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Family christenings, weddings etc
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RE: Family christenings, weddings etc
My sister, a devoted catholic asked me to make a reading of scripture in my nephew's baptism. After my rant about indoctrination that took a week or so, she still refuses to let go, so I accepted, and I accepted because the bible quote didn't talked about supernatural stuff and god, just common sense child education. The theists all were very surprised I did that, though I didn't bow for the priest on my way to the reading station, nor made the sign of the cross. Was my action hypocritical?
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Family christenings, weddings etc - by Intimae_Hasta - August 1, 2010 at 8:30 am
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by leo-rcc - August 1, 2010 at 9:58 am
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Shinylight - August 1, 2010 at 2:29 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by chasm - August 1, 2010 at 2:31 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by LastPoet - August 1, 2010 at 3:00 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Spencer - August 1, 2010 at 4:04 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Skeptisma - August 2, 2010 at 4:02 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by KichigaiNeko - August 3, 2010 at 1:49 am
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Intimae_Hasta - August 3, 2010 at 3:41 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Thor - August 3, 2010 at 5:36 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by KichigaiNeko - August 3, 2010 at 9:39 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Thor - August 4, 2010 at 9:52 am
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by KichigaiNeko - August 5, 2010 at 1:41 am
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Thor - August 5, 2010 at 10:17 am
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Spencer - August 3, 2010 at 5:43 pm
RE: Family christenings, weddings etc - by Super Cynic - August 9, 2010 at 7:41 am

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