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Re: Officially Leaving the Catholic Church: The First Attempt 

By: Decomposed in FFFT | Recommend this post (2)
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All for naught, clo. One who is baptised Catholic cannot write a letter to leave the Church.

Baptism puts an "indelible mark upon the soul." It can no more be removed with a letter than could a tattoo.

Baptism cannot be undone. Not a letter, nor excommunication, nor joining another church, nor being baptised under another church, nor renouncing Jesus, nor embracing Satan, can stop a Catholic from being a Catholic.

Once baptised, you're a Catholic even if you support abortion. And even if you've HAD one.

You're just not a GOOD Catholic.

What your letter-writer WILL probably accomplish is getting himself excommunicated - not that he'll much care. This is probably the case with OCU too - and, unfortunately for him, he probably DOES care.

It's a pretty neat racket the Catholic Church has, when you think about it.




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Officially Leaving the Catholic Church: The First Attempt
By: clo in FFFT
Sat, 02 Jul 11 9:09 PM 		Msg. 30364 of 65535

Logically stated, IMO! clo

Officially Leaving the Catholic Church: The First Attempt

Posted by Hemant Mehta in Churches, General on April 15th, 2010 | 21 Comments

Cynical-C is trying to officially leave the Catholic Church and he’s written a letter to his bishop to put that process in motion:

I am writing to inform you of my defection from the Roman Catholic Church. I was born an atheist and then baptized into the Catholic Church as an infant which of course made it impossible for me to give my consent. My mother was a Catholic and mistakenly believed that it was her duty to raise me with her religion.
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I have been an atheist now since the early 1990s and my convictions of a world devoid of superstition, demons, and deities grows stronger with each passing day. I have, however, neglected to officially sever my ties from the Church. The Church’s position against women’s reproductive rights, its political opposition to allowing homosexuals to find happiness in marriage even outside of the Church, and the aiding and harboring of predatory priests who sexually abuse children has made me realize that I cannot in good conscience remain silent while still being counted as a participant of an organization whose ideals I find reprehensible and morally wrong. Therefore, I consciously and freely state that I am defecting from the Roman Catholic Church and wish that my name be removed from church records.

I suspect it won’t be this easy… but if it is, then I hope others follow in his footsteps!

(via Cynical-C Blog)

http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/04/15/officially-leaving-the-catholic-church-the-first-attempt/

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