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I'm in confirmation at my church. I have been doing it for 3 years. I have 1 more thing 2 do and I'm getting confirmed on Nov 30. I don't see a point in finishing and have told my parents. The last thing I need 2 do is volunteer at a nursing home. I have tried throwing away the papers but my mom keeps taking them out of the garbage. I feel like I should be able to make my own decision about this. I already told her I plan on not going 2 church after this. Boy Scouts is more important. How do I get out of finishing the confirmation?

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You don't. You're under the age of eighteen and still living with your parents; they can force you to go to your confirmation and you can't really do a thing about it, as it's not causing you any real harm.

Also, a point that Boy Scouts have a tendency to do nice things like visit nursing homes as well, so if you're having that much of a problem with nursing home visits, you might want to quit Boy Scouts, too.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

And for good measure, volunteer anyway to show that it's not laziness or belligerence that is the cause of your choice but genuine concerns about being expected to profess a faith you don't hold.

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Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus
cor contritum et humiliatum Deus non spernet

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as it's not causing you any real harm.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 1:20 pm on Oct. 24, 2008

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as it's not causing you any real harm.

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Technically if he is confirmed and not in a state of grace (pretty sure this is true for anglicans and catholics, don't know what the others say) then he is committing sacrilege, which at worst is very harmful and at best is disrespectful.

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Which means what to him if he doesn't actually believe it?

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after