Parish Records Have Been "Corrected" For An Atheist That Was Baptized As A Baby!

The following story just goes to show that you cannot impose religion on your child.All you can do is educate them about the existence of God & help them seek spirituality.Because it is important for them to know that they were created by a higher power.But,they may decide to reject those teachings & become an atheist.

There is a English atheist who wants to assert his belief that there is no God.He was baptised as a baby & now he wants the record to state that he did not agree to the procedure.He wants his baptismal records to be removed!
Here's more from the Telegraph:

"John Hunt, a newly qualified nurse, was baptised at the age of five months at the parish church of St Jude with St Aidin in Thornton Heath, south London.

As a schoolboy he decided he did not believe in God and stopped going to Sunday school aged 11.

Now 56 and living in Croydon, he said he wanted parish records amended to note he did not consent to the baptism in 1953.

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."

This week the church backed down and said the entry would be "corrected".

A representative of Southwark diocese told him: "I have spoken to the Archdeacon of Croydon and he has undertaken, in this particular case, to have it cross-referenced with the baptismal entry and pasted into the back fly-leaf of the relevant register at St Jude's Church." Dr Hunt, a former software engineer, said: "I am delighted that on this occasion the church are going to do what they said they would do."

He added: "It's about time that some of us stood up to be counted. I am hoping that others will follow my lead.

"It is important that we send a signal to the church and to the Government that an increasing proportion of the population don't place any faith in the various churches."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.