RE: Hello eh!
January 24, 2015 at 3:19 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2015 at 3:30 pm by Lucanus.)
(January 24, 2015 at 2:48 pm)Saidin Wrote: Canadian atheist here saying hi.
Used to be Catholic. Was even an altar boy for a time. Never really believed.
Anyone know what the deal is with leaving Catholicism? Do I have to write the Pope and tell him whats up or just keep on keepin' on?
Anyhoo look forward to talkin to y'all.
Oh hai there! Welcome!
Ex-Catholic here too. Here in Italy, the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics launched an "unbaptizing" campaign, whereby you send a letter to the parish where you were baptized stating that you no longer wish to be considered a part of the Catholic Church, and they will, by law, strike your name from their records.
I don't know how it works in Canada, but you could try and contact your national atheist/secular organization and find out.
Personally, I don't think that striking your name from the records of the church makes that big a difference. What counts is what you think, not what is written on some decades old book collecting dust in the archives of a catholic parish.
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
