silver 2039
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could anyone give me advice on how to get excommunicated?
http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/excommunication.htm
EASY STEPS TO EXCOMMUNICATION
I am an atheist.
I hereby renounce all the trappings of religion.
I renounce all blessings, benefits, graces, sanctifications, and advantages supposedly conferred on me by any religion or by any religious act done by me or on my behalf in the past, present or future.
I condemn as monstrous the idea of original sin, and renounce any baptism done on my behalf to wash it away.
I reject as ridiculous the idea of an atoning sacrifice and spurn its presumed benefits.
I do not believe that any god, supernatural realm or afterlife exists, and will not act as if they did.
I do not believe that any book, building, place, person, thing or action is holy and will not pretend that they are.
I do not think that praying is anything more than talking to oneself and will not make believe that it is.
I do not believe that any person is more sanctified than any other, or that any human being should be elevated above another in any way, due to ancestry, race, gender, occupation, belief or for any other reason and will not feign that I do.
As a principled and rational person, it pains me that someone, somewhere may be counting me as an adherent of an irrational superstition which has done and is doing irreparable harm to humanity and with which I profoundly disagree. Please remove my name from the records of the church, and record that I am no longer a Roman Catholic. Please send me confirmation of this action. Please do this as soon as possible.
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Have fun.
Automatic excommunication
There are a few offenses that, in and of themselves, lead to automatic (latae sententiae) excommunication from the Catholic Church:
1. Apostasy (canon 1364),
2. Heresy (canon 1364),
3. Schism (canon 1364),
4. Ordination of female priests (canon ),
5. Desecration of the Eucharist (canon 1367),
6. Physical violence against the Pope (canon 1370),
7. Attempted sacramental absolution of a partner in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue ("Thou shalt not commit adultery."), when that partner is not in danger of death. (canon 1378 §1),
8. Ordination of a bishop without papal mandate (canon 1382),
9. Direct violation of the sacramental seal of confession by a confessor (canon 1388),
10. Procurement of a completed abortion (canon 1398), or
11. Being a conspiring or necessary accomplice in any of the above (canon 1329).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication
I recommend burning a bible in the Vatican. Declaring loud public support for Satan and renoucing your faith publicly, and insulting god and the pope. Perhaps carry some insulting banners.
That should be suitable. Let me know how it goes.