RE: My journey to atheism
November 30, 2012 at 9:11 am
(This post was last modified: November 30, 2012 at 9:12 am by squitten.)
(November 28, 2012 at 6:38 pm)cato123 Wrote: I'm not sure how I would handle the years of CCD leading to confirmation and the like. The religious education via CCD wouldn't be bad, but managing the indoctrination aspect while concealing your atheism with the entire family may become burdensome.
What is CCD?
I keep saying family in all this when I suppose I really mean my Nan. My aunts and uncles, whilst religious themselves, would not force the issue on me at all. I was always very clear that my kids would be baptised but it would go no further unless they wanted to proceed themselves. That was for no other reason than that my husband is atheist and also has a say in the kids' upbringing. I know my Nan will agitate for the kids to do First Communion, etc, but it's not going to happen.
It also helps that the nearest Catholic school is far away so I'm not expected to send them there either. Even as someone whose entire young education was in Catholic ones, I really HATE faith schools and would happily abolish the lot of them.
