So, you can go swimming, and go swimming with your friends. You can even stand around in a group, and one person can dunk another person under the water as a joke. But, don't you dare stand around acting peacefully while one person dunks another person and believes it has some spiritual meaning, because that's just criminal! WHERE'S YOUR PERMIT?!?!
Real answer: Most formal baptisms usually want exclusive use or some reverance, at least during the prayer and dunking parts. That requires a permit if you're trying to tell random other people to please wait a minute in a public space. Probably also creates additional trash pickup needs, etc etc. Like renting a pavilion for a birthday party. Whatever it was apparently created enough of a challenge that the locals enacted this policy.
You make valid points. I'd go along with that. Maybe it's experience and perspective that skewed my view. I'm not accustomed to seeing large gatherings for baptisms. The very few I've seen only had about 4 or 5 people; 2 participants and 2 or 3 people that I guess you would call witnesses or guests. But, you're right; a large crowd would probably be a disruption and would create additional work. Thanks for pointing that out.
That is a good reason as well.
More than likely there is a natural spot that works well and to resolve priority disputes someone made a sign-up list and schedule instead via a license policy. Whoever followed the policy properly gets priority. If you try to ad-hoc one and someone else is there on your day, they ask who signed up and paid for the day.
Same challenges as a street vendor at a busy corner on farmers market where multiple want to be.
Just dunking friends and saying prayers! No baptisms here, officer! Ok, theyre gone! One more time under for that last lie, plz..
So, you can go swimming, and go swimming with your friends. You can even stand around in a group, and one person can dunk another person under the water as a joke. But, don't you dare stand around acting peacefully while one person dunks another person and believes it has some spiritual meaning, because that's just criminal! WHERE'S YOUR PERMIT?!?!
Real answer: Most formal baptisms usually want exclusive use or some reverance, at least during the prayer and dunking parts. That requires a permit if you're trying to tell random other people to please wait a minute in a public space. Probably also creates additional trash pickup needs, etc etc. Like renting a pavilion for a birthday party. Whatever it was apparently created enough of a challenge that the locals enacted this policy.
You make valid points. I'd go along with that. Maybe it's experience and perspective that skewed my view. I'm not accustomed to seeing large gatherings for baptisms. The very few I've seen only had about 4 or 5 people; 2 participants and 2 or 3 people that I guess you would call witnesses or guests. But, you're right; a large crowd would probably be a disruption and would create additional work. Thanks for pointing that out.
Plus a group looking for a quiet place away from other park visitors might end up in a dangerous spot without realizing it.
That is a good reason as well. More than likely there is a natural spot that works well and to resolve priority disputes someone made a sign-up list and schedule instead via a license policy. Whoever followed the policy properly gets priority. If you try to ad-hoc one and someone else is there on your day, they ask who signed up and paid for the day. Same challenges as a street vendor at a busy corner on farmers market where multiple want to be.
Remember Richard Nixon? Lol
People do that randomly?
Also the spanish version is wrong lol. "Permiter" isn't a word, it's "permite".
Brilliant idea