An atheist has won the right to have his baptism removed from Church of England records after claiming he was too young to give his consent to the ceremony... Now 56 and living in Croydon, he said he wanted parish records amended to note he did not consent to the baptism in 1953.If he's an atheist who doesn't believe in the validity of the baptism, then what need does he feel exists to have it annulled? Methinks the man doth protest too much.
He was told that his baptism cannot be deleted because it is a matter of historical record. He then secured a "de-baptism" certificate produced by the National Secular Society (NSS), rejecting "superstitions" or the idea of original sin.
It reads: "I reject all its creeds and other such superstitions in particular the perfidious belief that any baby needs to be cleansed of original sin."
Via Arbroath.
