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Originally Posted by Aquila
There are good men on both sides of the immersion/pouring/sprinkling debate. Personally, I don't think God is concerned so much with the amount of water nor as to whether one is nude or dressed. I believe that God desires us to be identified with Christ Jesus in water baptism, by taking part in Christ's own burial in the name of Jesus.
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Nice sentiments, but the fact remains - baptism is immersion, by grammar, by Scripture usage, by secular Greek usage, and by example and history of the early church.