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Being "unbaptised"?

  • 08-03-2005 12:46AM
    #1
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,356 ✭✭✭


    I remember somebody posting on boards a while ago about being unbaptised. Is this possible?

    I presume they have some kind of list of all the baptised Catholics in Ireland? Can you have your name removed from it?

    Or is being unbaptised more hassle than it's worth? I'm guessing there would be some issues later on if I want to get married in a church?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    utopian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭utopian


    plazzTT wrote:
    I presume they have some kind of list of all the baptised Catholics in Ireland? Can you have your name removed from it?

    Baptismal certificates are only stored in the parish of baptism, AFAIK.

    Surely the way to reject baptism is to deny its significance, rather than using a counter-ceremony?


  • #3
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    You can request that your name be struck from the church records.


  • #4
    neuro-praxis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭neuro-praxis


    You can't ever be unbaptised.

    Unless you've got a time machine. In which case, could you go back to the eighties and have Devo killed before their first release?


  • #5
    Frank Grimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,707 ✭✭✭Frank Grimes


    plazzTT wrote:
    Or is being unbaptised more hassle than it's worth? I'm guessing there would be some issues later on if I want to get married in a church?
    Why would you want to get married in a church if you feel so strongly enough against Catholicism to ask about being un-baptised?


  • #6
    Sangre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,221 ✭✭✭✭Sangre


    Perhaps his/her significant other feels strongly about it.


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  • #7
    OilBeefHooked2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 836 ✭✭✭OilBeefHooked2


    Sangre wrote:
    Perhaps his/her significant other feels strongly about it.

    why would you want to spend the rest of your life with some one who does not believe in the same core values you hold?


  • #8
    Sangre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,221 ✭✭✭✭Sangre


    Because they're a good/loving person?
    Are you defined by your religion?
    Well....as long as they're not black.


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