1. Gay row US Anglicans miss summit

Comment #44774 by Daniel Stoker on May 25, 2007 at 9:17 am

Philip1978, even though I don't believe that the baptismal ceremony had any meaning whatsoever (the vicar could have trickled coke on me and spoken the first line of Moby Dick and it would have had the exactly the same significance), I still feel the need to register a symbolic protest against the Church. I have two main reasons for this. The homophobia of certain parts of the Church of England as well as the Anglican Communion as a whole are my immediate catalyst. But I also wish to express my disapproval of the religious indoctrination of children that begins with the practise of performing baptisms on unsuspecting infants who are incorporated into the Church without their consent.

Awl, I'd be more than happy to start a movement of individuals wishing to sever ties made in childhood to organized religion. There was a story a while ago about the Apostasy Movement in Spain that includes individuals who have sought to formally sever their connection with the Catholic Church. How about a worldwide ecumenical version of this movement? It might spook the churches if they start receiving lots of requests for formal apostasy.

BaronOchs, thanks for the advice. As I was christened in the diocese of Canterbury, I think that may mean I have to write to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

2. Gay row US Anglicans miss summit

Comment #44306 by Daniel Stoker on May 24, 2007 at 8:08 am

Does anyone know how to go about getting ex-communicated from the Curch of England? I was baptized when I was a baby but never conifrmed. In the past I was content to do nothing about my minimal association with the Church but as a gay atheist, I'm now so sickened by the CofE that I want to sever completely my ties to them.

3. Just 'Evolution in Action'

Comment #19911 by Daniel Stoker on January 30, 2007 at 4:00 pm

But that's exactly how religious conservatives think. In their worldview, STIs are a punishment for transgressing the boundaries of their particular brand of sexual morality. When AIDS first appeared, they claimed it was God's punishment for gay sex (he apparently doesn't care that much about lesbian sex).