Baptism: The act of accepting Jesus and becoming a complete member of christianity. Anyone who expresses the desire to accept christ can be baptized. It is a religious ceremony in which the person being baptized is purified by water.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02258b.htm
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Most people refer to baptism as a way of being 'born again', since until you are baptized, you are not truly a child of God. Because of this, baptism is stressed very highly in many churches.
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