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Baptism gone bad

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Imagine standing before Peter at the pearly gates, waiting to find out if you will be let into Heaven or not. After looking over your resume and commenting about how well you kept the Roman Catholic rules, he double-checks your baptism. You were 8 days old. Your parents took you right away like they were supposed to. The priest sprinkled / poured water on you just like he was taught to do. You thought you were purified from your original sin, but then come to find out the priest did something wrong! Instead of saying “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” he said, “We baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” And just like that Peter informs you that your baptism was invalid and that you didn’t partake in an essential sacrament which is the only way that the Roman Catholic Church knows of by which a man can be saved! You might be tempted to think of this as a farfetched idea, one that no one believes, but y