• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    9 days ago

    I mean, I’m not a theologist or anything, but based on other precedents, if someone was dying and wanted to be baptized at the last second, and no source of water could be arranged on time, the Gatorade baptism would probably be accepted by the Catholic church.

    Transubstantiation of Gatorade into Holy Water doesn’t even sound that outrageous when priests claim to transubstantiate wine to blood on a daily basis.

    • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 days ago

      This seems to mean that priests can theoretically make any liquid holy, thereby making holy Gatorade.

      • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        8 days ago

        I just checked and it seems that unfortunately not. At least catholic Priests are only allowed to bless “true water”, which is usually understood to mean that nothing was purposely added to it (with the exception of certain salts for rituals like exorcism).

        • smeenz@lemmy.nz
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          8 days ago

          So is tap water okay, or only where it isn’t fluoridated? What about sea water ? Heavy water ? Rain water ?

          • Droechai@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            7 days ago

            It needs to be demineralized and deionized to be able to accept god and become holy. God is quite picky

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    9 days ago

    I have been in IT for 20 years, have both a BS and MS in Information Technology, and I will never understand why EVERYONE has such a hard-on for AI; especially given its track record of “hallucinations”.

  • theneverfox@pawb.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    8 days ago

    You can literally do it with spit… And that’s not a hypothetical. You can do it with any fluid if necessary… How is this controversial?

    • Droechai@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 days ago

      Because not all dogma can be easily explained or defended so it is easier to hunt the messenger. Compare to evangelicals and how much they roar against some things in the old covenant as sins while still using cloth made of mixed materials, eat bacon or refuse to kill their kids if they are not respectful enough.

  • raynethackery@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    9 days ago

    I mean, water has to be blessed by a priest first before it becomes holy. So, what if the only thing available is a bottle of Gatorade but you have a priest? Couldn’t he bless the Gatorade so that the person could be baptized?

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    9 days ago

    For those who don’t know, “AI-powered priest” in this case means a 3d model run by AI, not even a real person. The pronoun here is “it” not “he”.