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Old 01-10-2003, 01:31 PM   #4
Elif Godson
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Join Date: August 28, 2001
Location: Hurricane Valley
Age: 53
Posts: 3,089
Heh, I was raised a Roman Catholic, was an altar boy and everything, I went to church semi regularly through my teens and even held the position of chaplan in the BSA up until I tried hold my Eagle Scout ceremony at the church, they asked for an astronomical amount of money per head and said that I would only get half of it back, this was the beginning. Now that I have two children and a third on the way my family has been harping on me to get them baptised, in order for me to do this I would have to become a regular parishoner, give titheing's and attend regular church functions, all of which I can neither afford or have the time to do. The church also want's to be paid for the baptism, now come on, being paid for this, BAH. I have adopted a different view of religon through the years and I still have faith, just not in the church. I would love to satiate my families paranoia about baptism but it does no good at all to state my case with them, until of course I ask them if they will pay for the services, heh and then it is forgotten for a few weeks I was baptised and did my first communion and whole ceremony and I feel it is useless to me, it didnt make or even help me to be the person I am today, what did help was my parent's being parent's, firm when necesary and loving all the time. My dad as of recently feels my children need to be baptised mostly due to fact he is facing his own mortality now due to cancer but he understands my plight. Heh religon is a funny thing, it can make you heathen or a saint depending on the circumstances, and heaven forbid you get in peoples way when they are leaving church.

So imo do what you feel is right
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