DAVEH wrote: > I think this is an example where Occam's Razor applies. > Why make some convoluted assumptions when the obvious > makes much more sense....unless it steps on the toes of > traditional beliefs.
I think Kevin's perspective is the more simple one. The hurdle that your perspective faces is the switch from "we" to "they" that Paul invokes. Considering that the word "baptize" was not an ecclesiastical term, but one that simply meant "immersing" and was used in the Greek secular writings often in this way, is it not possible to you that some people washed dead bodies before burying them? Why would they wash dead bodies? Maybe they believed that they would rise again? Maybe it was a common cultural practice just like we regularly preserve bodies with formaldehyde? What do you think? What is so complicated with this perspective? Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
