Right On John! The ana-baptists I know and love (my in-laws, they are Amish-Mennonites) don't even immerse - They SPRINKLE - and always have SPRINKLED so somewhere along the line the baptists strayed from their ana-baptist roots. That is if they actually claim those roots. Peace, Steve john okeefe wrote: > funny you bring up the "ana-baptists" - what a great > and wonderful tradition - they believe in communal > living, were 100% pacifists, opposed all forms of > capital punshment, oaths to the court, holding of > public office and the payment of taxes and interest - > > you might have heard of one of the great leaders of > the ana-baptist tradition - "menno simons" - you know, > his followers became "mennonites" :) i find it > interesting that you would claim such a tradition, and > yet oppose the teachings :) > > pax > jok > > > > --- Stemerrod@... wrote: > >>His name was baptist because he was sent to bapize >>the baptism of repentence. >>Ana-Baptist were given that name because they >>opposed infant baptism and >>baptismal regeneration of the Catholic church. >> >>Charles >> > > > > ===== > john o'keefe > http://www.ginkworld.net > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > > "In essential things, unity; in non-essential things, liberty; and in all things, charity." > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pastor Steven G. Rockhill Lisbon Reformed Presbyterian Church PO Box 88 Lisbon, NY 13658 315-393-9041 revrock@... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++