Similar sentiments...
God schmod.
I was talking with someone about the Pope being ill this morning and he smiled and said, "I don't report to him." And I thought, well nor do I.
Except I kind of do and it really fucks me off.
My parents had me baptised when I was a baby. Then I was made to go to confirmation when I was 10. I had no clue what was going on, but I did it. So there I was, a fully fledged member of the Pope's army.
But I don't want to be a Catholic, thank you very much. And I don't want someone calling me a "lapsed Catholic" either. I don't believe in God and I don't support any form of organised religion, but I have this horrid little piece of paper that is my bapstismal certificate that brands me a Catholic.
I don't like Pope John Paul II very much. He's a reactionary old fart who doesn't like women, sex or condoms very much. But I don't wish death on him. I'm entirely neutral as to whether he lives or dies.
What I would like is a ceremony where I can officially reject the religion foisted on me as a child. I once toyed with the idea of trying to get a priest to officially excommunicate me, but the thing is that's temporary. It can be lifted. I need something permanent and final - the modern day equivalent of being burnt at the stake, only less fatal.
I want to feel cleansed. Not cleansed of sin, but cleansed of religion.
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I was talking with someone about the Pope being ill this morning and he smiled and said, "I don't report to him." And I thought, well nor do I.
Except I kind of do and it really fucks me off.
My parents had me baptised when I was a baby. Then I was made to go to confirmation when I was 10. I had no clue what was going on, but I did it. So there I was, a fully fledged member of the Pope's army.
But I don't want to be a Catholic, thank you very much. And I don't want someone calling me a "lapsed Catholic" either. I don't believe in God and I don't support any form of organised religion, but I have this horrid little piece of paper that is my bapstismal certificate that brands me a Catholic.
I don't like Pope John Paul II very much. He's a reactionary old fart who doesn't like women, sex or condoms very much. But I don't wish death on him. I'm entirely neutral as to whether he lives or dies.
What I would like is a ceremony where I can officially reject the religion foisted on me as a child. I once toyed with the idea of trying to get a priest to officially excommunicate me, but the thing is that's temporary. It can be lifted. I need something permanent and final - the modern day equivalent of being burnt at the stake, only less fatal.
I want to feel cleansed. Not cleansed of sin, but cleansed of religion.
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