This video shows an Indian practice at a shrine in Solapur where infants are thrown off a fifty-foot tower and caught in a large, white sheet; according to the video, no injuries have ever been reported. The practice, which has existed for over five hundred years, is thought by the faithful to strengthen the infants. And while many will look at this and immediately condemn this as uncivilized heathenism, if a stranger to Christianity were to look at the practice of baptism, would they not see men drowning children?
The libertarian lesson of cultural relativity is that all rituals are permissible so long as they are voluntary and cause no harm. The issue does get more complex with children, but given that no one is harmed, it seems unreasonable to condemn the practice.
