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De-Baptism Gains a Following in Britain

There is growing interest in the concept of debaptism.
There is growing interest in the concept of debaptism.

More than 100,000 former Christians have downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" in a bid to publicly renounce the faith, according to the London-based National Secular Society (NSS).


church members who are leaving churches they see as increasingly out-of-tune with modern life. "Churches have become so reactionary, so politically active that people actually want to make a protest against them now," Sanderson says. "They're not just indifferent anymore. They're actively hostile."

"We've had Jewish people write in asking, 'Can I have a certificate to undo my bar mitzvah?'" says Sanderson.

And while the group is considering those requests, there's at least one recurring query they're certain they can't undo, symbolically or otherwise: "How can I get myself uncircumcised?"