denlin Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Speak for yourself pal - less of the 'we'! Thers only a pearl about every 1000 oysters:hihi::hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 To paraphrase your last statement....you don't mind breaking your promises to him...meaning God....by not minding you acknowledge the existence of God. Maybe God is compelling you to christen your child in church....maybe you ARE doing God's will by this....and that God WILL bless and accept your child into his family. Sod your tradition....this is God's work. Incorrect. I don't mind breaking a promise to god because I'm 100% sure god doesn't exist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 You'll also be wasting the time of everyone in the congregation who takes part in your phoney ceremony... Errm..... Not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Incorrect. I don't mind breaking a promise to god because I'm 100% sure god doesn't exist! No and you don't mind going to a place full of people who do and baptising your child into the christian faith even though you don't believe in it. What do you think the congregation and the rest of us think of that and I'm an atheist by the way. Don't you feel a little bit guilty and foolish. It's bit like a Wednesdayite watching match at Bramall Lane because Wednesday have away match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Spyda Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 It's bit like a Wednesdayite watching match at Bramall Lane because Wednesday have away match What would be wrong with that? I've been to Baggies games before, and I'm a Villan. I'm sure they are happy taking my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauron Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I'm not promising my child anything. He's only 10 months old so he doesn't understand what a promise is anyway! The only person that I'm making promises to is a fictitious person called god! I don't mand breaking my promise to him. It has been a while since I've been to a christening, but i remember being asked as a spectator to help you bring your offspring up as a christian. I remember a few people refused to as they had principles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Sorry..... Tried reading that a couple of times and I don't understand it. I dont understand your way of thinking either. Let me put it more simply. Why, if you think that religion is a waste of time and God a man made work of fiction are you messing around having your kid baprized in a house dedicated to God, "a fictitious character" ? If you were far left Socialist in your politics would you go to a Conservative party meeting and sign up as a party member because being a Conservative party member was in the past a "family tradition"? Your reasoning and logic are completely baffling One day your kid is going to ask you something like "Hey dad. You've told me that God is a fictitious character so why did you have me baptized in his name. Couldn't you have taken me to Disneyland and have had me baptized under the name of Goofy"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 No and you don't mind going to a place full of people who do and baptising your child into the christian faith even though you don't believe in it. What do you think the congregation and the rest of us think of that and I'm an atheist by the way. Don't you feel a little bit guilty and foolish. It's bit like a Wednesdayite watching match at Bramall Lane because Wednesday have away match For a start it's only going to be my family at the service, the majority of whom are not religious, the ones that are religious know that we are only following a tradition and they can't wait to see my boy get christened, regardless of my beliefs. Secondly, another amazing analogy!! Wednesday fans at a united match! Classic! I'm a liverpool fan and I've been to watch wednesday play because I can't get liverpool tickets......I'm such a hypocrite! I even cheered when wednesday scored! How bad is that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 I dont understand your way of thinking either. Let me put it more simply. Why, if you think that religion is a waste of time and God a man made work of fiction are you messing around having your kid baprized in a house dedicated to God, "a fictitious character" ? If you were far left Socialist in your politics would you go to a Conservative party meeting and sign up as a party member because being a Conservative party member was in the past a "family tradition"? You are confusing politics with religion! One is real, the other is based on a story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 It has been a while since I've been to a christening, but i remember being asked as a spectator to help you bring your offspring up as a christian. I remember a few people refused to as they had principles. Well based on the theme of this thread I could ask you what those people were doing at the christening in the first place. If they had principles, surely they shouldn't have been there at all?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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