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Baptism by Fire

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Baptism by Fire

Four panels. Panel 1: Two men in line in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates of heaven. An angel in the background. St. Peter says - “Huh, the priest who baptized you was later defrocked for sexual abuse - but he got the ceremonial words exactly right. Com on in!”. Panel 2 - we see that first man running through the opened gates. St. Peter beckons towards the man who was second in line, saying “Next”. Panel 3: St. Peter holds up his hands to stop the man. “Uh oh, your priest said ‘We baptize you’ instead of ‘I baptize you.’ Sorry! You’re not saved after all.” The man clutches his head in frustration. Panel 4: Zoom way out. You see the man falling out of heaven into the fires of hell; a demon is watching in the foreground.

Based on the news article “Thousands of baptisms invalidated by priest’s use of one wrong word”. I hope I’m not going to hell for this.

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© Nicholas Dunn 2024