(December 17, 2008 at 2:15 pm)EmmaM Wrote: Strange question I know but my husband says I can't be an Atheist because I was christened and am technically Church of England even though I haven't believed in it at all or ever practiced it.Your husband is very very very very wrong. The CofE doesn't control what you believe, and I was christened like yourself. Back when I was a boy I thought I'd been blessed by Jesus etc, until I realised what really had happened:
An elderly man poured water on my head in front of a large crowd of people.
Simple as that. Religions aren't jobs that you join and have to tell someone you are leaving, they are organisations that you join because you believe what they believe (or are forced into it) and you can leave at any time. Seriously, if you are an atheist how can they possibly have any control over you? It's not like God is going to smite you for not telling them you left...for the obvious reason.
