Have your children been christened

Yes it was important to my partner. We made a big mistake the first time around with god parents which is our biggest regret.
 
From distant memory and RE lessons in the 60's/70's, the Catholic belief was that an unchristened child who died could never go to heaven, their soul would forever reside in Limbo.

Utter crock in the cold light of day, even if there is a supreme deity or force your entry into an afterlife has far more weighty considerations than a blessing with holy water...
 
Rilot said:
My son is Christened as Catholic. I only agreed to it to appease my Mrs' family because they went mental when they found out we weren't planning on doing it.
I'm not Christian so was kind of opposed to it.
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I had this, my step sons were Christened and so my wife assumed our daughter would be too. I was like err no. I just don't agree with it and think it's hypocritical to do if I'm that way opposed to religion in the first place. Big arguement. I won.
 
Vern1961 said:
From distant memory and RE lessons in the 60's/70's, the Catholic belief was that an unchristened child who died could never go to heaven, their soul would forever reside in Limbo.

Utter crock in the cold light of day, even if there is a supreme deity or force your entry into an afterlife has far more weighty considerations than a blessing with holy water...
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Pretty sure the last pope changed that rule, must have spoken to god on his amazing magic telephone, and smoothed it all over with him.

I don't have kids, but wont have them christened, and they won't go to a religious school, all a load of ****.
 
Mucky_Pup said:
Pretty sure the last pope changed that rule, must have spoken to god on his amazing magic telephone, and smoothed it all over with him.

I don't have kids, but wont have them christened, and they won't go to a religious school, all a load of ****.
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It's not easy finding a non-denominational school. When I looked, 12 out of the nearest 13 primaries to me were C of E or Catholic. So I have a son who believes in god etc. He's only 6, he'll probably grow out of it.

I don't tell him "god doesn't exist", favouring "some people believe in god". unfortunately, the school don't seem to try to strike the same balance - "god is real" :rolleyes:
 
Christening?

Is that the ceremony you perform to save money on private school by sending your kid to a free half decent Catholic school?

Sounds like a good idea but i cant believe all this bureaucracy these days, fill out a bit of paperwork, speak to priest and have him process it, mess about with water. Then it goes into a 10 year delay period until your child is old enough to enter secondary school. Maybe we will eventually skip the church step and just have online christenings with a webcam attached to a supersoaker.

In all seriousness. I went to a Catholic school. It is one of the best in the southeast of England. It never forced religion on anyone and the teachers were as sceptical or more so than the students. Church which we attended twice a year, involved life lessons from our talented comedian priest and were less about faith and more about not being a knob.
 
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No but I had a naming day celebration for them and appointed guardians. It was an entirely non religious affair but still served to bring the families and friends together, appoint guardians/non religious god parents. I am close to my God parents and family and wanted my kids to enjoy the same but I'm firmly against religion so this was really the only route to achieve it in a sense that marked the occasion for the families involved.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Christening?

Is that the ceremony you perform to save money on private school by sending your kid to a free half decent Catholic school?

Sounds like a good idea but i cant believe all this bureaucracy these days, fill out a bit of paperwork, speak to priest and have him process it, mess about with water. Then it goes into a 10 year delay period until your child is old enough to enter secondary school. Maybe we will eventually skip the church step and just have online christenings with a webcam attached to a supersoaker.

In all seriousness. I went to a Catholic school. It is one of the best in the southeast of England. It never forced religion on anyone and the teachers were as sceptical or more so than the students. Church which we attended twice a year, involved life lessons from our talented comedian priest and were less about faith and more about not being a knob.
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Lol. Brilliant summary of my experience too!
 
No my kids aren't, if they want to they can sort it out when they are older.

Neither me or my wife are religious at all.
 
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