I researched this for one of my books and found a great web page with instructions for doing this. Unfortunately, I'm not at home and I'm having trouble finding that page on this computer (I think my computer knows I'm serious when I search for things like atheism, paganism, or excommunication. Public computers don't believe you're serious).
Anyway, it can be done, but they don't make it easy, and I don't remember all the details. But in general, there are a few things you need to do.
You have to officially be excommunicated by the church. To do this:
1. Find the church you were baptized in. You have to communicate with them.
2. Research the reasons you can be excommunicated. There aren't as many as you might think - I was really surprised to find out that practicing witchcraft won't do it. They can burn you at the stake, but they won't excommunicate you.
Unbelief won't work either. You have to do things like kill the pope (not recommended), desecrate the host, (not sure how), etc.
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Date: 2009-04-16 03:09 pm (UTC)Anyway, it can be done, but they don't make it easy, and I don't remember all the details. But in general, there are a few things you need to do.
You have to officially be excommunicated by the church. To do this:
1. Find the church you were baptized in. You have to communicate with them.
2. Research the reasons you can be excommunicated. There aren't as many as you might think - I was really surprised to find out that practicing witchcraft won't do it. They can burn you at the stake, but they won't excommunicate you.
Unbelief won't work either. You have to do things like kill the pope (not recommended), desecrate the host, (not sure how), etc.
But wait! I just foud the website:
http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/excommunication.htm
So I'll stop blathering and tell you to look there. Good luck...