When it comes to the subject of baptism, our Baptist friends seem to have all the fun. That is, the very nature of baptism of adults by immersion lends itself to loads of good humor.

For example, there is a story of a seven-year-old son of a Baptist minister who decided to baptize his two cats. He chose the bathtub for this rite. One of the cats was a tiny kitten. It was dunked before it realized what had happened.

But the older tom cat wanted no part of this strange ceremony. As the boy brought the cat down toward the water, it hissed and clawed his arms furiously until finally the boy let go. The liberated cat scampered across the bathroom with only the back of its head getting a little wet.

As the cat ran from the room, the boy called after it in disgust, “Fine, be a [Methodist] if y…