Then another writer decides he or she will provide us with the biblical perspective. That requires another writer to send a piece proclaiming the previous writer to be giving a denominational perspective, not a biblical one. The latest writer will, of course, tell us what the Bible really says. The pattern then repeats. But what I've noticed is that the Bible becomes a weapon.
Verses become theological hand grenades lobbed at the unbelieving opposition.
That oughta show them. Blew away another argument with that one. Some letter writers are more like machine gunners, stringing together multiple verses to prove their point, as though by sheer volume they would be able to overcome the infidel's argument. Baptism has been a contentious issue from the founding of the church. Jesus' disciples asked him if they shouldn't stop some others from baptizing.