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Originally Posted by flashytart
can i just say something about the catholic church?
my gran and grandad where catholic, my mum was catholic, my sister and her husband and kids are catholic, i went to enquire about reece being baptised and i got a huge NO!! all because i aint catholic, although my sis n bother-in-law where to be reece's god parents, the father said i couldnt get him baptised because it has to come from me, after that i lost all my faith in the church....surely it has to start somewhere?....pathetic
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If you're not catholic then why do you want to get your son christened?
(point of reference - christening is when the parent offers their child to god, baptism is when a person offers themselves i.e. an older person who has never been christened). Catholic priests tend to believe that if you're not a catholic yourself then the only reason you're doing it is to get your child into a catholic school and not because you want to dedicate them to god.