Originally posted by ~Lucidity
But I guess this is just another indication of the overall lack of respect in general that's become a trend not only in the U.S. but in the world.

Just because you have the right to say or do something doesn't mean you always have to say it.

People are losing their boundaries in general.

People who are true to their moral center and solid in their beliefs are rarely the ones doing things like this.

Originally posted by ~Lucidity
Think this was already posted, but yes, I agree. It's never a good idea to attempt to humiliate someone for their beliefs. But I guess this is just another indication of the overall lack of respect in general that's become a trend not only in the U.S. but in the world.

Originally posted by ~Lucidity
Again, to expand, people who are true to their moral center and solid in their beliefs are rarely the ones either doing things like this or affected by things like this.

Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
I don't really see this as humiliating anyone's beliefs. People love ceremonies celebrating their beliefs (which is basically what a baptism is), so why not have a ceremony for those who have shuffled off those beliefs?

Ultimately, I don't view this as anything more than a publicity stunt. If TV stations picked up the story it was simply to exploit those rabid christians who get up in arms anytime an atheist story appears anywhere and thereby generate viewership.

Originally posted by WTFover
Whether it humiliating or not, that was the obvious intention, re-enforced by your viewing it as a "publicity stunt". The difference I see in the "de-baptism" and a "baptism" is the latter is done only in the presence of like minded people.

Originally posted by Danbones
These baptizers also lop off the end of your we we,
with out asking
Having been there as a child I find genitle mutilation
to be a MAJOR invasion of privacy.
Which if they would have asked me before hand
would have had me reaching for a pall peen hammer
to answer them with...

[edit on 18-7-2010 by Danbones]

[edit on 18-7-2010 by Danbones]