Christenings...... and a rant!

I think for different reasons for some it's to get them into a certain school not the best reasons, for some it's tradition, they were christened and want the same for their child,

maybe because they don't believe but want to give the child the option to find their own faith

maybe just because if there is something then they want their child to be apart of it or have the best chances,

There could be a handful of reasons but i guess it's the same for people getting married in certain churches but not believing in that religion

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Me and OH have spoken about this, neither of us are religious, we didn't get married in church but i would want my baby to be christened, i'm trying to think of reasons why but can only come up with the fact that i think its the proper thing to do. Maybe i do have underlying religious beliefs?

I've been christened and done the whole catholic school & communions

i'm not a very religious person i was when i was a child ect even though my parents wasn't

but as i got older it didn't stick for what ever reasons but in saying that as most people

when they're down or bad things are happening in their heads they kinda say a little prayer

if you know what i mean, i christened both my children just because i want to give them the

option of choosing what is right for them.

I'm not against religion and if my daughter wants to talk about it then i do, i also help out with school things as and when required to do so

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thats actually true for me, but i still insist i'm not religious and i don't believe in the bible.

I'm a child (at 27) who wasn't christened, neither of my parents are religious and nor am I. OH has a small amount of belief and offers a little prayer now and then,

However I've agreed that if we still live in this village when we have kids that I'll be christened so my children can be - like cola said it seems like the right thing to do, also 3 generations of OH's family were so I'd like to continue the tradition.

I think it's just what people do.

I wouldn't say i was religious but i also think you don't need to go to church every week

and follow the rule to be religious at the same time.

The bible hmmm it's just a book of stories people versions of what happened

no one will ever know for sure!

Perhaps to please other family member i suppose,none of my kids have been christened though.

I am not particularly religious, but I wouldn't say that I didn't believe in something. When it came to getting married, it was important to me to get married in a church, for me personally, getting married in a hotel or registry office wouldn't have felt right.

I will also be having any children we have Christened. I know it sounds odd, because we are not going to be bringing them up in a Christian way, nor will be taking weekly trips to church. I suppose part of it is tradition, I was Christened, so was H, and part of me thinks it would be a nice family occasion. I have had this argument going over in my head, but I think we will still definetly do it.

This is currently a VERY sensitive subject for me and H2b at the moment.

His nan turned to religion (catholic) 10 years ago following the death of her husband and having never been religious before. She now INSISTS on her grandkids being Christened.

One has been "done" while the other one, who's now 2 hasn't been much to their Nan's disgust she is now really trying to push it. This is going to sound like I am judging my SIL but.. The baby was conceived in a drunked one night stand with a man she hated, the baby has never been to church, nor has it's Mom since it's birth.

Mom clearly doesn't believe in the principles of being Catholic and I can't see any dramatic turnaround in her life coming and her starting to go to Mass etc so I think it's really bad practise to stand there and lie about it in church. Have told my H2b in no uncertain terms it wont be happening with our LO.

In my experience 1) its a family thang 2) they want the spoglet to go to a church school. I find it really funny esp when the priest is obv in on the reason and makes light of it.

I am still getting my head around the fact that the sisters haven't done just that - if you've seen my "SIL from hell" posts you'd know they are not normally afraid to speak their mind.

Despite OHs nan being 85, if I hear ONE word of such a thing if/when we have kids, I won't be afraid to take your advice Trickers.

I told her right from the day we got engaged that our wedding would be a CofE service (agreed by me and OH, not just me ?) and not heard another word since.

We got R Christened and neither myself or H are religious in the slightest.

The reason we chose to get R Christened is that my in laws are Irish Catholics and believe strongly in their faith. So I did it for them, they do so much for us so why not give them something back. This may seem an old fashioned view but as neither H or I felt that strongly one way or the other we didn’t mind.

Also asking our friends and family to be Godparents meant a lot not only to us but to them to.

I'm not religious at all, but I got Casey Christened.

It was very important to my mum as everyone on her side of the family were Christened (including me and my sisters), and she wanted the same for C.

It was no skin off my nose either way, so I wasn't against getting him Christened if it meant something to my mum.

This time round, I really don't know what will happen. My OH is against all religion, so I don't know if he'll agree to it.

My H is very keen to have our children christened. Oh and this doesnt make you a practising christian.... its just a means of accepting you into the church, if that makes sense...

my brother was and hes an aetheist. I wasnt due to mum being ill on the day itself and i have a faith, but not a religion. As we married in church which we felt quite strongly about doing, we will have our kids christened, and like Lucky charms, having godparents matters to us too.

mum always wanted me to do it in my late teens, to throw me a big party but i got scared. My cousin was christened when she was 17 or something, her own choice, but died when she was 19.. i guess i feared that if i went ahead with it, then something might happen to me....and im scared of death.... its hard to explain really....