RE: Family christenings, weddings etc
August 3, 2010 at 5:36 pm
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2010 at 5:38 pm by Thor.)
I go to weddings (to share in the celebration) and funerals (to support the family). I refuse to attend ridiculous nonsensical rituals like baptisms, confirmations, communions, pageants, etc...
My wife's family are all believers and they have had their kids all go through the obligatory indoctrination rituals. I have attended none of it. (I also have to add that their youngest kid was baptized by a priest who was later discovered to be a pedophile!) I have attended the parties they have thrown after these things, but I have made it a point NOT to congratulate the kid. (What has the kid done anyway? Sit in a classroom, listen to bullshit and then participate in a moronic ritual? Yeah, that's a real accomplishment...) It even kind of gets under my skin that my wife gives these kids money for this crap.
We have no kids (and don't plan any), but if we did, I know my wife's family would immediately be asking when the baptism would be. I would enjoy telling them that there wasn't going to be a baptism. I'm sure they would be shocked and my mother-in-law would no doubt be horrified. I'm sure she would say, "You have to get the baby baptised!" I'd love asking her why we have to dump water on the baby's head. She would almost certainly just reply, "Well, you have to!" Yeah, that's a reason!
What? Why would a priest take the occasion of a confirmation to chastise your niece for being "a sinner"? Was she the one getting confirmed?
My wife's family are all believers and they have had their kids all go through the obligatory indoctrination rituals. I have attended none of it. (I also have to add that their youngest kid was baptized by a priest who was later discovered to be a pedophile!) I have attended the parties they have thrown after these things, but I have made it a point NOT to congratulate the kid. (What has the kid done anyway? Sit in a classroom, listen to bullshit and then participate in a moronic ritual? Yeah, that's a real accomplishment...) It even kind of gets under my skin that my wife gives these kids money for this crap.
We have no kids (and don't plan any), but if we did, I know my wife's family would immediately be asking when the baptism would be. I would enjoy telling them that there wasn't going to be a baptism. I'm sure they would be shocked and my mother-in-law would no doubt be horrified. I'm sure she would say, "You have to get the baby baptised!" I'd love asking her why we have to dump water on the baby's head. She would almost certainly just reply, "Well, you have to!" Yeah, that's a reason!
(August 3, 2010 at 1:49 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Did storm out of a confirmation when the fucking priest started ranting about what a sinner my neice was!!
Gggggggggggggggrrrrrr
What? Why would a priest take the occasion of a confirmation to chastise your niece for being "a sinner"? Was she the one getting confirmed?
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
