all the girls in this video are rather cute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZcEUXWr300

I don't understand the point of looking away for dudes and younger lady types.  I can certainly understand enjoying watching women getting baptized...what with the white cloth clinging to their supple bodies and all that.....

excuse me, I'll be back in 5

Huh? Most people who get baptized don't wear white from what I've seen, I certainly wasn't a few months ago. Most people wear dark T-shirts.

Only if the women being baptized are married, for as the LORD GOD commanded us: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife."

Oh dammit. I wish that girl who leads worship all the time and is married to one of the pastors wouldn't always dress so hot.

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Since I'm entirely sober tonight, I realize that yeah that did sound kind of creepy, though I'm not really serious about it. I mean yes I like to watch hot girls get baptized but that's why I like baptism videos. Truthfully though it's not really sexual but is in a weird way because fundamentally as Morden pointed out and Lewis did in the other thread...well it's a girl in a wet T-shirt. But the act itself is already awesome so that's just kind of an added bonus. It's really happy and exciting. That's actually what largely moved me from the paedobaptist to credobaptist position, people in the event in the latter look happy, as opposed to kids getting confirmed who are bored and don't care. Like my confirmation was basically us standing up, repeating some stuff some guy told us to say, and then it was like "OK you are confirmed". Getting baptized was a lot cooler and more exciting. So yeah having that and a girl in a wet T-shirt...yeah.

This is the strangest fetish I have heard about in a very long time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes

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I still don't understand the looking away for dudes and younger girls.  Is the act less "awesome" when it's them announcing their turn to Christ?  Less happy and exciting?

That's lacking the hot girl in a wet T-shirt angle. Though that was the alcohol talking. I should note that I didn't do that at my own church's baptisms in February (though I was one of the baptized.)

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Can we at least agree this makes more sense than baptizing babies wearing dresses regardless of gender? Seriously why do people put their baby boys in dresses for baptism?

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That's basically the Appeal to Tradition fallacy. Now it's harmless, but I do see it as pretty silly regardless. Mind you I kind of feel the same way about making babies wear anything besides what's most practical, the babies aren't going to care regardless. I recall the discussion my mom, aunt and grandmother had about how some friend of my mom's was talking about wanting to buy $70 dresses for her baby but couldn't afford them and she'd probably outgrow them in just 3 months anyway...

I should point out that dress in adult baptisms is always done in a purely practical manner, hence me cutting off my jeans below the knee that were already excessively holey the night before, and the girl afterwards being in a tank top and sweatpants. And none of the babies being dedicated, even the females, in ridiculous elaborate dresses.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

That's basically the Appeal to Tradition fallacy. Now it's harmless, but I do see it as pretty silly regardless. Mind you I kind of feel the same way about making babies wear anything besides what's most practical, the babies aren't going to care regardless. I recall the discussion my mom, aunt and grandmother had about how some friend of my mom's was talking about wanting to buy $70 dresses for her baby but couldn't afford them and she'd probably outgrow them in just 3 months anyway...

I should point out that dress in adult baptisms is always done in a purely practical manner, hence me cutting off my jeans below the knee that were already excessively holey the night before, and the girl afterwards being in a tank top and sweatpants. And none of the babies being dedicated, even the females, in ridiculous elaborate dresses.

That's because adults are old enough to fight off the evil spirits. Yeah, it doesn't make much sense, but it's a harmless tradition that people don't mind, so why mess with it? I wouldn't think that your church would have the babies wear the gowns anyways though; yours seems less traditional on that (I think I saw something about people going there in band shirts), so I would assume they wouldn't have such gowns.

I always assumed it was entirely up to the parents what they wanted their baby to be wearing when baptized (same as basically every situation), and most of those gowns are either specifically bought for the occasion or family hand-me-downs. So if someone at my church wanted to have their baby dedicated in such a gown, there's nothing stopping them.

And yes, I was baptized in a band shirt.

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