Godparents

[Von Luck]

Going to a christening tomorrow and my wife and I are going to be the godparents.

Not the kind of thing you can say 'no' to when you're asked by a long time friend, however I don't believe in god, nor have I ever been baptised/christened/whatever, as both my parents are atheists as well.

Aside from bursting into flame from the lord's wrath when I enter the church, am I going to hit any embarrassing moments when the vicar has a chat?

 

[Von Luck]

I love how "atheist" is a new buzz word for "cba" or agnostic.

What a daft thing to say.

Atheist

- noun

A person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.

It's not a buzz word, it's the correct term for someone who doesn't believe that there is a god.

Anyway, that stupid post aside, thanks for the comments - day went without a hitch and it was great. Nice church and good service (Anglican). Ok, so I had to tell some teensie white lies by stating that I believed in god and renounced all evil, but I had my fingers crossed, so it doesn't count.

While the historical role of godparents may have been to look after the kids should anything happen to the parents, that isn't true today - I've no legal claim over them. The parents would need to put something in their will about fostering etc.

Still - means we get to buy birthday pressies etc (which we already did).

 

[Von Luck]

I think it's very wrong of you to say "yes". You're in the same position I was in a few years ago when a very good friend of mine asked Mrs. Feek and I to be godparents. If you say yes then you're a big smelly hypocrite.

If your friend is as good as you are suggesting then he/she won't be offended and will understand.

If they don't, then they're not really very good friends.

:shrug: That's your opinion, I don't place any value on it, but thanks for sharing.