DeB
aptismal C
ertificateI
,____________________________________________________,
havin
g been
subjected
to a C
hristia
n b
aptism
before rea
chin
g an
age of
consen
t, or havin
g subm
itted to b
aptism
before em
bra
cing freeth
ough
t
and reason
, hereb
y officially renou
nce th
at prim
itive rite and th
e Ch
urch
that
imposed
it.
I ca
tegorically
reject th
e creed
s, dogm
as,
an
d
superstition
s of my form
er religion, p
articularly th
e pern
icious d
octrines
of ‘Origin
al S
in’ a
nd d
am
nation
.
Ifu
rther d
enou
nce a
s an
affron
t an
d d
efam
ation
to hu
man
ity the
false a
nd d
emea
nin
g belief th
at a
ny b
aby is b
orn w
ith ‘O
riginal S
in’ a
nd
mu
st be clea
nsed
of it by b
aptism
. From
this d
ay forw
ard
, I wish
to be
excluded
from a
ny cla
ims of religiou
s affilia
tion or m
embersh
ip b
ased
on b
aptism
al record
s .
Sign
ed ___________________________________________________________________________
on th
is da
y______________________ in
the Y
ear of N
o Lord
___________________________
Affirm
ed b
y ________________________________________ _____________________on
beh
alf of th
e Freed
om F
rom R
eligion F
oundation
Freedom
depends upon freethinkers “With soap, baptism isa good thing.”
—R
obert G. I
ngersoll
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