Baptism in InterFaith Marriages

[Ban Hammer 13,872]

Kar98 does not like me. But she still won't put me on her ignore-list. I'm just not as worthy as Almaty and Dr. Bohr.

MUST.... TRY.... HARDER....

Also, Kar98 is male.

hmm.. should I feel threatened?

That looks like some high-caliber firepower there. I'm just a gun n00b so what would I know?

My reaction is to play Bugs Bunny to your Elmer Fudd routine. .... Hey, what's up doc?

guns? where where?

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Husband: not religious

Me: Catholic

We agreed before we got married that we would raise a catholic family because it is important for me and because he agrees in values with the faith. With that said, our son will be baptized and will probably go to catholic school.

I think baptism is important because:

*It is a blessing on the new life

*It is the promise of the parents and godparents to help in the spiritual growth of the child

The commitment to the faith of the person itself is done at the sacrament of confirmation, which you take when you are older (16 in my school)

Saludos,

Caro

[Kar98 0]

SENSE... your post makes none....

And you being too dense is my fault, how?

[Nagishkaw 510]

Scandal, it's not ' My Mother the Kar ', it's ' Kar54 Where Are Youuuuuuuu' .

[scandal 951]

SENSE... your post makes none....

And you being too dense is my fault, how?

dour

Pronunciation:

\ˈdu̇r, ˈdau̇(-ə)r\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

Middle English, from Latin durus hard — more at during

Date:

14th century

1 : stern, harsh 2 : obstinate, unyielding 3 : gloomy, sullen

— dour·ly adverb

— dour·ness noun

[Chica Yeyé 41]

SENSE... your post makes none....

And you being too dense is my fault, how?

you hurt my feelings. not

[NickD 203]

If you are concerned about your baby dying and going to limbo that is suppose to be like heaven, but without God, you can baptize your baby yourself. While giving it a bath, just pour some water on it's forehead and say, I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Have second thoughts on baptism, if you are dirty from playing in the mud, water cleans your body, but does it also clean your soul? Do you really have a soul? Why such a strong void between the living and the dead? But whatever, I do attend baptisms as well as other religious ceremonies for family and friends as I consider these people to be more important than their beliefs, I am also good when present at such ceremonies.

If I ever meet some of my long dead loved ones while still alive, my opinions on this subject will be greatly changed. Or I may think I have cracked up.

[Kar98 0]

If you are concerned about your baby dying and going to limbo that is suppose to be like heaven, but without God, you can baptize your baby yourself. While giving it a bath, just pour some water on it's forehead and say, I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The Vatican has abolished limbo, which, according to the Roman Catholic belief, is a permanent status of the unbaptized who die in infancy, without having committed any personal sins, but without having been freed from original sin, or in some cases abortion.

Pope Benedict XVI, a theologian, showed doubt about the concept of limbo. He cited his concerns about it when he was a cardinal.

"The conclusion of this study is that there are theological and liturgical reasons to hope that infants who die without baptism may be saved and brought into eternal happiness even if there is not an explicit teaching on this question found in revelation," the 41-page document said. "There are reasons to hope that God will save these infants precisely because it was not possible (to baptize them)."

Baptism, in the Catholic Church, is a religious act of purification by water. Baptism removes original sin.

"People find it increasingly difficult to accept that God is just and merciful if he excludes infants, who have no personal sins, from eternal happiness, whether they are Christian or non-Christian."

The Church has never made limbo an official doctrine but most Catholics believe in it.

[AlHayatZween 2]

Husband: not religious

Me: Catholic

We agreed before we got married that we would raise a catholic family because it is important for me and because he agrees in values with the faith. With that said, our son will be baptized and will probably go to catholic school.

I think baptism is important because:

*It is a blessing on the new life

*It is the promise of the parents and godparents to help in the spiritual growth of the child

The commitment to the faith of the person itself is done at the sacrament of confirmation, which you take when you are older (16 in my school)

Saludos,

Caro

Thanks for taking us back to topic!

(i did enjoy the gun pictures tho...)

[AlHayatZween 2]

If you are concerned about your baby dying and going to limbo that is suppose to be like heaven, but without God, you can baptize your baby yourself. While giving it a bath, just pour some water on it's forehead and say, I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Have second thoughts on baptism, if you are dirty from playing in the mud, water cleans your body, but does it also clean your soul? Do you really have a soul? Why such a strong void between the living and the dead? But whatever, I do attend baptisms as well as other religious ceremonies for family and friends as I consider these people to be more important than their beliefs, I am also good when present at such ceremonies.

If I ever meet some of my long dead loved ones while still alive, my opinions on this subject will be greatly changed. Or I may think I have cracked up.

true, there is always the kitchen sink thing...

i'm asking more about how to combine traditions to keep everyone in the family happy... in the traditional, ritualistic, religion sense...

water, prayers, good will, a party... i think it's all good...

[Brad and Vika 129]

Thank god both me and the wife are both non-religious.

That did not make sense.

[Danno 1,228]

Of course people respond differently but it would seem to me an "interfaith" service would not sit well with

many people of real faith. It's one thing to attend the wedding of a co-worker who is another faith, or partake in a interfaith community event.... it is another to expect a serious Catholic grandmother watch her granddaughter be baptized in some Bi-religious service.

Why not have separate services as each faith requires them?

It's been my personal experience that interfaith-marriages produce inter-faith-less children in most cases.

In other words, your child will probably not even go -through the motions- that you are when it's "her" turn with a baby.