05-01-2007, 04:53 PM
This is great news.
I was born and raised jewish, but never really got into it and don't practice at all now. My wife is Catholic, mildly religious, but is thoroughly brainwashed that our new baby MUST be baptized. I'm somewhere between indifferent and a bit against the idea myself. I don't believe anyone should be indoctrinated into a religion. They should choose a religion when they are old enough to do so, if they desire to. Of course, if it really worked that way there would be many fewer religious people roaming the planet, and that's fine by me.
I had agreed to go ahead with it, primarily for the sake of her family which is more than mildly religious. My mother passed away years ago, and was not religious herself. My father stopped being one when I was 8, so we don't need to worry about offending him. My extended family is not religious either. So this is really for my wife and her family.
But if the Pope says it's no longer necessary, then there may be a safe way out of this.
Yea!
I was born and raised jewish, but never really got into it and don't practice at all now. My wife is Catholic, mildly religious, but is thoroughly brainwashed that our new baby MUST be baptized. I'm somewhere between indifferent and a bit against the idea myself. I don't believe anyone should be indoctrinated into a religion. They should choose a religion when they are old enough to do so, if they desire to. Of course, if it really worked that way there would be many fewer religious people roaming the planet, and that's fine by me.
I had agreed to go ahead with it, primarily for the sake of her family which is more than mildly religious. My mother passed away years ago, and was not religious herself. My father stopped being one when I was 8, so we don't need to worry about offending him. My extended family is not religious either. So this is really for my wife and her family.
But if the Pope says it's no longer necessary, then there may be a safe way out of this.
Yea!