Afterwards They're Dried Off With The Blowdryer Of Reason
"In a type of mock ceremony that's now been performed in at least four states, a robed "priest" used a hairdryer marked "reason" in an apparent bid to blow away the waters of baptism once and for all. Several dozen participants then fed on a "de-sacrament" (crackers with peanut butter) and received certificates assuring they had "freely renounced a previous mistake, and accepted Reason over Superstition."
Some of the so-called "de-baptized" have used their certificates to petition churches to remove their names from baptismal rolls. One argument: they were baptized without their consent as children and should now be declared de-baptized.
Some churches, however, aren't budging on what they regard as an irreversible sacrament.
Atheist Gary Mueller recently mailed his de-baptism certificate to St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Concord, Calif., and asked to be dropped from its baptismal record. The church told him, in effect, that he was all wet."
Some churches, however, aren't budging on what they regard as an irreversible sacrament.
Atheist Gary Mueller recently mailed his de-baptism certificate to St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Concord, Calif., and asked to be dropped from its baptismal record. The church told him, in effect, that he was all wet."
2 Comments:
It's called replacing one religion for another.
Like I keep telling Greg Fish, humans will always have some sort of religion, no matter how much scientific logic gets thrown at us.
He doesn't listen either, because he's on a crusade to enlighten the ignorant.
Like replacing one religion for another.
You know, you're quite right. I actually thought to myself when I found this and put it up, "Why are they so vocal about renouncing past ideologies? Why not just quietly accept that what happened in the past had no relevance today?"
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