Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agoIs there a way I can become Baptized a Catholic without going to school or memorizing all the saints I am 37? Always thought it would be an honor to be Catholic. Like being knighted.message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down138
arrow-up1-28arrow-down1message-squareIs there a way I can become Baptized a Catholic without going to school or memorizing all the saints I am 37? Always thought it would be an honor to be Catholic. Like being knighted.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareCetaceanNeeded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 days agoI would very much like the Catholic church to say I am not Catholic, but despite vocally hating such an evil organisation that I do not believe a shred of, they still choose to count me as one of them.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoThe Mormons do that, too. Is there literally no way to have your name removed from whatever roll?
minus-squareCetaceanNeeded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoIt used to be fairly trivial to be excommunicated but so many people were doing it that they tightened the rules because it looked so bad for them.
I would very much like the Catholic church to say I am not Catholic, but despite vocally hating such an evil organisation that I do not believe a shred of, they still choose to count me as one of them.
The Mormons do that, too.
Is there literally no way to have your name removed from whatever roll?
It used to be fairly trivial to be excommunicated but so many people were doing it that they tightened the rules because it looked so bad for them.