Did You Get Your Kid Baptized?
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Anonymous
| My husband and I just welcomed our son in September. I didn't grow up religious, and he grew up in catholic home. He is is not very religious, but his parents are practicing Catholics. My husband wants to get our son baptized, but I feel like a fraud. His parents really want him to get baptized. I don't know if we should. |
Anonymous
| I did. It’s a personal choice. If it means nothing to you, I would appease my in laws. But again, no judgement/pressure. I’m Christian and my husband is Catholic and we had to compromise also. |
Anonymous
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I didn’t, but I’m atheist.
I was baptized because my Catholic grandmother guilted my mother into it. Now the same Catholic grandmother is guilting me, but I’m stubborn AF. C’mon, original sin? I can’t buy it, or anything else related to fairies in the sky. |
Anonymous
| It would have only happened over my dead body. |
Anonymous
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If you’re not religious, what do you care?
I didn’t baptize my kids as babies because Christ was baptized as an adult, so I have always felt it should be a purposeful choice when someone is old enough to make it. But if I were an atheist and my in laws wanted it, whatever. From that perspective it’s just some water. |
Anonymous
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If you feel strongly against then don’t do it.
The good news is that water “baptism” means nothing. In the time when Jesus walked the earth it meant something. Not now. We are saved by grace alone. Not some old guy splashing water on our infant heads. ButI’m guessing your catholic in-laws wouldn’t agree on that. If you don’t care, then just do it to keep the peace. It means nothing either way. |
Anonymous
| I didn’t. If my mom had still been alive, I’d probably have let her organize it to keep the peace. But she’s not. |
Anonymous
| My husband and I were both raised Catholic and had a Catholic wedding because my husband was still a church-goer. (I’ve never been a believer since childhood.) But my husband has since left the church (but he’s still faithful) so neither of us currently have any motivation or interest in baptizing our kids. BUT I’ve told my husband if he goes back to a church (Catholic or not) then he is free to do all the work to make a baptism happen and I’ll attend but I’m not making it happen because I think it’s meaningless. |
Anonymous
| I’m more spiritual than religious. And I definitely do not believe that babies are born in original sin. I find that entire concept preposterous. I did have my kids baptized, but considered it more of a baby blessing than a baptism. |
Anonymous
| I did it because my kid was getting serious surgery before he was 1. I'm not a believer but I was raised Catholic and I just felt better knowing my baby was baptized. Then it felt weird to have one baptized and not the other, so his younger brother was baptized as well. |
Anonymous
| I’m a practicing Catholic. Part of the ceremony is pledging to raise your child in the faith. Why would you feel the need to lie about it? Don’t do it if you’re just doing it to appease someone else. Take a stand now if you feel strongly about how you choose to raise your child. |
Anonymous
Catholics are Christians. Do you mean you are a non-denominational Christian? |
Anonymous
| Interfaith marriage here. We attended pre marriage counseling where we learned a baptism is a covenant with God to raise your child in the church you had them baptized. In Judiasm, a bris or baby naming is a covenant with God to raise your child Jewish. Cannot imagine making a promise to God knowing I wasn't going to keep it. |
Anonymous
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Look into the implications of baptism.
Are you going to raise your child as a Christian? relevantradio.com/2018/07/can-a-child-be-baptized-if-his-parents-wont-raise-him-in-the-faith/ |
Anonymous