tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post8506860109431558756..comments2024-03-28T09:49:29.979+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: How to be a CatholicEccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-9368136790974776912020-08-15T09:06:11.405+01:002020-08-15T09:06:11.405+01:00It's surprisingly difficult to stop being a Ca...It's surprisingly difficult to stop being a Catholic formally. I knew a chap once who developed militant atheism, and he became very angry at the thought that he had been baptised. He said it was child abuse, because no-one had asked his permission beforehand, him being only a few months old and all. He treated us to a blow-by-blow account of his tanglings with an uncomprehending hierarchy, who couldn't understand why he didn't just stop coming to Mass like any sensible atheist. His demands to have his baptism physically erased from the register or registers (he hated the idea that Rome might have a record of him squirrelled away somewhere in a database such as the Mormons have) left them simply bemused; you can't communicate satisfactorily someone who thinks there is no such thing as a soul, for starters. Sadly I left the forum at this stage and never knew how it all ended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-75313938485468756122020-08-14T22:50:58.137+01:002020-08-14T22:50:58.137+01:00Can't you just baptise yourself these days - &...Can't you just baptise yourself these days - 'I baptise me in the name of Me, Me and Me'?Chestertoniannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622270949984588126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-77758467624421477182020-08-14T15:27:53.614+01:002020-08-14T15:27:53.614+01:00As I was taught (admittedly long ago), more import...As I was taught (admittedly long ago), more important for baptism even than getting the form of words right is that the water must 'flow' (i.e. like the River Jordan). My good (convert) grandmother explained that this meant two drops (at least) must coalesce. (Protestant) 'sprinkling' could not guarantee this.Mus Romanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11400945103727172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-67605088083890383892020-08-13T21:25:44.979+01:002020-08-13T21:25:44.979+01:00Good one!Good one!Grace Castlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043182814107415103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-57426117110751706382020-08-13T16:15:40.845+01:002020-08-13T16:15:40.845+01:00In the first photo, there MIGHT be two but they ca...In the first photo, there MIGHT be two but they can hardly be seen behind Pope Francis and that other guy, whoever he is, next to him.NE7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12422763035766622170noreply@blogger.com