A NEW TREND: DE-BAPTIZING YOURSELF
19/03/09 16:49 Filed in: Radical
Atheism
He stated that wants his 1953 baptism cancelled because he was not consulted and does not believe in God.
He was motivated by a similar case in Spain, where a court ruled under Spanish data protection legislation that records of baptisms could be stricken from the register.
Mr Hunt's de-baptism certificate reads:
“I, John Geoffrey Hunt, having been subjected to the rite of Christian baptism in infancy hereby publicly revoke any implications of that rite. I reject all its creeds and other such superstitions in particular the perfidious belief that any baby needs to be cleansed of original sin.”
He thereafter paid £60 to make his formal apostasy public by publishing it in the London Gazette. The London diocese has agreed to amend his baptism notes with the notice.
In accordance with Pascals wager: Atheism is a terrible bet. It gives you no chance of winning the prize. It is the height of folly not to "bet" on God, even if you have no certainty, no proof, no guarantee that your bet will win.
And in the words of Holy Scripture: "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved" Mark 16:16
"...God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water. This prefigured baptism, which saves you now." 1 Peter 3:20-21
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