Hong Kong Liberal Religious Forum

100,000 secular Britons seek "de-baptism"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090330/lf ... ismfeature

More than 100,000 Britons have recently downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" from the Internet to renounce their Christian faith.

The initiative launched by a group called the National Secular Society (NSS) follows atheist campaigns here and elsewhere, including a London bus poster which triggered protests by proclaiming "There's probably no God."

"We now produce a certificate on parchment and we have sold 1,500 units at three pounds (4.35 dollars, 3.20 euros) a pop," said NSS president Terry Sanderson, 58....

De-baptism movements have already sprung up in other countries.

In Spain, the high court ruled in favor of a man from Valencia, Manuel Blat, saying that under data protection laws he could have the record of his baptism erased, according to a report in the International Herald Tribune.

Similarly, the Italian Union of Rationalists and Agnostics (UAAR) won a legal battle over the right to file for de-baptism in 2002, according to media reports. The group's website carries a "de-baptism" form to facilitate matters....

十萬人下載「取消洗禮」證書
（時代論壇每日快拍，4月1日消息）
http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Rea ... et=big5_hk

...有關活動由英國無神論學會發起...有關證書亦可於網上下載...

最早在社會上提出要取消洗禮的是五十八歲的亨特（John Hunt）...他向聖公會查詢可否取消自己的洗禮，聖公會徵詢過法律意見後表示，他需要在法定刊物《倫敦憲報》上刊登聲明。於是他在去年五月刊登了有關聲明，隨即吸引不少人跟隨...

(a Hong Kong Chinese Christian newspaper's web radio programme discussed this issue in Cantonese language)


【永善亂壇】第226集：
「取消洗禮」證書可行嗎？
（www.christiantimes.org.hk，時代論壇網上電台，2009.5.2）
http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Rea ... big5_hkscs

本集內容：
英國有人出售「取消洗禮」證書，個多月售出千五套。今日教會的名冊上，或許有很多名字，但當中其實有不少人早已放棄信仰，教會應怎樣面對這情況？我們同樣辦一個「取消洗禮班」可行嗎？……【收聽】

主持：
梁永善牧師（基督教銘恩堂主任牧師）