The business of baptism needs lies. It does not need to declare anyone innocent, but to declare everyone guilty of sin. It needs to make people believe that water cleans something more than the body. But think: water does not remove ignorance. It can remove dirt or thirst, but it does not remove the ignorance … Continue reading Jesus did not say ‘I am the truth’, nor did he baptize with water… Water does not make you free; it is not the truth that sets free, because it is not information that brings you out of deception. →