Apostasy? (1 Viewer)

[drkdrk]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy

Just saw this in the communion thread. Didn't know this was an option.
Had an argument with a friend, around the time of the last census, as to wether or not i'm supposed to tick catholic or not. i ticked not and he ticked catholic dispite being more or less an atheist. his argument was that the church had a record of you as a catholic, therefore...

Hadn't thaught about it since. Has anyone doen it (Gambra, saw your post but would love to hear more)?
But it also begs the question, why bother? If, when i was a child, i signed a pact with friends to be fairy worshipper is that not as binding/meaningless as something in a church?

 

[oh shit]

unless catholics become identified as a biopolitical strain to be eliminated from the population, it doesn't really make any difference what the state records you as.

but there are other reasons for bothering. the idea of the three ritual iniations into the church - baptism, eucharist, confirmation - is to make a public declaration of joining in a community of faith. that's why they do it when you're too young to know any better, but there is surely an equally important symbolic content to apostasy.
of course, it would need to be public. so you could hire a nice car, maybe an el dorado, put on a pink tuxedo, and walk down the aisle of your parish church during 12 o'clock mass, step on to the altar, hand your apostasy form over to the pater, do an a capella of 'hells bells' while skateboarding back down the aisle, then have a massive Apostasy Party with your heathen hellbound mates.
yknow?

 

[the strange guy]

Shall we organise a mass Thumped apostasy party?

 

[Scientician 0.8]

My da put me down as a methodist on the last census because "they need all the help they can get".

 

[Los Davos]

I would love to do this. The notion of being a lapsed or failed
anything is bullshit. This crap was thrust upon me. Or the perception that I have lost my 'faith' is nobodies business but mine.

I mean, this religion has the audacity to maintain that homosexuals are less spiritual then anyone else. Yet we are all
aware of the notoriety of catholic priests.

horseshit.

 

[classic seanc]

I believe (I BELEEEEVE!) Pete has a form that you can fill out which formally get's you out of the church.
He's linked to it before. It's somewhere within the Thumped website.

 

[oh shit]

Shall we organise a mass Thumped apostasy party?

it might be nice at christmas

 

[pete]

I believe (I BELEEEEVE!) Pete has a form that you can fill out which formally get's you out of the church.
He's linked to it before. It's somewhere within the Thumped website.

that form is from the raelians, but i think any formal written request will be respected

http://www.apostasie.org/english/actes/Apostasy-en.pdf

fill it in and bang it off to your diocese - here's a list http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/europa.htm

 

[oh shit]

it's like quitting a job you'll never get paid for

 

[the strange guy]

What I'd love is some kind of receipt.
Do ya reckon if ya stick a Stamped Addressed Envelope (like to a kids TV show or Distro) they'd write back?

 

[pete]

i presume they send you something back to confirm receipt if you ask. fearing the eternal flames of hell as i do, i haven't actually sent my form in yet

 

[Los Davos]

it's like quitting a job you'll never get paid for

no its not.

 

[oh shit]

yes it is

 

[La La]

apostasy sounds like a lung disease.



or an apologetic stasi member

 

[taubstumm]

here's a list http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/europa.htm

from that site:

towardsthegoal.com

"towards the goal! ...of serving the people of the archdiocese of tuam as priest"

bizarre

 

[pete]

no its not.

yes it is

SCHISM!

 

[pete]

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[Los Davos]

yes it is

ok then, in terms of your analogy, what would you
deem as payment?

 

[Gambra]

Only just noticed the thread now, there's not much more I can add to it but it was dang hard when I did it. I didn't get any receipt or anything like that which leads me to believe that I never was even deregistered or whatever.. Prick of a priest I dealt with..

 

[The Schnapper]

In my experience they send a letter confirming it and also asking if you would like to meet and discuss it.