George wrote
>I would suggest that the best operational way for
Christians to pose the question about the status of such >entities [i.e. a Neanderthal somehow found extant today] is "Is it
appropriate to baptize them?"
Interesting. What criteria would we use to decide whether it's appropriate to baptize them? One possible test would be if they respond to evangelism. But of course that would rule out infant baptism, which both George's and my denomination (EPC) practice.
Bill Hamilton
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