# Love the sinner, hate the sin, deliver their children to the buffetings of Satan

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**Created:** [July 18, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin-deliver-their-children-to-the-buffetings-of-satan/313038 "2005-07-18T20:52:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin-deliver-their-children-to-the-buffetings-of-satan/313038/61 "2005-07-21T03:01:12Z")

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> [@Inner Stickler](#):
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> The wording is: I baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit(or Ghost).  
> Course, there is also the baptism by desire where an individual desperately wants to be baptised and become a christian, but dies before the baptism can occur but is still saved. Totally muddies the water.

Jeez, that’s it? I could have sworn we had to bless the water too, or something like that. Oh well. That was more than 20 years ago, I hate to say. But I remember _distinctly_ that it had to be liquid. Why I either was never told, or forgot, I guess.

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