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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:02 AM Original message |
Priest drowns baby in the name of God. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. First time I've ever heard of such a thing. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If it was in Moldova, it was probably an Eastern Orthodox ceremony... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. So, even post-USSR, there's still no pravda in Pravda? |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't know if it's a completely-made-up story... |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Well here are some other sources for your edification: |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Do any of the news stories use the same bullshit title |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Do you deny that the infant was held underwater in the name of God? |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. So the answer is No . |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. This isn't LBN. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. "Held underwater" is an exaggeration. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Not according to the video. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. Awful. I was shocked that it could happen... |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. never heard of such a thing, how sad for the family. obviously a clueless priest, you don't hold |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Orthodoxy does do immersion of infants, but, as you say, it's "in and out". |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. If you're going to post a year old article, post the actual headline: "Baby drowns at baptism". |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. So you contest that he was drowned in the name of God? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Do you believe that a drowning during a Baptism is a drowning in the name of God? |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Oh, but it's lovely propaganda from a certain point of view. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Well, it was sticking the baby underwater in the name of god. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. True or False: The child was held underwater in the name of God. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I think the point is, though... |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The important part is the action itself. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. So do we have an update on this story after a year? For example, were any charges actually filed? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. None that I found. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Some accusations were made a year ago, though perhaps it's not really clear what happened: |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. More to the point--is there a medical examiner's report? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. ... autopsy diagnosis of drowning can pose problems, because the findings are often minimal, obscure |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here's an Orthodox baptism: |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. it's horrible how the baby's family stood around while Priest drowned it in the name of God |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I was especially distraught at the glee the priest took in the baby not crying. |
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