I've been baptised when I was only a baby and made to go to church when I was younger ... I've also been confirmed but I have never really been religious.

No, I am not.

My parents wanted to, but they left the church even before I was born and the pastor basically pushed them away by telling them they wouldn't be able to raise me in a "Christian way" anyway, so they decided against it after all.

When I was eight.

I come from a very religious family but I have not been confirmed and in fact do not go to church ever since my parents allowed me to take that decision for myself. I'm not an atheist though but I'd consider myself more deist than anything but with a respect of the Christian church and the New Testament.

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.

 

^same here.

 

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:

 

:lol: I did it to. it was hilarious I've only been to 5 of these "training" and at the ceremony I didn't do anything, just acted like everyone!

 

Edit: But I think parents should leave it to the child to when they grow up.

I was baptised and confirmed when I was 13 or 14. It was no big deal. I felt weird at the time, but it was just slight rebelliousness. I realized later it was just a symbolic ceremonial thing and didn't really mean anything according to our beliefs anyway.

Baptised, as a baby communion as little Girl , but any confirmation .

My grandfather (the father of my mother) become a Jehovah's Witness. and I am interested and abandoned Catholicization .

I learned the history of religions at school .

but after I also stop in this religion Jehovah's Witness.

 

Now, I'm still a Catholic for the state on paper.

 

but my mother despite its name - Crocifissa. (crucified) given from generation to generation.

(but stop the practice tradition dislikes, not like this name and neither my sister or me have this name)

she does not believe in Catholicization, or religions she believes is right believe only one God, (it's something personal religion)

and me had not need to confirmation and I think like my mother .

edit: Nevermind, that made no sense.

Yes I'm baptiest. No I'm not religious and neither are my parents. I guess it was something "you should do" but I dont have anything against it.

 

edit: I was baptiest as a baby

 

:lol: I did it to. it was hilarious I've only been to 5 of these "training" and at the ceremony I didn't do anything, just acted like everyone!

 

Edit: But I think parents should leave it to the child to when they grow up.

 

:laugh3: last year my little brother had his first communion and he went to every single one of the training dates (not sure what else to call them:embarrassed:) i was surprised until i remembered that they give everyone cake at the end of each session:P

I had to read something at the ceremony:sick: i was really nervous although i only had a small sentence to say and i kept forgetting everything we practiced for, it was pretty funny:lol:

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:

 

This.

I was baptised when I was a baby. I think it's ok doing it then because confirmation is what counts in this religion.

 

I was confirmed when I was 18 but some events that happened made me feel very confused about my religion so I don't really go to church anymore. I wish I could believe like I used to though.

Yah.

I was baptised as a baby. :nice: I'm Lutheran and really like being religious, there's just some things that I don't totally agree on my church with.

I was baptized when I was six months old. My Mom put me in a really expensive Christening gown for the occasion. I went to youth group once a week from the age of 8-17. I'm 25 now and don't identify with a religion of any sort.

i was baptized at the age of 8. tho my mom was always taking me to the church she was used to go, till I was Christened. For now i don't think that it's important to be baptized. What you do to your life and how you live is way more important then just some church principles and some stupid canonics and rules which God has never created himself. Im just doing some yoga whenever i feel like while still being religious. I'm Eastern Orthodox. however i like baptist church in Lithuania where i live, and go there time to time when i feel like. I also go to Salvation Army once in a while, but this is not something i have to do, it's just sometimes you feel that you need

I'm Eastern Orthodox.

 

Do you have Christmas on January 7th?.

yes we do. so what ? u wanna know if i care about it ?

No, not really, my gf celebrates it on Jan 7th too, although she sees it more as a family thing and a meal and stuff more than how Western Christmas is.

ok

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.

that's pretty good thing they let it to you personally to decide :thumbsup:

 

 

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

i'm no expert but apparently the last sacrament when one is about to die, if you are honest and be sorry for your sins and so, then you are 'saved'. :thinking:

i don't think it mean you accept christianism then, and personally i'm of the belief that priests aren't that necesary.

and anyways i don't see that priest go to grounds to check, yeah that dude is christian that one isn't.

personally some 'atheist' i know decide to not go for the ground.

(ew that talk is pretty dark :| )

all the stuff is meant to be for the spirit, so apparently if you do the last sacrament you go to heaven if you don't then not... who knows, nobody's been back to tell the 'truth'.

 

I was baptised and confirmed when I was 13 or 14. It was no big deal. I felt weird at the time, but it was just slight rebelliousness. I realized later it was just a symbolic ceremonial thing and didn't really mean anything according to our beliefs anyway.

religious or not truth is at those ages are important changes in life for every single person.

around 1 year old one is a bit more independant to the parents, as can start to walk, recognize their family members and so.

around 8-9 years old one should be fluent when reading and clear when writing, so is more considered by the family and not generalized as the kid (kid that waste time doing stupid thing), as kid now take part in family events more actively as more 'adult' than before.

around 15-17 one is almost an adult so have their own will and thinking, and have their own social circle, likes and dislike, so in a way is when oneself form their final identity.

 

I learned the history of religions at school .

really?

i've spent my teen years hoping that next year religion class would teach me about other religions, and other lifestyles and doctrines, truth is, only year i learnt more about catholicism was the last year thankfully cause we had a modern priest that tought us the subject, (oh irony) and he was simply critizised by some people just cause he is a priest, (oh how tolerant of them). :dozey:

 

anyways i still believe the main problem, if is truly a personal decition why almost nobody is truly free to choose the one they feel better with?, nobody is free to choose to be to be this or that to any doctrine (philosophy, politics, religion), or lifestyle imo, cause people can't access them all freely to choose one, mainly as we are seeing here, people were baptised cause they ought to, i bet with other religions or lifestyles happen the same.

the problem is that personal beliefs is never respected.

then religions have made only wars between people.

choose a religion, Catholic, Protestant or otherwise, is personal.

 

nowadays, not really religions made war is just an excuse, for much more a story of money.

I was baptized when I was a baby, and confirmed last year. :nice:

I was baptised when I was about 4 months old. I am happy with my parents decision because I think if I hadn't been baptised as a baby, I would have wanted to do it when I was older.

 

I also did confirmation classes for two years and then was confirmed when I was 13.

I was baptised at around 8, had my first communion at 12 and was confirmed later(rather late for Catholic standards since most children are baptised as babies) My mother and her family were religious, my dad did not really care but he went along with it. I used to go to church more often when I was younger but things changed as I got older. I still follow some rituals/traditions and I believe in God but I don't systematically go to church anymore.

 

I sometimes think all these celebrations have become tinted with a bit of frivolity lately. I'm not saying the majority of the people who still go through them, it still is a serious matter for many many people, but in the last few years I've seen way too many children who couldn't wait to take their first communion only because they knew they would get money and presents and their family encouraged this. When I had my first communion it was not about how many presents I would get or how much money I would get by going around asking to every person I knew.