anyone not getting there babys christend?

[pinktaffy]

anyone not getting there babys christend?

im not haveing a christening for my baby me or oh r not christend and we are not planning on having baby done either. we arnt religius so dont really want to just get her done for the sake of it. was just wondering if anyone else isnt haveing there baby christend.

 

[Rhiannon]

we arent having rhys christened hun. i was never christened and DH was, but ''against his will'' so he says!!

we got married in a manor house, as we didnt believe we needed a church wedding.

i cant see the point of having baby christened or getting married in a church unless you are a firm believer - or a christian - both of which DH and i are not.

xxx

 

[mummytobe]

We're not, although my rents arent happy as they are very religious and i was christened. But i dont go to church and am not a religious person, so i dont see why i should get Alyssa christened

 

[Blondie2008]

Nope Bethan isn't. I wanted to do it tbh but my husband is against it. He says that we are not religious and don't attend church so it would be hypocritical. I don't really see it like that though. I know i don't attend church but i still have strong beliefs. I am christened and so are both my sisters. I just see it as a welcoming a new baby into the world and committing to bring him/her up in a Christian way.

In the end we decided now to because my husband was more strongly against it than i was for it iykwim. She can make her own decision in the future then xx

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

Neither of our 2 are christened or will be.
I was as a baby but only because my great nan told my mum that I wouldn't be burried in a church if anything happened to me??!! (sounds a bit outdated to me)
OH was never christened and I would say his parents are more religious than mine!
We don't go to church unless it is a wedding/funeral etc so personally not for us.
Also we aren't married either and have no intention so I suppose we have already sinned...

 

[Kitty23]

Nope we're not getting these two christened. Me and Dh are both atheist so it would be hypocritical of us, but if the twins chose to when they are older than thats totally up to them xxx

 

[velvetina]

No hun, none of my 3 are, although I have been. I don't have a specific religion and the children can decide when they are older if there is a particular faith they wish to follow. I like ideas from many different religions.

 

[faun]

None of my 3 have been christened i'm not religious and don't go to church so personally i think it would be very hypocritical i didn't even get married in church because it felt wrong.

 

[Eve]

I won't be getting my children baptised or anything, as I personally believe we shouldn't pick something as big as religion/faith for our children. I want my children to grow up and decide on their own, be it baptist, catholic, buddism, agnostic etc... (sp?) My beliefs are different anyways, so I don't have much to teach, other than good morals, heaven etc.. They do look some cute in their little gowns though

 

[jeanettekaren]

We won't be having a christening even though it seems to be the done thing in our area, even for the non-religious. I'm not religious in the slightest and would feel like a hypocrite getting him christened for the sake of it. We are considering a naming ceremony though.

 

[Mellage]

ooo double post

 

[Mellage]

OH isnt christened but I was when I was a baby. We never go to church, we didnt get married in a church and just thought it was hypocritical to get the boys christened

 

[bubbles123]

We're not, because neither of us are religious. We don't go to church and got married in a registry office. We did think of having a naming ceremony though but probably won't now as it might be a bit expensive. If LO wants to be religious or be baptised when he's older though then that's up to him, we would always support him.

 

[Dragonfly]

Problem is where i am its required to get in to schools as we have no intergrated secondary school but one intergrated primary school so he is fine till he gets to secondary school. Its like black mail to be honest. We are not religious though we where christened, my other half was only christened because he near died at birth despite his family not being catholic but used his cert to get into a local secondary school. My parents and entired family are not happy with me one bit ! I dont see why if we are not religious or married for that matter? maybe one day if we get married that wont be in a church either but sadly only reason we would is to get him into a school which I see as wrong. If my son decides he wants it he can have it I am not imposing anything on him I want him to know about all faiths and not have a religious label on him. I am from Northern Ireland and totally sick of fighting over who is what religion in the great scheme of things it dosnt matter who is what we are all the same. Oh and my mum dosnt even look at my son now for varies reasons but not being christened is a big chip on her shoulder, none my family visit me any more. They do not like my parenting choices as they are different from theirs.

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

We are atheists but don't see any choice other than to be hypocritical I'm afraid. There is a serious issue with not being christened when it comes to all the decent non-grammar schools in our area.

 

[aob1013]

We aren't as neither I or my OH are religious and we don't believe we should force a religion onto Leni until he can make the decision himself.

 

[bump_wanted]

we arent as we don't practice any religion...Ollie can choose himself if he wants. thankfully we don't have the schooling issue xx

 

[rainbows_x]

We aren't christening Ava, I am christened but not religous & OH isn't chriistened.
We just don't see the need, she can always choose to herself when she is older.

 

[pinktaffy]

thats who i think, i really believe it should be her choice whens shes older. if i was to get her christend it would just be for the sake of it as ive known so many people who r not religious in the slightest just getting there kids christend for the party afterwards.

 

[poppykat]

No we will not be getting Chloe christened.

I am not christened as my parents wanted me to decide for myself and I feel the same way now I am a parent. Luckilly OH feels the same.

We are both atheists so as others have said I would feel hypocritical and also disrespectful to Christians to have her christened.