venusrockstar

Are you planning on having it done?

I was raised United and my hubby Catholic, but neither of us really practice our religion, nor do we attend church. We had a non-denominational wedding when we got married. His mother is VERY religious and I'm pretty sure she would be mad if we didn't have our child baptized, but I think it would be hypocritical to do so since hubby and I are not overly religious. I would rather just teach my child values and morals and let them choose their own religion later in life and make their own decision regarding what to believe in.

I just know that my MIL will be upset over this though...any thoughts?

sb22

My MIL will be upset if I dont get Alex christened - i have no religion, she'll be upset, the rest of her family will be upset but tough - its not her daughter. I'm not going to do it because someone else wants me to.

jess_smurf

no we wont if they want to when they are older it the childs choice but we wont be doing it religion is not important for us at all

kaylynn040485

I am protestant and OH is catholic and again we do not practice our religion but we both felt it was important to have jessica baptised. Think its a personal choice but for me, i attended sunday school as a child and learned about god etc, nothing too deep and I wanted that for my child, to belong to a church but not particualrly any religion. I beieve that god exists so for me it was important to be baptised although i dont practice my religion iykwim! If u r unsure about baptism u could have a naming ceremony or blessing which is like a baptism but the parents do not make vows, which most churches offer as an alternative to a baptism Kx

Trix

We'll be having our baby Christened into the Church of England, but that's just our personal choice.

Let it be the personal choice of you and your husband and don't feel that you need to make a decision just to keep other parties happy.

tinybutterfly

we're both catholic, but not practicing catholics at all, OH says he's agnostic and i'm the atheist

the only reason i was baptized was so i wouldn't feel left out in school
and also because if you weren't baptized, schools tended to look down on you.

but that era has passed so we're not baptizing our kiddo, he/she can choose for herself later on

TrishyC

My DH (who was born and raised in Italy) and I were both raised as catholics but neither of us attend church. Still, here in Italy, it is just assumed that you will baptise your children. So when we returned here from Australia we had DD baptised basically because they just all do it. My view was that because it was important to DH, then it was fine by me, cos at the end of the day, if you want it to mean something then it will, but it doesn't have to mean anything. My daughter is the same person baptised or not and I didn't feel it was worth the fight tbh.
However, I personally wouldn't do it to please a family member.

Jake_1

I had my son baptised, I'm Anglican and hubby has not been baptised and does not have a faith. We don't practise although my Parents still do, but I figured I would do it for him while he is too young to understand and when he is older he can choose to follow a religion of his choice or not. I guess in a way you could say we hedged our bets, just incase he needed it - if you know what I mean.

Do whats right for you, screw MIL's your going to piss them off somehow! Good luck making a decision. x

TrishyC

Yeah baby!!

Eskimobabys

some ppl say babies go to hell if not.But baptizing is a catholic thing, we I.e Christians dedicate our babies to the lord it is a just a little prayer thing you go up to the pastor….as far as babies going to hell not sure but the bible does say we are born into sin and no sin can enter the kingdom of heaven, I believe if your parents are saved when you are a baby if you die you go to heaven but if not I don’t know, God is God and man is fallen so I really am not too sure about the baby thing .