tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post5964682398664698842..comments2023-03-25T06:56:06.572-01:00Comments on The Stroppy Rabbit: De-baptismYewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-41358381195580222822009-06-30T14:30:58.902-01:002009-06-30T14:30:58.902-01:00That's interesting - perhaps it depends which ...That's interesting - perhaps it depends which diocese you approach? The bloke in the article had a lot of difficulty. Anyway the main point of officially removing your name from a C of E baptismal register is that if you don't, you are (allegedly) contributing to the numbers of adherents used to justify bishops in the House of Lords (i.e. they can have one bishop for a certain number of baptised).Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-58094534449419527882009-06-30T14:24:40.813-01:002009-06-30T14:24:40.813-01:00I was baptised RC and confirmed CofE. Both church...I was baptised RC and confirmed CofE. Both churches were very understanding of my wish to be officially taken off their books, so to speak, not because I am the least bit bothered by having been part of those communities as a child, but because I am now an adult and trying to behave with integrity. <br /><br />In the CofE, confirmation is not considered a "binding contract", but a confirmation of baptism, a communal recognition that you've continued to be a member of the community. <br /><br />However, in either case, it is a simple matter of contacting the diocese in which you were baptised, providing your name, your parents' name, the year of your baptism, and your reasons for wishing to make an official renunciation of your baptism. The church then notes in the official records that you have renounced your baptism, and the parish priest adjusts the parish books to show this, too. The baptisms aren't "taken back", but the public record of your renunciation is made.<br /><br />I'm really not clear what the point is of the certificate. It doesn't change anything.<br /><br />I found that being polite to the diocese and straight forward with them got a really friendly, respectful response. But, then, that's not as dramatic as a bit of paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-42177725727508474462009-05-22T01:09:29.781-01:002009-05-22T01:09:29.781-01:00What a great idea. And about time too, although th...What a great idea. And about time too, although they need two versions - theirs and yours.Syrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452838521582172300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-27563395963519163352009-05-20T20:21:18.499-01:002009-05-20T20:21:18.499-01:00I wasn't baptised C of E - my dad dunked me in a b...I wasn't baptised C of E - my dad dunked me in a bath (as a baby).Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-89091307111941183632009-05-20T20:17:08.980-01:002009-05-20T20:17:08.980-01:00I like it. Especially the part of the age of cons...I like it. Especially the part of the age of consent. I managed to never get sprinkled with water. My family was Presbyterian. You had to ask three times or something. My sister did it and I was really jealous because she got all this attention. We had a fight the next day. At one point I screamed, "You were babtized. You're supposed to be nice now!!" She said, "You don't understand the first thing about it!" What can I say? She was right.Yvonne Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614194420076768577noreply@blogger.com