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I'm 23 and my mother and both grandmothers are Christian. Therefore, I was baptised when I was just 2 months old.
Long story short, I eventually opened my eyes and I'm an atheist since the age of 12. That way I'm looking to make my baptism null.
I pleaded to the bishop in my area but he's a very conservative archaic man. He says once you're baptised you're a Christian for life and that can't be undone.
I'm 23 and my mother and both grandmothers are Christian. Therefore, I was baptised when I was just 2 months old.
Long story short, I eventually opened my eyes and I'm an atheist since the age of 12. That way I'm looking to make my baptism null.
I pleaded to the bishop in my area but he's a very conservative archaic man. He says once you're baptised you're a Christian for life and that can't be undone.
I really don't know what to do.
There is nothing to be "done" - once an egg is cracked open there is no getting it all back into the shell lol.
Going forward you either choose to live as a Christian or you don't.
I'm 23 and my mother and both grandmothers are Christian. Therefore, I was baptised when I was just 2 months old.
Long story short, I eventually opened my eyes and I'm an atheist since the age of 12. That way I'm looking to make my baptism null.
I pleaded to the bishop in my area but he's a very conservative archaic man. He says once you're baptised you're a Christian for life and that can't be undone.
I really don't know what to do.
Why would it matter to you? If you believe that the God organizing, requiring and controlling such things is a figment of overactive imaginations, why would your baptism as an infant matter to you? Whenever the question comes up just say "I am an atheist" and that should take care of it.
Funny story; the saying goes, "Once a Catholic, always a Catholic" so I guess I am a Catholic. When I was inducted into the army I was asked for my religious affiliation and I told them I had none. The person filling out the paperwork asked if I would mind being listed as Roman Catholic (I don't know whether they were interested in increasing percentages for clergy assignment or getting me last rites should the occasion arise). I said I didn't care at all, and when I got my dogtages, I was listed as Roman Catholic.
Last edited by nateswift; 07-17-2014 at 11:59 AM..
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I'm 23 and my mother and both grandmothers are Christian. Therefore, I was baptised when I was just 2 months old.
Long story short, I eventually opened my eyes and I'm an atheist since the age of 12. That way I'm looking to make my baptism null.
I pleaded to the bishop in my area but he's a very conservative archaic man. He says once you're baptised you're a Christian for life and that can't be undone.
Hopefully you'll have many years yet to make better and better choices
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