For many people, rituals have a negative meaning.

A numinous experience is one that happens frequently.

Rituals take into account the ideal, the personal experience, and the universal experience.

Plato's idea of the form of a baseball team would be the New York Mets.

An effective symbol is one that causes what it signifies or represents.

The Catholic Church believes that sacraments confer grace but are not symbols of grace.

Symbols and signs are the same thing.

We can never prove that things like love, grace, and hope exist.

In order for a baptism to work, we need only a priest and a baby.

Baptism is the most mentioned sacrament in the New Testament.

Baptism takes away our tendency or inclination to sin.

Baptism is called a burden because it requires us to follow Christ.

Before jesus was baptized, he was tempted by the devil in the desert.

Becoming Catholic involves more than just learning God and Church "facts".

The primary purpose for baptism is our fear of the baby going to Hell or Limbo.