Does your LO have Godparents?

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... and if so, are you religious? I went to the baptism of a friends LO yesterday, during which Godparents took vows etc. My partner and I are Athiest but I've always really liked the idea of LO having Godparents and being able to involve our close friends in a special way. Does anyone non-religious have Godparents for their LO's? Was it a case of just asking your close friends if they'd be Godparents and that was that or did you have them 'sworn in' in some way, maybe at a naming ceremony or similar?

I think if I did it, I'd like to do it as part of a ceremony of sorts, and was just wondering if such a thing exists?

Thanks! :flower:
 
yeah course it exists!
You can have naming ceremonys even if your not religious!!

Summer has god parents, she was christened though, in a church.
But i know of people who have just had naming ceremonys! :)
 
my LO will have godparents when we christen him. my other 2 children also have godparents. we are roman catholic. you can have a naming ceremony with godparents i'm sure (though not sure if you'd call them 'god'parents if you are not religious :shrug: )
 
my LO will have godparents when we christen him. my other 2 children also have godparents. we are roman catholic. you can have a naming ceremony with godparents i'm sure (though not sure if you'd call them 'god'parents if you are not religious :shrug: )


Yeah, I was wondering what they might be called too :shrug:
 
My son has 4 significant adults rather than godparents we arent religious and didn't want to have a formal naming ceremony we all went out for a meal and toasted our son and pledged to help raise him. It was special and we all have a photo of us all to remember the promises.
 
My DH has been asked to be a 'sponser' to his nephew. DH hasn't been christened so can't be a godfather but aparently they call it sponsers.
 
Godparents are in our books really important as they would be the ones looking after LO if something happened to us. This is really the point beyond any religious context. We took it very seriously as neither of us wanted our moms (both due to medical reasons) or our sisters (rather more complex reasons) to look after LO so formally asked my twin cousins to be the godparents, who are two great ladies who would both be the most wonderful parents if it ever come to that. I think if you are religious, the context is much wider but as a bare minimum, everyone that has a baby should give this careful thought, even if it is not a comfortable and happy one.
 
We haven't got any for Reggie...a lot of the time it's an excuse for a party (in the case of people I know)
 
Nate has a Godmother ( one of my best friends ) but he was "dedicated" rather than Christened as we are Baptist, We have a couple we are asking to be "Guardians" of our boys and raise them if anything were to happen to us and EJ will have a Godmother when we ask her lol and will be Dedicated at around 9 months old
 
We aren't religious (we are technically jewish, we celebrate passover but mostly because the whole family gets together so its really fun, we never go to temple or anything) but my LO's have "god" parents. We just call them their aunt and uncle really, because who we've chosen are so close to us they are practically family. I think of them as adults they can go to if they don't want to come to us about something, another set of adults that they are close to. They also will take the kids if anything were to happen to us.
 
Hi I'm Wiccan and DH is Atheist!! We asked my brother and his GF to take care of Rian if anything were to happen to us. We had no official ceremony but we had a nice dinner when we asked them. We went to our lawyer and had some official paperwork stating these are the people we want to look after Rian.
 
Carmen has godparents, my younger brother and cousin. They are meant to help guide her through life, be there to talk to, that sort of thing; my cousin is also Catholic like me and I've chosen her to help with Carmen's religious upbringing so to speak.

Her guardians if anything happen to me & DH are our parents though; my brother and cousin are quite young and not the people I'd choose to be her legal guardians. :)
 
If your not religious and still want a naming ceremony they are refered to as guideparents rather then godparents
 
Hi I'm Wiccan and DH is Atheist!! We asked my brother and his GF to take care of Rian if anything were to happen to us. We had no official ceremony but we had a nice dinner when we asked them. We went to our lawyer and had some official paperwork stating these are the people we want to look after Rian.

This is always a good idea to have something legal drawn up because godparents are not a legal claim to be able to raise your children if somthing happens, if no will as such exsists then the children often go to next of kin and that somtimes might not be best for them.
So many people assume godparents automaticaly raise thier children if somthing happens but they dont unless you state somthing legaly.
 
All really helpful, thanks ladies! :thumbup:
 
Well, religion is a touchy subject in our family. DH comes from a very strong Mormon family, and sees himself Mormon, I'm an atheist. They don't believe in baptising babies, instead wait till they are 8. However, I won't let this happen. They wouldn't be allowed anyway because we don't take them to church and they are not part of the Mormon community.

I don't want my children to have religion forced upon them, they can make their own decisions when they are old enough. We didn't see the point in having a naming ceremony or anything, but basically their 'godparents' are be BIL and his wife. They are the ones who take care of them if anything happened to us.
 
I love the term guideparent, people I know get their children christening so that they can go to good schools which in my opinion is wrong, christenings should only be done if. that's what you believe.
 
I love the term guideparent, people I know get their children christening so that they can go to good schools which in my opinion is wrong, christenings should only be done if. that's what you believe.

Oh I fully agree to do it just for that reason is wrong and hypocritical BUT the school that is run by our parish church is one of the best in our area and the fact he will then be at the top of the list for a place is just an added bonus :happydance:
 
I have a godmother only, but I was never christened, baptised (I don't know which ceremony it is), so mine is unofficial. I'm an atheist, and my partner was raised RC, but very casually, and he doesn't believe, so we're raising LO without a religion. We have picked my brother and my OH's cousin as godparents, though we haven't got around to actually asking them yet, so it's not confirmed.

We won't have a naming ceremony or anything like that, but I know that's what you can do if you're not religious. We only got married 10 months before LO was born, so we feel guilty for having another party, because people will feel pressured to give something, even though it's not about gifts, but you know what I mean
 
I am having a naming ceremony for Darcey and we have chosen guardians for her. Its funny as i had definate ideas who those should be before she was born and then i changed my mind now she is here.
For me it was people who would have an impact on her life if i wasn't here and people she could always count on and people i could count on to help her if i wasn't around. Just makes you look at things in a different way when you become a mother.
 

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