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Modem Butterfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 08:18 PM Original message |
Well I'll be damned... atheist god parents? |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Times change.... |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm in a similar position |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. If I were in your shoes, I would decline the invitation to be a godparent |
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Modem Butterfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Hmmm.... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yeah, it's kind of strange. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Have these people ever attended an Episcopal baptism? |
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Modem Butterfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Hmmmm.... |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. People Retool Marriage Vows All The Time... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Baptism is different from marriage |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I Have Also Seen Christian Couples Retool Their Wedding Vows And |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Just contrasting it with the infinite variations on weddings |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And That's The ONLY Way To Become Christian? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. At the very least it's the only way to become an Episcopalian |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Basically, yes |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. So It's Not Simply A Matter Of... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It's a means of "making it legal" |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. So If Someone Considers Themselves To Be A Christian... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well, personally, I don't believe that non-Christians go to hell, |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That's Positive! |
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Modem Butterfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. My friend says... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. We are godless parents as well |
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Modem Butterfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. He's a Repug,too |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Repug UUs are rare but they do exist |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. So you stood up at a Catholic baptism and made the baptismal promises |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. Congratulations... That's Quite A Compliment! |
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Modem Butterfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Thanks! We think so, too |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm an atheist godfather, too. |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Jr. Skeptic is part of the regular Skeptic magazine... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sounds like a great opportunity. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm an atheist godparent to my nephew |
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Is It Fascism Yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Go for it. Dad already gave you a clue that your atheist skepticism |
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