Have your children been christened

We got ours christened so she could have the choice to get married in a church if she liked.. Theirs a lot of nice people at the church and they dont force anything on you at all the ones I've been too, not that I'm at all religious..

I see it as a tradition and losing that is another step to losing part of our culture..

Theirs a lot of morally sound advice which they talk about, the unrealistic stuff isn't talked about in my experience so to say st patricks is conditioning children or the establishment are getting something out of it is a bit strange in my eyes, as im not quite sure what they get out of it ?
 
Discuss it with your wife/partner, and children, make the decision based on the conclusions reached with those closest to you.

GD will just leave you mostly confused with or walked all over on any issues regarding religion.
 
What is actually forced upon children that have been christened? I've been christened... can't say it's had any affect whatsoever? :p

Not significant, basically.
 
Nitefly said:
What is actually forced upon children that have been christened? I've been christened... can't say it's had any affect whatsoever? :p
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You'd be an apostate if you joined another religion now. That wouldn't be the case otherwise.

It's less important than it used to be, for most sections of most communities anyway.

[edit]come to think of it, I don't think you need to join/follow another religion for apostasy, you just need to renounce, disavow or otherwise distance yourself from your current one. Or even be criticising it.
 
Gilly said:
You'd be an apostate if you joined another religion now. That wouldn't be the case otherwise.

It's less important than it used to be, for most sections of most communities anyway.
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If I decided I wanted to join a religion, and my 'christening' was somehow significant, I'd tell them to bog off and reconsider... it's not like there was any choice!
 
Nitefly said:
If I decided I wanted to join a religion, and my 'christening' was somehow significant, I'd tell them to bog off and reconsider... it's not like there was any choice!
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Exactly. Mine have that choice :)

Of course, it's typically the religion you are leaving or criticising that would have the problem...
 
Mickie said:
We got ours christened so she could have the choice to get married in a church if she liked.. Theirs a lot of nice people at the church and they dont force anything on you at all the ones I've been too, not that I'm at all religious..

I see it as a tradition and losing that is another step to losing part of our culture..

Theirs a lot of morally sound advice which they talk about, the unrealistic stuff isn't talked about in my experience so to say st patricks is conditioning children or the establishment are getting something out of it is a bit strange in my eyes, as im not quite sure what they get out of it ?
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Who told you that you need to be christened to get married in a church?
 
Yep, christening doesn't actually force anything on your child any more than Christmas or Easter unless I suppose you are practising Christians in which case it's probably a moot point anyway.
 
No.

We sacrificed a goat and bathed them in its blood in celebration to Odin. It was thundering that day so Thor had spoken to me.

We had "If I had a heart" playing in the background.
 
I didn't have them christened because I'm an atheist but I then found out my Mum had them done when they were around 10 & 8 :D
My family thought I would have gone mad but I just laughed.
 
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