De-Baptism

Spotted this little news story at Time:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1891230,00.html

. . . web site invites visitors to "Liberate yourself from the Original Mumbo-Jumbo that liberated you from the Original Sin you never had" and allows them to print out a paper certificate that uses quasi-formal language to "reject baptism's creeds and other such superstitions." But in recent months, as tens of thousands began to download the certificate, organizers realized that they had struck a chord with atheists and once-devout church members who are leaving churches they see as increasingly out-of-tune with modern life.

Kind of a spiritual diploma mill. But my question is:

Does this exorcise that creepy ghost that was put inside you?

Only if you use a hair dryer.

My (new!) friend and I have angered the fish spirits.
We don't believe in them, therefore we can never exorcise them.

We'll be doomed to odd fishy tastes in random food and drinks forever now.
Then again, we're on the same medication. That might have something to do with it.

I think that ghost takes a lot more work than downloading a piece of paper that says you're free.

I'd tend to agree.

Atheists are believers too. They just believe in a very silly way, to scant benefit. It never appealed to me. I never got worse off than "not particularly religious."

We believe in a silly way? Ok.

:D I found that amusing as well Dana.

They just believe in a very silly way, to scant benefit.

Beliefs should not be ranked according to benefit provided.

Urbane Guerrilla;556759 wrote:

Atheists are believers too.

Some atheists are believers, but the only thing that describes them as a whole is a lack of belief.

Flint;556922 wrote:

Beliefs should not be ranked according to benefit provided.

AMEN!

Flint;556922 wrote:

Beliefs should not be ranked according to benefit provided.

Seriously. People who say they believe "just in case" make me laugh most of all. "Just in case" means what? This god guy can't tell the difference between really believing and faking it to reap the everlasting rewards of heaven? :D

Cloud;556515 wrote:

Does this exorcise that creepy ghost that was put inside you?

Tums will fix it. That or pepto. :D

Trust me on this. I am a spiritual leader.

Flint;556922 wrote:

Beliefs should not be ranked according to benefit provided.

And why not? Seems to me that's a big part of the whole point.

The atheist ends up believing -- very hard -- in a not-God. :rolleyes: Whoopee she-yit.

As a teenager, I might have gone atheist -- though that never quite happened. As a full adult, and getting older -- no. That isn't me or for me.

Urbane Guerrilla;556759 wrote:

Atheists are believers too. They just believe in a very silly way, to scant benefit. It never appealed to me. I never got worse off than "not particularly religious."

What the fuck are you talking about? were you high when you posted this? you're usually at least coherent with a hint of intelligence (albeit misguided)

I'm atheist. I do have a belief. I believe there is no such thing as a divine being/God/afterlife/supernatural anything. How is that a silly way of believing? Silly is more about denying the noodly appendage of FSM. (Ramen).

Chicken is a good word. (even without the addition of "-flavored Ramen Noodles"). It is well applied to people who see the fallacy of religion, but are too superstitious to admit it. know any of them?

Oh, and as to the OP.... what a load of BS. I was christened. So What? The next step was confirmation/Communion. Guess what? I chose not to. I don't go to church. End of Story.

If people really feel they need that, they're in a far worse place regarding their beliefs than a ceremony like that could help them with.

monster;558043 wrote:

Oh, and as to the OP.... what a load of BS. I was christened. So What? The next step was confirmation/Communion. Guess what? I chose not to. I don't go to church. End of Story.

If people really feel they need that, they're in a far worse place regarding their beliefs than a ceremony like that could help them with.

Chill.

Maybe some do it just for the fun?

Political statements aren't for fun. They're political. You wanna have fun, go buy a hula hoop.

monster;558043 wrote:

Oh, and as to the OP.... what a load of BS. I was christened. So What? The next step was confirmation/Communion. Guess what? I chose not to. I don't go to church. End of Story

I'm very concerned for your well-being, monster. I put in for a virtual on-line confirmation for you, and also arranged for you to receive virtual communion (so virtual you didn't even have to participate).


You'll thank me in the afterlife.

[color=gray][size=1]Yes, it was a joke.[/size][/color]

monster;558043 wrote:

Oh, and as to the OP.... what a load of BS. I was christened. So What? The next step was confirmation/Communion. Guess what? I chose not to. I don't go to church. End of Story.

If people really feel they need that, they're in a far worse place regarding their beliefs than a ceremony like that could help them with.

Yea but did you get yer certificate to renounce your non-renouncement.

hey, teapot... Fuck Off :D

SteveDallas;558189 wrote:

I'm very concerned for your well-being, monster. I put in for a virtual on-line confirmation for you, and also arranged for you to receive virtual communion (so virtual you didn't even have to participate).


You'll thank me in the afterlife.

[color=gray][size=1]Yes, it was a joke.[/size][/color]

oh JesusDallas you have saved me!



.....now go back to having virtual sex :p

Cicero;556939 wrote:

Tums will fix it. That or pepto. :D

Trust me on this. I am a spiritual leader.

Can I join your cult?

Urbane Guerrilla;558038 wrote:

And why not? Seems to me that's a big part of the whole point.

The atheist ends up believing -- very hard -- in a not-God. :rolleyes: Whoopee she-yit.

As a teenager, I might have gone atheist -- though that never quite happened. As a full adult, and getting older -- no. That isn't me or for me.

And you feel -- very hard -- in a god. :rolleyes: Whoopee she-yit.

I feel GREAT personal benefit from not givin a shit about god/heaven/afterlife.
Instead I care about life itself, not some supernatural psycho-babble. So go take you god-fearing miserable self somewhere else, mmkay? Oh I know, since you think the "after-life" will be so great, take yourself there.
Stop polluting my world with your "higher calling." I'm over it.

My, my, my. Looks like I'm hardly the miserable one here, MTpretty.

So go take you god-fearing miserable self somewhere else, mmkay? Oh I know, since you think the "after-life" will be so great, take yourself there.
Stop polluting my world . . .

I'm not going anywhere, and you can't bully me either. So stop playing the fool.

monster;558043 wrote:

Oh, and as to the OP.... what a load of BS. I was christened. So What? The next step was confirmation/Communion. Guess what? I chose not to. I don't go to church. End of Story.

If people really feel they need that, they're in a far worse place regarding their beliefs than a ceremony like that could help them with.

um, what? yes, of course it's a load of bs. I think that's self-evident.

monster;558197 wrote:

oh JesusDallas you have saved me!



.....now go back to having virtual sex :p

No can do .... I'm virtually impotent.
But it was a very kind thought anyway. Thank you!

Flint;556922 wrote:

Beliefs should not be ranked according to benefit provided.

Urbane Guerrilla;558038 wrote:

And why not?

Because when beliefs are driven by benefits, God tends to start favoring agendas which are peculiarly beneficial to his followers. Uncanny, in fact.

[COLOR="White"]. . .[/COLOR] As a reference, I cite all of human history.

monster;558196 wrote:

hey, teapot... Fuck Off :D

:sadsperm:

The Teapot;558765 wrote:

:sadsperm:

I hope you had that debaptised, because....

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(thanks Bruce for the tip as to how to start that in the right place :thumb: )