• theneverfox@pawb.social
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    8 days ago

    Baptism is such a weird thing. It’s ritualized cleansing turned into one and done

    You can get baptized as many times as you like, it doesn’t stack

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          8 days ago

          Conceptual numeracy is a human thing. The universe absolutely cares about quantifiable physical properties which we represent as numbers.

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          8 days ago

          I imagine if baptisms stacked, you could pile on a gazillion of them like ablative armor against incoming sin.

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            7 days ago

            Lol, imagine if showers stacked. You could spend a week showering and then all filth just disappears when it touches you

            But then, what happens to the filth?

            The only way I see this working is if you shower, you just continuously wash filth off yourself. But then does it all just kick in when you walk out of the shower? Or maybe, you never become clean until you’ve washed a lifetime of filth off yourself, then you’re clean forever

            I’m imagining every baby just covered in sludge, and after years of washing they become clean. Imagine your kid just never gets cleaner, and everyone just thinks you’re a terrible parent. Imagine cleaning your kid and they become clean way ahead of schedule

            There’s some real existential horror here

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              7 days ago

              In reality, if you bathe too much you just stand to lose too much sebum, making it easier for dirt to stick to your skin (and harder to remove) until the layer forms again.