Certificate of De-Baptism
More than 100,000 former Christians have downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" in a bid to publicly renounce the faith, according to the London-based National Secular Society (NSS).
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Terry Sanderson, the society's president, says the group started the online de-baptism initiative five years ago to mock the practice of baptizing infants too young to consent to religious rites.
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But in recent months, as tens of thousands began to download the certificate, organizers realized that they had struck a chord with atheists and once-devout church members who are leaving churches they see as increasingly out-of-tune with modern life. "Churches have become so reactionary, so politically active that people actually want to make a protest against them now," Sanderson says. "They're not just indifferent anymore. They're actively hostile."
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Here we go... The Church is well past Palm Sunday with the singing of hosannas and the waving of palm branches. We are quickly approaching Good Friday.
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1 comment:
"Churches have become so reactionary, so politically active that people actually want to make a protest against them now..."
Is this ironic or hypocritical? Churches are politically active (uh, "church" is people; therefore, people are politically active), so those who protest this do so by making a political statement.
I venture to suggest that those "debaptizing" themselves have decided to rationalize some sin in their life and can no longer live in harmony with Christian principles of morality & ethics.
Sad.
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