Per the actual wiki, some denominations seem to think it's a sin or heresy to do someone more than once. Which seems like what the nullification in the baptize function is supposed to capture.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 hours ago

some denominations seem to think it's a sin or heresy to do someone more than once

Those denominations must have really high divorce rates..

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 22 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Baptism is such a weird thing.

I think Haskell is such a weird thing

[–] expr@programming.dev 1 points 57 minutes ago

Dunno what to tell ya, it's great.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 22 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Could you imagine how op you could become though if baptisms stacked

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Can you get more clean than clean?

Numbers are a human thing. The universe don't care

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I imagine if baptisms stacked, you could pile on a gazillion of them like ablative armor against incoming sin.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Lol, imagine if showers stacked. You could spend a week showering and then all filth just disappears when it touches you

But then, what happens to the filth?

The only way I see this working is if you shower, you just continuously wash filth off yourself. But then does it all just kick in when you walk out of the shower? Or maybe, you never become clean until you've washed a lifetime of filth off yourself, then you're clean forever

I'm imagining every baby just covered in sludge, and after years of washing they become clean. Imagine your kid just never gets cleaner, and everyone just thinks you're a terrible parent. Imagine cleaning your kid and they become clean way ahead of schedule

There's some real existential horror here

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 30 minutes ago

In reality, if you bathe too much you just stand to lose too much sebum, making it easier for dirt to stick to your skin (and harder to remove) until the layer forms again.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

Conceptual numeracy is a human thing. The universe absolutely cares about quantifiable physical properties which we represent as numbers.

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I think erasing one's body could make you more clean than clean

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So what you're saying is that fundies need to be cremated? Possibly AFTER death from other causes?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

no no. they need to switch to Flouroantimonic acid instead of just flowing water.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago

Numbers are a human thing. The universe don't care

Doubly so with religion, though 🤷

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The LDS (Mormons) actually do repeat it, in a sense. Their weekly sacrament is a renewal of their baptismal blessings

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago

Probably the reason some other sects call double-dipping a sin, so as to not be like those Mormons.