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Catholics don't rebaptize
Reader comment on item: Is Tariq Ramadan Lying [about Magdi Allam]?
in response to reader comment: It's not another proof
Submitted by Michael E. Stora, Ph.D. (United States), Apr 3, 2008 at 23:44
Zaco, we consider any baptism done with water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by a person who believes in the trinity to be a legitimate Christian baptism. If there is any doubt, a conditional baptism is done "If this man is not baptized, I baptize him in the name . . .". It's considered an insult against the Holy spirit to rebaptize. So yes, this is proof that Magdi Allam was not previously Christian., as he would have been Confirmed but not Baptized.
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| 3 | Brave Man [54 words] | skmiller | Apr 2, 2008 10:34 | 124411 | |
 Magdi Allam Could Create A Berlin Wall Breakdown Effect [33 words] | AnneM | Apr 4, 2008 19:10 | 124411 | ||
| Clapping with thumbs!!! [108 words] | Mansoor | Apr 7, 2008 16:09 | 124411 | ||
| response to Clapping with thumbs!!! by Mansoor [210 words] | Ifrahim | Jan 15, 2009 17:23 | 124411 | ||
| 1 | Islam and Choice of faith [134 words] | agusmiswanto | Apr 1, 2008 00:55 | 124273 | |
| Freedom of Relgion [52 words] | tamimisledus | Mar 26, 2014 04:03 | 124273 | ||
| really not a big deal..... [88 words] | ahmadzafire | Mar 30, 2008 21:06 | 124138 | ||
| you must have heard of this.... [14 words] | ohmegosh | Apr 1, 2008 05:13 | 124138 | ||
| Christianity [53 words] | Clifford Ishii | Mar 25, 2008 17:14 | 123622 | ||
| Magdi Christiano Allam I salute you! [45 words] | Liliana DiPerna-Cohen | Mar 24, 2008 07:40 | 123473 | ||
| Magdi or Madbee [111 words] | Mansoor | Apr 3, 2008 15:20 | 123473 | ||
| Magdi or Madbee, what`s in a name? [22 words] | mytwocents | Apr 5, 2008 08:45 | 123473 | ||
| thanks Pope Benedict [56 words] | Jerome Mc Kenna | Mar 23, 2008 20:49 | 123428 | ||
| It's not another proof [16 words] | Zako | Mar 23, 2008 16:53 | 123405 | ||
| Orthodoxes are already baptized [44 words] | Santiago | Mar 24, 2008 08:02 | 123405 | ||
 Catholics don't rebaptize [88 words] | Michael E. Stora, Ph.D. | Apr 3, 2008 23:44 | 123405 | ||
| Magdi Allam: Congratulations [21 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 23, 2008 07:06 | 123341 | ||
| Allam's Easter Conversion [47 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Oakes Spalding | Mar 22, 2008 19:09 | 123286 | ||
| I would have taken them to the cleaners [34 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 4, 2008 08:01 | 121701 | ||
| Congradulations to Dr. Pipes! [66 words] | jennifer solis | Mar 3, 2008 19:09 | 121660 | ||
| "Muslim Weekly" Apologizes to Daniel Pipes -- sweeeeeet [112 words] | Krista | Mar 3, 2008 16:56 | 121650 | ||
| 1 | Cheers and Congratulations to Dr. Pipes/ Muslims weekly [18 words] | Ynnatchkah | Mar 3, 2008 22:05 | 121650 | |
| Not a Muslim [132 words] | Isaac | Mar 22, 2008 23:59 | 121650 | ||
| Not a Muslim ? [102 words] | Krista | Mar 31, 2008 19:22 | 121650 | ||
| 14 | Lying is permitted in Islam (Taquia) [188 words] | David | Dec 24, 2007 13:17 | 116862 | |
| Tariq Ramadan in a confused man [76 words] | Saleem Akhtar | Mar 28, 2007 19:54 | 88151 | ||
| 1 | moderate Islam is an impossiblility. Reformation of Islam is impossible [256 words] | Forrest | Mar 18, 2007 14:13 | 86759 | |
| "Muhammad beheaded thousands", Mr Forrest? [9 words] | Amri | Aug 22, 2007 13:56 | 86759 | ||
| where does it say [17 words] | Oz. | Mar 14, 2010 16:26 | 86759 | ||
| Tariq Ramadan forced to retract defamatory statements [163 words] | Jean-Charles Brisard | Mar 7, 2007 15:40 | 80725 | ||
| Lying is a tool [85 words] | Ollie | Mar 7, 2007 19:18 | 80725 | ||
| Very interesting [231 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 8, 2007 16:29 | 80725 | ||
| Why he is in Europe [102 words] | David | Dec 24, 2007 13:31 | 80725 | ||
| What Pipes did not notice [66 words] | Zahirah Shakir | Mar 7, 2007 15:01 | 80715 | ||
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| Everything he needed to know he learned from Nietzsche [101 words] | Archimedes2 | Mar 6, 2007 19:27 | 80590 | ||
| I am Italian [114 words] | Octavio | Mar 6, 2007 19:01 | 80585 | ||
| Fretting & Whining [296 words] | Abu Nuwas | Mar 6, 2007 10:36 | 80528 | ||
| We've seen things like this before [40 words] | Peter Herz | Mar 6, 2007 07:15 | 80515 | ||
| Tariq Ramadan and self hate! [213 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 6, 2007 06:58 | 80514 | ||
| Copts [49 words] | CVT | Mar 9, 2007 11:58 | 80514 | ||
| Copts [40 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 9, 2007 18:14 | 80514 | ||
| Copts [64 words] | cvt | Mar 14, 2007 08:52 | 80514 | ||
| COPTS NUMBER CLOSER TO 15-20% [97 words] | MOROUS | Mar 16, 2007 12:48 | 80514 | ||
| When Arabs are going to return Egypt to the Egyptians? [64 words] | Alex Saby | Mar 25, 2008 23:27 | 80514 | ||
| 8 | Lying endemic to Arab culture? [171 words] | Will Scott | Mar 6, 2007 04:33 | 80497 | |
| Never thank...never apologize [108 words] | Nouna | Apr 3, 2007 21:10 | 80497 | ||
| 2 | Arabs and admitting mistakes [290 words] | Hugo S | Jul 8, 2011 04:53 | 80497 | |
| Can't imagine D Pipes other than truthful [138 words] | ptorpis | Mar 5, 2007 23:31 | 80473 | ||
| Are his lips moving? [220 words] | Susan | Mar 5, 2007 23:23 | 80471 | ||
| Answer to Susan ( Is Tarik Ramadan lying??) [49 words] | rachelle assouline | Mar 12, 2007 10:52 | 80471 | ||
| Tariq Ramadan cannot be trusted [162 words] | Faqi | Mar 5, 2007 22:52 | 80466 | ||
| Tariq Ramadan about his grandfather Hassan al-Banna [160 words] | Gudrun | Mar 7, 2007 06:33 | 80466 | ||
| Response to Mr. Gudrun [154 words] | Faqi | Mar 7, 2007 21:02 | 80466 | ||
| More Lights about Islamic Dawah resources [37 words] | ibrahim muhammad | Sep 27, 2007 12:28 | 80466 | ||
| Squirm and lash out [137 words] | David W. Lincoln | Mar 5, 2007 22:38 | 80464 | ||
| This debate appears like walking in a mine field... [238 words] | Rick House | Mar 5, 2007 21:26 | 80452 | ||
| Let us Calm Down [50 words] | Romesh Chander | Mar 5, 2007 21:24 | 80451 | ||
| Romesh Chander, your comment can be considered anti-Semitic, [50 words] | Andras Bereny | Mar 3, 2008 19:35 | 80451 | ||
| Reply to Andras Bereny [50 words] | Romesh Chander | Mar 4, 2008 16:55 | 80451 | ||
| Nono, I understood it perfectly [32 words] | Andras Bereny | Mar 4, 2008 20:29 | 80451 | ||
| Reply to Andras -- again [73 words] | Romesh Chander | Mar 5, 2008 18:37 | 80451 | ||
| 1 | Attacked by Taqiya Ramadan? Wear It As a Badge of Honor. [433 words] | David L | Mar 5, 2007 21:16 | 80450 | |
| Ramadan/Allam [109 words] | ankhfnkhonsu | Mar 5, 2007 20:38 | 80449 | ||
| Ramadan snagged on a careless lie [298 words] | Archimedes2 | Mar 5, 2007 19:58 | 80434 | ||
| Ramadan, the Islamic wolf in sheep's clothing [68 words] | Sanchez | Mar 5, 2007 19:55 | 80432 | ||
| Close reading of Text/Speech [103 words] | Robin Lathangue | Mar 5, 2007 19:37 | 80430 | ||
| Lying by the book [92 words] | Jacques Bakke | Mar 5, 2007 19:14 | 80429 | ||
| 1 | Tariq Ramadan:Liar -Liar Rants For Hire! Claims $900 to Hamas irrelevant since charity' wasnt yet illegal [230 words] | Ben van de Polder | Mar 5, 2007 19:14 | 80428 | |
| Ramadan [55 words] | Stephane S Lubicz | Mar 5, 2007 18:38 | 80419 | ||
| REBUTTAL [65 words] | David R.Groesbeck | Mar 5, 2007 18:37 | 80418 | ||
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| 1 | Islam and dishonesty [103 words] | G. Vishvas | Mar 6, 2007 06:46 | 80396 | |
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| 1 | To Frahad Navkhoda [874 words] | G.Vishvas | Apr 18, 2007 06:08 | 80396 | |
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| Further Comments to Frahad [697 words] | G.Vishvas | Apr 25, 2007 03:49 | 80396 | ||
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| Extremism is a multi faced monster [282 words] | Frahad Navkhoda | May 2, 2007 06:25 | 80396 | ||
| About the caste system [335 words] | G.Vishvas | May 3, 2007 04:07 | 80396 | ||
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| Muslims [112 words] | Nari | Aug 18, 2007 22:47 | 80396 | ||
| Hindus have always been the most tolerant. [61 words] | Satish J | Jan 11, 2012 10:46 | 80396 | ||
| Allam is 100% Muslim [132 words] | Domenico Gatti | Mar 5, 2007 16:32 | 80393 | ||
| Born a Muslim, always a Muslim, according to the Qur'an [50 words] | Mark-Alan Whittle | Mar 5, 2007 18:40 | 80393 | ||
| Scrupulous [59 words] | Steve Balog | Mar 5, 2007 15:59 | 80389 | ||
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| to P. R. [498 words] | G.Vishvas | May 2, 2007 04:56 | 80389 | ||
| Reply to Mr. G.Vishvas. [628 words] | P.R | May 4, 2007 07:24 | 80389 | ||
| God and reason [155 words] | G.Vishvas | May 5, 2007 04:19 | 80389 | ||
| Shame. [223 words] | surj | May 5, 2007 11:33 | 80389 | ||
| To Mr.Surj and Mr.Vishvas [297 words] | P.R | May 6, 2007 05:06 | 80389 | ||
| Understand each other [215 words] | B.K. Nambiar | May 13, 2007 04:53 | 80389 | ||
| PR and safety [125 words] | Thiagan | Apr 3, 2008 07:18 | 80389 | ||
| PR and safety [314 words] | Thiagan | Apr 5, 2008 00:44 | 80389 |
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