I wrote a letter to Archbishop Martin recently about defecting from the church.

[FakeViking]

Booked a good spot near the swimming pool. With all my charitable works and general goodness i should have no trouble.

If i was you i'd be more concerned about your own chances.

You'll need to more Charity work. PM me your VISA card number & PIN immediately.

[David Cochrane]

This comes to mind...... from the BBC Show "The League of Gentlemen".

[The Field Marshal]

Are you sure they'd let you in?

Well why wouldnt they let him in?
AFAIK drummed is not bellyaching and whinging because he was baptized.

I see no impediment whatever to drummeds entry to heaven.

In relation to you Plebian Im doubtful especially with that avatar of yours.

[statsman]

Do you think those who deliberately defect from the church will go to hell if they fail to re enter before they die?

Intellectually if they persist in that attitude I suspect there probably is no other place for them but its not my call so I dont know.

You certainly would not be re admitted to any human institution if you formally resigned and insisted always that you would never re enter.

Ah, hell and heaven; such trite little stories designed to frighten and encourage the kids.

[Plebian]

If i was you i'd be more concerned about your own chances.

I did a deal with the devil years ago, I'll put in a good word for you seeing as you're probably going down not up.

[Des Quirell]

If it concerned your inability to let me leave a cult I had been signed up to without my knowledge as a three month old then I wouldn't be at all concerned about your indignation.

So if you agree with what I write you won't publicly publish my reply to you?

There's some equivocation going on here...

Not in my case, though. I think it is wrong in all cases to print correspondence in its entirety without prior permission and posting names and phone numbers should be a no-no.

[LamportsEdge]

I must say that I'd find it deeply reprehensible to post an entire reply that I'd sent to you and I'd be alarmed at the inclusion of my telephone number.

To the best of my knowledge the copyright in a letter belongs to the sender except in circumstances where it's specifically being published for publication.

ETA: It's noticeable that you retain your own anonymity while sacrificing his.

Are priests not able to stand over issues of church proceedings? The man concerned has a public role as a representative of the organisation concerned and should not assume that any official response he give to such an enquiry comes under canonical secrecy.

Maybe he should have sent a Bishop around with a couple of canon lawyers with a 'let this be our little secret' meeting on their minds?

Besides elements of that letter look remarkably like a template and if it is a template letter then I don't see why it should be regarded as a private correspondence between two individuals.

[drummed]

Well why wouldnt they let him in?
AFAIK drummed is not bellyaching and whinging because he was baptized.

I see no impediment whatever to drummeds entry to heaven.

In relation to you Plebian Im doubtful especially with that avatar of yours.

Thanks Marshall. I feel certain now of my worthiness.
I shall pray for you all.

[Plebian]

Well why wouldnt they let him in?
AFAIK drummed is not bellyaching and whinging because he was baptized.

I see no impediment whatever to drummeds entry to heaven.

In relation to you Plebian Im doubtful especially with that avatar of yours.

The eel is a humble creature like myself, if the meek shall inherit the earth I'm sorted.

[LamportsEdge]

This comes to mind...... from the BBC Show "The League of Gentlemen".

I would say that reference occurs quite a lot given your involvement in a forum on Irish political affairs. Royston Vasey ain't in it in comparison.