I do have a feeling though, that they were probably pressured from their bigger brother, China.

Does anyone remember when that book, and later movie, came out, and was later declared a fraud by the kid who authored it?

Way to go Mr. Brown! !

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Acts 8:36-39
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.