Source: Anna Zhynhel / Getty What should have been a sacred, celebratory moment instead turned into something almost impossible to comprehend. According to reporting by FOX8, a backyard baptism in Birmingham, England ended in tragedy when 61-year-old Robert Smith drowned during the holy rites of passage. Baptisms are widely understood as symbolic acts of renewal and spiritual rebirth, not moments that should carry life-or-death consequences. Unfortunately, this particular baptism was not of a Godly nature.