Dry Baptism

 Baptism is like a dry drunk if after the baptism, there is no follow up, no action, no sacraments or church or prayer or bible.  I call it a dry baptism.  Lots of people have this, as they tell me so.  They don’t even believe in God or at best are agnostics.  They call themselves, “I used to be Catholic/Christian.”  The dry drunk is someone who stopped drinking but that was about it when it comes to alcoholism.  No action beyond the non-drinking.  No recovery and no growth, plus they generally don’t believe that they need to do more.  Not drinking is not recovery, any more than baptism makes one a Christian in action.  I have found action must follow up any decision that I make, or else bad things happen.