Just for scientific interest. I was wondering how many people here are baptised.

 

What are your views on such christian tradition?

 

And if you're baptised, are you happy with the decision your parents made? (most people are baptised when babies) or you just don't care about it?

I am an odd one, was baptised when 10ish and didn't really approve of it.

 

Still don't approve of it too much. Should have given me my own choice... meh.

i think that tradition should be back as it used to be, people already grown up or at least at the age catholics do do first comunion, though they should be allowed to know about other religions first and then choose, yet today that is an utopy everywhere -but for some amish communities where teenagers are allowed to live off their culture to decide which world they want to integrate in-. and also on the godparents should care about their kids not just to give them pressies.

 

personally i'm baptised, mostly cause my mom's mother wanted to, as was a believer and kept saying if anything bad happened to me i'd be in limbo... :uhoh: i was baptised with 2 months old so i don't remember anything.

 

some my cousins were baptised with 1 or 2 years, others are of other confessions and do it on their ritual that is: baptism and confirmation when they are nearly 9 years old, did a huge course to be prepared for 2 or 3 years, but once again as i started the post, they are educated in just one religion. i got to 'live' it, but they never tried to care in my beliefs and not few times we had problems when i voiced my views even when i'm not too catholic, even some my views are against catholic views (as to me women should be allowed to be priest as men are), i was flamed by that and labeled as strict feminist. :|

 

anyways all my family are catholic and others say they are atheist, their boys are not educated in religion but their girls do baptism and first communion... how coherent and not sexist thing.

 

i absolutely don't see the point in the civil baptism that is in fashion here, if you are atheist you are atheist, if you are catholic you are catholic, weird mixes are weird.

I was baptised as a baby and I don't mind it, even though I consider myself atheist now. I think I just don't care about it yeah.

I was baptised as a baby. My father didn't want to so my mother made it when he was at work...

I was baptised too under catholic rite when I was about 4 years old.

I don't really mind it, now I'm not really a believer. But I agree people should be old enough to decide by themselves.

 

I was baptised as a baby. My father didn't want to so my mother made it when he was at work...

 

My baby is not going to hell... lol. :awesome:

I was baptised when I was a baby. I don't really like it. My parents aren't even religious - they just did it because it's a thing you "should" do. I didn't take any confirmation rites or anything (which you do in the Swedish church when you're about 15) so my baptism wasn't "confirmed" or however you say it. :shrug:

I am an odd one, was baptised when 10ish and didn't really approve of it.

 

Still don't approve of it too much. Should have given me my own choice... meh.

 

Really? That sounds kinda evil.

 

I'm not baptized and happy. It feels like a staple of something I have no interest in. Plus there's this confirmation thing when you're 15, that I didn't do. Mostly because everyone does for the money (a LOT of money) in gifts.

I was baptised and had first communion according to the catholic church here.

There is also some kind of confirmation where... if I'm not wrong... the father might give you a little slap. Of course I've never taken that. :blank:

I was baptised and had first communion according to the catholic church here.

 

This. :| I don't really care much about it now.

Really? That sounds kinda evil.

 

I'm not baptized and happy. It feels like a staple of something I have no interest in. Plus there's this confirmation thing when you're 15, that I didn't do. Mostly because everyone does for the money (a LOT of money) in gifts.

 

It wasn't particularly evil... it was to get into a Catholic school. Went through with all the rites including confirmation when I was about 12 but don't really believe so much of it now. :shrug:

I was baptized when i was a baby and i don't mind it at all since i am a believer, although i'm not very religious anymore, and i did my first communion when i was about 9, i remember we had to go to church twice a week every week for about 3 months before the actual ceremony to prepare for it and learn about the bible, the church....and the priest would get angry and yell if any of us missed mass on Sunday we were about 50 kids i kept wondering how he could remember us all and all our parents:o :shrug:

I was baptised when I was a baby. I don't really like it. My parents aren't even religious - they just did it because it's a thing you "should" do. I didn't take any confirmation rites or anything (which you do in the Swedish church when you're about 15) so my baptism wasn't "confirmed" or however you say it. :shrug:

when i was 15 i was the weird kid who didn't do confirmation (cause i didn't agree with many things of the catholic church -and yet today- so it was not coherent to do confirmate to be part of it) among my friends. :shrug:

yet they say they are not religious and did confirmation anyways cause is something one have to do -though off they said they did it for the pressies and party- anyways one is getting married church ritual this september cause is nicer even when she says she is not a believer.

that's pretty pointless imo.

 

i don't see that one have to confirm baptism through confirmation. (may be i'm completely wrong in that (?) )

 

baptism mostly is something that the parents decide, so confirmation is the time when the kid, now grown up decide if want to keep in those believes or not, but to me is not to confirm baptism, to me is simply confirm that one is part of that church and so of those believes.

I was baptized when i was a baby and i don't mind it at all since i am a believer, although i'm not very religious anymore, and i did my first communion when i was about 9, i remember we had to go to church twice a week every week for about 3 months before the actual ceremony to prepare for it and learn about the bible, the church....and the priest would get angry and yell if any of us missed mass on Sunday we were about 50 kids i kept wondering how he could remember us all and all our parents:o :shrug:

that's another thing some people are more loyal to a church (not caring the confesion of it), depending on the priest.

 

we liked our comunion priest, was cool, singing and really cared for us, the new one is very different, and people dislike him more mainly cause use to sermon more about other things and bla bla. though the community of that church is pretty active at the moment, at least youth wise.

 

one of my uni teachers told us her kids went to follow their communion priest since was moved to another temple, cause they disliked the new one of their original temple. i wish i could had done the same.

 

i'm yet good friends with the woman that was in charge to prepare my group for the first communion btw.

It wasn't particularly evil... it was to get into a Catholic school. Went through with all the rites including confirmation when I was about 12 but don't really believe so much of it now. :shrug:

 

Well not evil, but just a little...idk.

Neither I or my brothers are baptized. My dad says that if he and my mother did that in some sort of way they'd be forcing a religion on us. He wants us at our own time to find what we want to believe in and once we are sure of what that is then we can do whatever.

I thought that was really wonderful on their part.

Well not evil, but just a little...idk.

 

Unnecessary? Drastic, perhaps?

Unnecessary? Drastic, perhaps?

 

I was thinking that they didn't ask if you wanted to :\ I'd be pissed. I guess not.

I was baptised (2months old) and I also got first comunion (8years), and confirmation(15 years).

But I dont care about it at all. My mum and dad decided to baptise me. No one asked me if I'd wanted any of it, I did the rest of them cause I'm from a small villiage and everbody is catholic so I did it too. Now days I don't plan to getting married in church or to baptise my kids one day. If they want it they can do it as adults.

no

I was Baptized when I was a baby as my mother is Catholic so unfortunatly I had thar pushed upon me until I was about 12 when I decided that it was all a load of bullshit.

 

If you're not Baptized you can't be buried on consercrated ground or something?.

I was baptized as well as received communion and confirmation. To be honest I don't really know why just because my immediate family isn't very religious at all.

 

My extended family on the other hand...

I was baptised as a baby. My father didn't want to so my mother made it when he was at work...

:uhoh: Did he ever find out?

I'm baptised, got my communion and confirmation under the catholic church ( my mom's religion )

but I go to a protestant church ( my dad's religion )

:nice:

I was baptized as well as received communion and confirmation. To be honest I don't really know why just because my immediate family isn't very religious at all.

 

My extended family on the other hand...

 

this proves that even ur family doesn't love u:thinking: