That's true, Lola, but children sometimes reject their families utterly, or reject certain aspects of their upbringing. Sometimes they have good reasons and sometimes they might not. For example, it's the parents' role to name their children, and most of us go along with it; however, some people decide -- without making a big splash like this debaptism stuff -- to go to court and change their names legally. Sometimes they do it they're sick and tired of being teased and sometimes it's because they hate the name and sometimes it's because they are cutting ties with their families. The name wasn't meaningless to them; they just don't want it anymore.

Like you said, though, people can just walk away from a church without fanfare, and most who choose to do leave quietly.