This holy water thing is full of shit!

[Lemonvariable72]

Great, the babies are getting dunked in shit. Hope they don't get e. Coli

[Minimalist]

Hence the origin of the phrase "well I will be dipped in shit."

[Max_Kolbe]

Literally, apparently.

Scientists have discovered that 86 per cent of water samples from holy sources contain faecal matter.
Austrian researchers also found that church fonts contain high levels of bacteria and that none of the holy springs they studied could be considered safe for drinking from.

Conclusion? Baptisms are really gross.

Funny how the infinitely compassionate lord won't make the water they soak babies in clean and safe...

I always replace the water in the font before I perform baptisms. (I'm just letting you know so that when you ask me to baptize you, you'll be sure the water is fresh and clean).

[Mystical]

I... like ^ guy

[Zone]

Scientists have discovered that 86 per cent of water samples from holy sources contain faecal matter.

Perhaps it's holy shit?

It is a bit silly though, I saw a bottle of holy water on Ebay bu tin the description it said that the bottle doesn't contain any holy water this can be obtained at your local church. All they needed to do was fill it up from a tap and say it's holy water no-one would know the difference. You can imagine someone giving a negative review saying "The water contained in this bottle is not holy, I threw it into the face of Count Dracula and it had no effect on him!"

[Jackalope]

Literally, apparently.


Conclusion? Baptisms are really gross.

Funny how the infinitely compassionate lord won't make the water they soak babies in clean and safe...

I always replace the water in the font before I perform baptisms. (I'm just letting you know so that when you ask me to baptize you, you'll be sure the water is fresh and clean).

...unless the source is contaminated, you know, like the sources the article is talking about.

[Minimalist]

You can never be certain.

A bus load of nuns crashed and they all died! When they died they all appeared before the gates of heaven...

God said "Who-ever has had sexual contact of any kind come forward"....

There was some shuffling in the crowd and then one nun stepped forward...

"Well once I touched the head of one with the tip of my finger" she said ... "put your finger in the holy water.. then you may pass through the gate" he said... and she did.

Another nun came forward "Once I fondled and stroked one". Once again he told the nun to put her hand in the holy water.

Then their was a commotion in the crowd. One nun is pushing her way up the line. When she reaches the front of the line St. Peter says, "sister sister what seems to be the rush? There is plenty of holy water; you will all be purified and enter Heaven."

The nun replies, "Maybe so, but if I'm going to have to gargle that holy water, I want to go before Sister Mary sticks her ass in it!"

[LiveAboard Sailor]

Literally, apparently.

Scientists have discovered that 86 per cent of water samples from holy sources contain faecal matter.
Austrian researchers also found that church fonts contain high levels of bacteria and that none of the holy springs they studied could be considered safe for drinking from.

Conclusion? Baptisms are really gross.

Funny how the infinitely compassionate lord won't make the water they soak babies in clean and safe...

NO CLUE.....Sherlock......What will you actively DO to DO something that WILL change?

[Norman Humann]

Um... Sailor... necroposting isn't a valid hobby, you know. And you're not making much sense either...

[abaris]

Literally, apparently.

Scientists have discovered that 86 per cent of water samples from holy sources contain faecal matter.
Austrian researchers also found that church fonts contain high levels of bacteria and that none of the holy springs they studied could be considered safe for drinking from.

Conclusion? Baptisms are really gross.

Funny how the infinitely compassionate lord won't make the water they soak babies in clean and safe...

How on earth did you stumble across this now? This made headlines in Austria some decades ago. Must have been somewhere in the 90ies or early 2000. I remember having a good chuckle when it was spread across our dailies.