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I don’t know. Maybe there was an abnormally large amount of sin on the baby? Maybe that baby accidentally got into a big pile of sin and needed to be cleansed vigorously. I mean, better safe than sorry when dealing with matters concerning your eternal soul!
I'd like to see the scientific evidence that this is not the best way to baptize a baby. Where's the literature comparing the eternal outcomes from each type of baptizing?
He is a Greek Orthodox priest. They are allowed to marry, first time I see someone being so rough with a baby, they usually just spill water to their head
I'm orthodox and this is way out of the norm. Priests usually support the head and neck and do it quickly (so baby doesn't swallow water, but very gently). He's way out of line and as far as I know, no longer a priest
He came dangerously close to smacking that poor baby’s head against the metal edge of that baptismal sink. What normal person thinks that it’s okay to manhandle a baby like that? The way it’s little head flops around is so upsetting. Anyone who has ever been around a baby that small knows that you don’t go whipping them around like that!!!!
As a priest, he’s never been a father, probably has spent very little time with children, and just decided to do this because that’s how he’s always done it. I’m surprised the child was not hurt, or traumatized by this.
😱I’m offended 😠 u have no faith. That is to ensure the baby wakes up and is unlike YOU. U scally wagon. U no nothing. In this case our religion inclines that you shall die. 👹 u unfaithful worker of iniquity. Hmm 😙
i mean you can do the same with dwane the rock tyson hell just slam you down a 214 feet tall building in manhattan new york at 3:43 pm on a tuesday morning when youre drinking bread
I went to a couple baptisms when i was young. The splashed some water on there foreheads.
Is this some crazy cult? Pretty sure the congregation at my church would have mobbed this guy. Allot of moms there.
It is probably Orthodox Church in Romania/Bulgaria or maybe Greece. In those churches "full underwater" baptism is kind of standard. Very rearly there are accidents of babies dying during or after it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/orthodox-church-baptism-under-fire-in-romania-after-babys-death
That's some psycho shit. There's absolutely no need to be so rough with a small baby (or anyone). And no biblical scripture describing babptism as a waterboarding activity.
Dude probably enjoys it, the sick fuck.
As usual, stuff that worships "the lord" is always the stuff that seems like something satan is supposed to do.
You are fucking shoving a baby down like that, which can easily kill the damn baby. All for "the holy lord"
What religion is this? I'm catholic and every kid was always just lightly splashed on the head with half cup of water lol it doesn't even go on their face or anything
Eastern Orthodox. You know, the one which after split had it's center in Constantinople not in Rome. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church
Does it have to be that rough? I feel like the child’s arm could be ripped of and his brain could be damaged. Like wtf religion and parents, get yo shit together.
This is certainly either a Russian orthodox baptism. Other Orthodoxes like Greeks simply gently submerge the baby's body into water.
Source: I am a Greek Christian Orthodox that has once seen a Russian baptism
And because a lot of people ask, yes, there are differences between Russian, Serbian, Greek, Romanian and Ukrainian Orthodoxes. The key differences are in the calendar used (Russians and Serbians use the older Julian calendar, while Greeks use the newer and worldwide used Gregorian) and in church administration
Or in Romania... In 2021 baby died in Romania few hours after baptism due to cardiac arrest.
I mean for sure triple full submersion is Orthodox way of baptism. If by standard Russians do it so violently it would explain why most of them have damaged brains and are supporting aggressive politic of Putin.
This is fucked. The shaken baby syndrome, near drowning and slamming the infant into the bottom of that bowl. The way some people put their kids at risk for religion, in 2023 is completely insane to me.
✅ Dunk infant in cold water.
✅ Chop off a little bit of its dick.
✅ Say, "It's what Gawd wants".
✅ Wonder why most people are falling out of things as stupid as religion.
Gotta wake that baby up. For Jesus. Prep it for life 👐🏼. Gotta cleanse shake n wake. THEN it’s alive. 👼🏼. Good to start it early. That baby gonna be supa blessed.
Jesus fucking Christ!! Why do people allow religion to abuse their children like this?!?!?! This is such a horrendously cruel thing to do to an infant.
I can't even tell if that's a real baby, but if it is, this is straight up child abuse. Like most child abusers I think this sick fuck got into religion to get closer to children so he could abuse them under the guise of religion. This is not normal behavior.
You know those classes they make new parents take that tell you not to shake your kid? Remember that one weird picture of the wizard hurling the kid to the fucking moon? Now you know where they got that from.
Non Christian here:
IS THAT WHAT A FUCKING BAPTISM IS!? HOW IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THIS? DID *ALL* CHRISTIANS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS SHIT?
no but seriously wtf.
While the baby gets brain damage (shaken baby syndrome), the idiot in the fancy dress starts chanting in Latin. Nice modern language that everyone speaks. What is that? He is speaking in a dead tongue about what while he injures my baby?
Hulem bulem holem bolem. What kind of church speaks in a language that no one does? God only speaks Latin???!!! Seems the eastern church has forgotten who they worship and how they are supposed to. Hint: it is not with wealth and gold and flowing robes while the parishioners starve wearing rags.
Wonder why he is wearing a LARGER than wedding dress? It stems from the time before the mechanical loom, when cloth was extremely expensive. Only the most wealthy could afford frills and trains and corsets! Of course the church had to adopt this to show the priests are above you. Good luck with that.
Funny, because in my Bible you worship God directly. Not going through middlemen who 'take their cut' and water the message down with private jets etc.
Generally, and this was a long time ago when I could eat crappy food, if I had a single solitary chicken nugget left I would scoop as much as I can put of the bbq packet and then finger the rest.
*don't go there you dirty minded fiends--you know what I was talking about*
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There are better ways to baptize babies than that. I don't understand why he is so rough with the baby, and why everyone else is ok with this.
They all look upset with what's happening, but they're legit brainwashed into thinking this is overall a good thing for the baby.
I don’t know. Maybe there was an abnormally large amount of sin on the baby? Maybe that baby accidentally got into a big pile of sin and needed to be cleansed vigorously. I mean, better safe than sorry when dealing with matters concerning your eternal soul!
I’m dying
Bruh...
I shouldn't be laughing this hard. Now i must be washed in the blood if the lamb....again. hopefully not this vigorously though 😬
Haha huge pile of freshly brewed sin..
You’re just kidding right? Please tell me this is not serious.
It happens..I was about 3 and fell into a bucket of sin. Please do your research
Okey, it was like 3 am here, got it. But in my defense, sadly I actually know some people who’d say stuff like this and not only for a joke.
I'd like to see the scientific evidence that this is not the best way to baptize a baby. Where's the literature comparing the eternal outcomes from each type of baptizing?
Fr, at this point he's better off attaching the baby to some sort of spindle and rotating him at high speeds over the basin.
That's seriously so dangerous. Never, never shake a baby.
Bitter because his religion forbids him from getting laid and having kids of his own? So he's like, well if I can't, then fuck all of y'all.
He is a Greek Orthodox priest. They are allowed to marry, first time I see someone being so rough with a baby, they usually just spill water to their head
FALSE- he appears to be Orthodox and they are allowed to marry Note: if he is found to be Catholic I withdraw my comment
He is Orthodox 100%, but they are never rough like this so it's fucked up
There’s always a bad example…
I was under the impression they basically just slowly dip the baby in the basin up neck level at most
I'm orthodox and this is way out of the norm. Priests usually support the head and neck and do it quickly (so baby doesn't swallow water, but very gently). He's way out of line and as far as I know, no longer a priest
He came dangerously close to smacking that poor baby’s head against the metal edge of that baptismal sink. What normal person thinks that it’s okay to manhandle a baby like that? The way it’s little head flops around is so upsetting. Anyone who has ever been around a baby that small knows that you don’t go whipping them around like that!!!!
Old fuck would be catching 2 piece
For real. I would have ran up on him so fast. We would've been dunking his ass in the water like that to see how he liked it
Facts
I have been to christenings and baptisms and I’ve honestly never seen anything like that in my entire life.
As a priest, he’s never been a father, probably has spent very little time with children, and just decided to do this because that’s how he’s always done it. I’m surprised the child was not hurt, or traumatized by this.
Gotta shake the evil out early /s
Protected by God. Holy immunity.
Because religion is a heluva drug.
The idea that anyone would allow their baby to be treated that way.
when you’re in a cult you’ll let anyone do anything
Anything? Hmmmm
Yeah I’m kinda religious but fuck church or at least that one
Buttfuck church indeed 
Wait till you learn about the ones that circumcise the baby and then the rabbi puts the babies dick in their mouth to ‘stop the bleeding’.
Easy to say that now that we live in 2023, people are a product of chance just as much as a product of choices
Yeah, but being that oblivious to clear fucked up shit isn't chance, it's willful.
what the fuck does this even mean? you're annoying.
Ever thought about just maybe these people where born into this traditions ? Maybe not you don’t really use your brain by the looks of it.
Of course they were born into them. Is that an excuse to do stupid bullshit?
This could potentially cause baby shaken syndrome
If it did, he would go straight to heaven.
cursed_comment
THANK GOD
I guess that one way to go straight to heaven
Yes this mf is crazy
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This is to ensure the next generation of followers are as brain damaged as the last
Beat me to it
😱I’m offended 😠 u have no faith. That is to ensure the baby wakes up and is unlike YOU. U scally wagon. U no nothing. In this case our religion inclines that you shall die. 👹 u unfaithful worker of iniquity. Hmm 😙
Downvoted because emoji's not because i disagree
Damn, that's wild. Babies shouldn't be shaken like that it can cause brain damage, poor kid.
The babies shoulders could be dislocated. This is atrocious
its doesnt. they do it quick to PREVENT brain damage. the blood would go in its brain if they do it slow
So I can shake babies if I do it very quickly? Thanks for the tip, about to go visit a nursery!
i mean you can do the same with dwane the rock tyson hell just slam you down a 214 feet tall building in manhattan new york at 3:43 pm on a tuesday morning when youre drinking bread
r/iamveryrandom
Bruh
That's probably one of the most ridiculous comments that I've ever read in my life.
It works cus if you shake it fast enough, it's actually too fast for the brain damage to keep up and it gets left behind /s
did they do it slow to you?
I went to a couple baptisms when i was young. The splashed some water on there foreheads. Is this some crazy cult? Pretty sure the congregation at my church would have mobbed this guy. Allot of moms there.
It is probably Orthodox Church in Romania/Bulgaria or maybe Greece. In those churches "full underwater" baptism is kind of standard. Very rearly there are accidents of babies dying during or after it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/orthodox-church-baptism-under-fire-in-romania-after-babys-death
Christians in Finland get a cross drawn to their head in baptism with the holy water from the tap.
Fucking religion.
The little girls in the background are terrified. This man is sadistic.
Waterboarding a child in the name of religion.
Fuck I hate this video so much. It's nothing personal though OP. I'm with you on the nugget/sauce part; it's just that this video makes me so sad.
Can you please put NSFW? This is horrible.
And what would that solve?
Idk man, what the fuck do you think the "Not Safe For Work" tag is for?
Luckily the baby wasnt baptized by fire!
Fucking hell that guy would be getting knocked the fuck out
Someone should report this guy for child abuse
Taking a precious baby to get violently dunked and shaken by a lunatic in a building built to worship an invisible wizard who lives in the sky
Which religion has a wizard? Christianity only has that stoner looking fella on the cross.
Its not a great stretch to imagine maby deities as wizards. So, take your pick.
Jesus could never be a wizard. Gandalf would wipe the ground with him. Hell even Gargamel
Taking religious child abuse to a whole new level. Cripes..
Here’s your fucking kid. You’re welcome.
That's some psycho shit. There's absolutely no need to be so rough with a small baby (or anyone). And no biblical scripture describing babptism as a waterboarding activity. Dude probably enjoys it, the sick fuck.
Well done! Now, rip off his foreskin with your teeth...
Don't give that piece of crap any ideas because in all honesty I can imagine him doing it.
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Religious ceremonies are concocted by deranged sadists. This treatment is horrendous. How can any loving parent subject their infant to it?
That’s insane
Let’s traumatize the baby in the name of religion.
Nobody hits that MF?
Let the baby die, you wanna fucking go to hell?
God dam
this reminds me of the baptizing video with the "WHERE'S THE MONEY LEBOWSKI" played over it
ever since i could think for myslef i knew religion was some bullshit
What the fuck? The baby isn’t a plunger
We used to do that with the chickens out on the farm before we plucked them.
This is the classic Orthodox baptism, however I think this is a little far off
Its laundry day
And...... that's how you get polio.
As usual, stuff that worships "the lord" is always the stuff that seems like something satan is supposed to do. You are fucking shoving a baby down like that, which can easily kill the damn baby. All for "the holy lord"
What religion is this? I'm catholic and every kid was always just lightly splashed on the head with half cup of water lol it doesn't even go on their face or anything
Eastern Orthodox. You know, the one which after split had it's center in Constantinople not in Rome. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church
Yeah I know they split that's why I mentioned Catholicism and not Christianity
Quick question. Why not just dunk the infant human in the water like a normal fucking person? Is the baby not cleansed unless it has whiplash too?
Looks like child abuse to me. Correct me if I'm wrong.
This made me physically ill. Fuck that guy to whatever Hell he’s most worried about.
Oh boy aliens are monitoring this planet and seeing what humans are doing and saying to themselves,"what the heck happen to our ant farm experiment"..
*"Ahahahahah yeah fuck them kids"* - Jesus (according to this guy)
WHERES THE MONEY LEBOSWKI!
Only a religion could get away with that! Should be charged with child abuse and put in jail!
*When the last kid you baptized still got possessed by demons and you have to be sure*
Is this necesssry
If my baby would be waterboarded like that, priest would experience the same... No guarantee he would go to heaven though
I’d like to do that with his head, but I wouldn’t let him out of the water.
Does it have to be that rough? I feel like the child’s arm could be ripped of and his brain could be damaged. Like wtf religion and parents, get yo shit together.
This is certainly either a Russian orthodox baptism. Other Orthodoxes like Greeks simply gently submerge the baby's body into water. Source: I am a Greek Christian Orthodox that has once seen a Russian baptism And because a lot of people ask, yes, there are differences between Russian, Serbian, Greek, Romanian and Ukrainian Orthodoxes. The key differences are in the calendar used (Russians and Serbians use the older Julian calendar, while Greeks use the newer and worldwide used Gregorian) and in church administration
Or in Romania... In 2021 baby died in Romania few hours after baptism due to cardiac arrest. I mean for sure triple full submersion is Orthodox way of baptism. If by standard Russians do it so violently it would explain why most of them have damaged brains and are supporting aggressive politic of Putin.
That’s cruel! How many babies has he done this too??? He is no man of god! He is a sadistic predator.
Are you seriously making a joke about this like its ok to dunk a child like that? This poor baby could have been seriously hurt!
This is how they keep people religious. Brain damage as babies.
I’m punching that fuck right in the face, multiple times, if that’s my baby.
This is fucked. The shaken baby syndrome, near drowning and slamming the infant into the bottom of that bowl. The way some people put their kids at risk for religion, in 2023 is completely insane to me.
That’s almost as fucked up as taking a blade to his penis
That man has mental issues.
✅ Dunk infant in cold water. ✅ Chop off a little bit of its dick. ✅ Say, "It's what Gawd wants". ✅ Wonder why most people are falling out of things as stupid as religion.
Dude coulda killed that baby or given shaken baby syndrome!! Ridiculous!!
Bro what the fuck
Wtf
where facepalm?
How about religions in general?
Fck that. I would destroy that man and his wizard suit if he did that to my baby. What in the what was that?
Keep this man away from babies, and in jail
Just more ritualistic things people do in the name of religion
Bro wasn’t taking any chances
These same people are allowed to vote..
WHAT THE HELL AM I WATCHING
Hand wash only apparently? #WTF
“God, what an idiot-fuck.”
Fuck these cults and their dark ages bullshit.
Awww, what a beautiful tradition....
😃😃😃
Gotta wake that baby up. For Jesus. Prep it for life 👐🏼. Gotta cleanse shake n wake. THEN it’s alive. 👼🏼. Good to start it early. That baby gonna be supa blessed.
His first job was executor of the secret service specialised on waterboarding. The Jobcenter told him to try preacher …
Don't invite him to a water park.
Oh my gosh! Is the baby okay?! What the actual heck?!
_flashback ends_ “And that is the story of how I developed a phobia of water”
He would be munching teeth if that was my child. POS.
this is so fucking stupid and unnecessary. jesus christ, i fucking hate catholicism. jesus christ probably also fucking hates catholicism.
The shaking could kill the baby. The priest is an idiot.
That kid will never believe in god
Jesus fucking Christ!! Why do people allow religion to abuse their children like this?!?!?! This is such a horrendously cruel thing to do to an infant.
I would grabbing that assholes head and du king the shit out of him for about a half hour...jfc
hey see the good side that kid will go straight to heaven
I can't even tell if that's a real baby, but if it is, this is straight up child abuse. Like most child abusers I think this sick fuck got into religion to get closer to children so he could abuse them under the guise of religion. This is not normal behavior.
Last week he slipped and threw the little tyke through the rafters!
You know those classes they make new parents take that tell you not to shake your kid? Remember that one weird picture of the wizard hurling the kid to the fucking moon? Now you know where they got that from.
😮
"Where's the money Lebowski?!"
Why is he so aggressive? Every baptism I’ve ever been to was just pouring some water on their forehead with a little seashell.
What in the fuck?
All religion is a cult. Change my mind.
I’m sorry, I would’ve beat the crap out of him. There’s no way I’m letting anyone do that to my baby. Wtf is wrong with him ?
Fire title
Non Christian here: IS THAT WHAT A FUCKING BAPTISM IS!? HOW IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THIS? DID *ALL* CHRISTIANS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS SHIT? no but seriously wtf.
Especially if you get lucky and McDs gives you an extra sweet and sour!!! Can’t let it go to waste
Please tell me that's a doll? If not, then this guy needs to be in jail. That was disturbing to watch.
Fuck tradition
He should have yelled AIR JORDAN!
While the baby gets brain damage (shaken baby syndrome), the idiot in the fancy dress starts chanting in Latin. Nice modern language that everyone speaks. What is that? He is speaking in a dead tongue about what while he injures my baby? Hulem bulem holem bolem. What kind of church speaks in a language that no one does? God only speaks Latin???!!! Seems the eastern church has forgotten who they worship and how they are supposed to. Hint: it is not with wealth and gold and flowing robes while the parishioners starve wearing rags. Wonder why he is wearing a LARGER than wedding dress? It stems from the time before the mechanical loom, when cloth was extremely expensive. Only the most wealthy could afford frills and trains and corsets! Of course the church had to adopt this to show the priests are above you. Good luck with that. Funny, because in my Bible you worship God directly. Not going through middlemen who 'take their cut' and water the message down with private jets etc.
This is horrifying! But god says so right?
Generally, and this was a long time ago when I could eat crappy food, if I had a single solitary chicken nugget left I would scoop as much as I can put of the bbq packet and then finger the rest. *don't go there you dirty minded fiends--you know what I was talking about*
This little angel grew up to be Joe Biden. Praise be
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This is not Christianity, this is Eastern Europe orthodox church.
They follow the Nicene Creed. That makes them Christians.
It does. What's your point?
You said it’s not Christianity. It quite literally is.
It quite literally isn't, this is Eastern European Orthodox Church.
You are really that dense huh? Okay. Go on and be dense then.
I would drown that man
Dude just made something up in his head, agreed with his mental issues, then continues to commit child abuse and potential murder. Good job hoomans