Gov't in Catalonia publishes “secular liturgical ritual” for b

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Government in Spanish region of Catalonia publishes “secular liturgical ritual” for baptism, marriage, and funerals
God-less liturgy includes readings from Charlie Chaplin and music by Cat Stevens
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Madrid, Jan 25, 2007 / 12:26 pm (CNA).- The government in the Spanish region of Catalonia has published a new manual consisting of pagan formulas to substitute for the traditional Christian rites of baptism, marriage, and burial.
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The “Civil Ceremonial Manual” is designed for those who, “under exclusively secular parameters, wish to find formulas to live what we know as the rites of passage with fullness, solemnity, and spirituality.”
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According to the Spanish daily “La Razon,” the author of the manual, Joan Surroca i Sens, claims the publication of the book is justified because “during 2004, for the first time in Catalonia, the number of civil marriages surpassed the number of Catholic marriages” and because “the concept of God has been strongly questioned from all points of view.”
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The ritual says there is “no need to imitate churches, because we have solemn civil buildings of all eras available that will satisfy even the most demanding among us and will provide the ideal qualities for celebrating the ceremonies,” Surroca stated.
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“We don’t need no steenkin’ churches!”
Yeah, right! Tell it to the Marines.
 
Rather bizarre. I really don’t understand why the government is bothering to promulgate such ceremonial suggestions - it seems like the funeral homes and other institutions that profit from the mentioned services could do as well or better. Perhaps there was a vacuum in the non-Catholic part of society after Catholicism stopped being imposed by a dictator in the 1970s.
 
They are replacing Christianity with paganism. It goes against the seperation of church and state that they have preached for the last half century. They say they don’t need religion but they are replacing the religion of the majority with a religion that they want.
 
Its just a way for those who like the look and feel of liturgy to pretend it means something when its done without God.
 
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