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100,000 Atheist Britons Seek ‘De-Baptism’ from Christianity

100,000 Atheist Britons Seek ‘De-Baptism’ from Christianity: “Some of these atheists argue that they were baptized when they were too young to make the decision, and now that they’re able to make a choice, they want to renounce their Christian baptism.

‘We now produce a certificate on parchment and we have sold 1,500 units at three pounds ($4.35) a pop,’ said National Secular Society (NSS) president Terry Sanderson to Agence France-Presse.

NSS’ de-baptism initiative follows closely behind the British Humanist Association’s ‘There’s probably no God,’ bus ads. Dozens of buses across England carried the atheist ad that encouraged people to stop worrying and enjoy their life since there is probably no God.”

(Via Christianpost.com.)

Witches’ school plans convention

Salem, MA: “A group claiming to be the world’s largest online school for witchcraft will hold its annual international conference here next month.

The three-day conference, titled ‘Pagans Taking Global Action,’ is scheduled for April 17-19 at the Hawthorne Hotel. It will include a discussion of the Pagan economy, a handfastings (Pagan wedding) demonstration and a keynote address by Christian Day, a Salem witch.

‘Salem isn’t just a Wiccan city, it’s the Wiccan capital of the world,’ said Ed Hubbard, the CEO of the Rossville, Ill., Witch School International, which reports a membership of 200,000 people in 74 countries studying online.

The group also plans to vote on whether to relocate its headquarters to downtown Salem. The move would include the relocation of Magick TV, an Internet television station broadcast on YouTube. Hubbard said he envisions a downtown TV studio that could broadcast such programs as the Pagan Nightly News.”

(Via SalemNews.com.)

Living Paganism and Witchcraft: Meaning, Purpose, Identity and Integration

Llewellyn Journal - Living Paganism and Witchcraft: Meaning, Purpose, Identity and Integration: “I was 12 years old when I first discovered the world of Paganism and Witchcraft. I had been raised in a household that cherished and honored the mysterious and the spiritual, and though I lived an ocean away from my father, his mystical, animistic Balinese spirituality was ever-present in my life. I was that child who found solace in the tangled roots of trees and spoke to invisible beings in the garden. I knew, if not consciously, who and what I was and still am; this was crystallized for me in my adolescence when I dove head first into the Craft. I embraced its teachings and traditions; after all, they have been mine for as long as I can remember.”

(Via Llewellyn Journal.)

Cenk Uygur: The Silent Minority

Cenk Uygur: The Silent Minority: “A new comprehensive study by The Program on Public Values at Trinity College shows that this group is now a whopping 15% of the country. Mormons by comparison are a puny 1.4% of the population, and people can’t shut up about the Mormons. The Senate Majority Leader is a Mormon, one of the top Republican presidential candidates was Mormon and even HBO has a whole show devoted to them.

Even though the non-religious are more than ten times larger, other than Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), not one member of Congress would even admit to being in the dreaded minority of non-believers. They are almost never accounted for in any political discussion of religion in the country. The devout view them as amoral at best and destined for eternal damnation at worst. Yet, this kind of abuse and scorn is widely accepted and expected.”

(Via The Huffington Post.)