Jesus was Baptized in Arizona; I Didn't Know That

In the Arizona desert is an area, maybe there are several, where, in the 1600's, a priest spread the Catholic faith among the indigenous people living there. The locals had their own religion so apparently the priest made up stories to link Catholic dogma with whatever myths were already there at the time. 

The Catholic hierarchy built expensive churches in this area where indigenous people were on the edge of survival. These churches still stand but are mostly without clergy. Priests come from large cities in AZ periodically to conduct rituals. In the link, a local man explains why he worships in the Catholic church whenever a priest is able to show up. He says it gives him a sense of his linage. Jesus' cousin lived in there in the desert centuries ago and baptized Jesus himself in one of the local rivers. Eating the ceremonial desert fruit is what Jesus did and is carried on by the locals today. 

This is a reason to wonder why Christianity takes millions of dollars from its followers every year and spends to sending priests and missionaries to areas where people now worship endogenous gods. Catholics did this 400 years ago in the part of Mexico that became part of the U.S. To make the sale, the priests marketing Christianity had to make some concessions. Some priest must have said Jesus' cousin baptized Jesus in the Arizona desert.

While one of the Ten Commandments says it is a sin to lie we have Paul in Corinthians 9:21 saying it is OK to appear different from what you really are if it makes the sale. If what went on in the desert of AZ goes on everywhere in the world you have to wonder about the honesty of the enterprise.