Technically yes, personally no, I grew up in a Roman catholic house, not a particularly dedicated one, we went to church one a year on Easter, as a kid I never really gave any thought to it, we were Christian, I'd been baptised and I just went with what my family taught without ever giving any actual consideration to the teachings but to please my family, i didnt tel them when I decided i was an atheist, I told them much later, I didn't bring it up in the best way with my parents though, I remember it so well, I woke up one day came downstairs and said this
" why did you baptise me? I was a baby, no baby has the ability to choose if it believes in god or not, you forced me to be a Christian, is there any way I can undo what you did to me"
If I'm honest I still agree with the sentiment, I think you should wait until the child has the cognative capability to understand the situation before baptism and I do hate the fact that I'm technically a Christian, and recognised as a Christian by the church but it really upset my parents, looking back there was no need for me to be as blunt as I was
I hate shaking hands at church
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Technically yes, personally no, I grew up in a Roman catholic house, not a particularly dedicated one, we went to church one a year on Easter, as a kid I never really gave any thought to it, we were Christian, I'd been baptised and I just went with what my family taught without ever giving any actual consideration to the teachings but to please my family, i didnt tel them when I decided i was an atheist, I told them much later, I didn't bring it up in the best way with my parents though, I remember it so well, I woke up one day came downstairs and said this
" why did you baptise me? I was a baby, no baby has the ability to choose if it believes in god or not, you forced me to be a Christian, is there any way I can undo what you did to me"
If I'm honest I still agree with the sentiment, I think you should wait until the child has the cognative capability to understand the situation before baptism and I do hate the fact that I'm technically a Christian, and recognised as a Christian by the church but it really upset my parents, looking back there was no need for me to be as blunt as I was