tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post2598898544775965258..comments2024-03-27T23:42:36.619-05:00Comments on Mock Ramblings: Baptism For UnbelieversMichael Mockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-76919887593694490712010-11-12T16:08:04.813-06:002010-11-12T16:08:04.813-06:00Yeah... and I think of Theron's church attenda...Yeah... and I think of Theron's church attendance in terms of acquiring antibodies. Not necessarily against religion in general - he's going to have to make up his own mind about that - but there are some bad forms of Christianity out there. Periodically I'd run into some version of it, and one of the things that kept me out of it was that I'd grown up in a relatively sane, healthy form of the religion.<br /><br />So basically, if Theron runs into someone who tells him, for example, "God wants you to keep your hair short," I want his immediate reaction to be, "No, God wants me to be a nice person. He doesn't give &*%$ about my hair." And that's regardless of whether or not he actually believes that God is anything more than a fanciful way of trying to make sense of the world.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-42428415917398689092010-11-12T11:44:19.704-06:002010-11-12T11:44:19.704-06:00I few years back my mom was really saying we neede...I few years back my mom was really saying we needed to get the boys dedicated, which in our church was usually done shortly after birth. That's what we did in our church as we felt you where to become baptized when you were older and felt the calling. Anyway, I almost did it in our last church, but didn't for what reason I'm not sure. Now she rarely mentions anything to me about the boys going to church or getting dedicated. She does however tell my sister that my niece needs to be dedicated and she tell her quite a lot.<br /><br />I'm not opposed to my children going to church. I myself have no interest in going but if we lived close enough to a grandparent that wanted to take them that would be fine with me. I would then discuss with them what they learned and answer any questions as best I could. I do want them to be well rounded children and learn to think for themselves though.theagnosticswifehttp://theagnosticswife.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-1340419644429078762010-11-12T08:03:36.970-06:002010-11-12T08:03:36.970-06:00No luck. Apparently a week or two back he managed ...No luck. Apparently a week or two back he managed to snag one and pop it in his mouth. Apparently he was not discouraged.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-53481555967954431572010-11-12T00:02:11.439-06:002010-11-12T00:02:11.439-06:00Might I suggest you acquire some non-blessed Commu...Might I suggest you acquire some non-blessed Communion wafers and introduce Theron first-hand to the reality that they taste like crap.<br /><br />I was raised catholic and when I was leading up to first communion I couldn't do it because the wafers taste awful and were too big to swallow whole without triggering my incredibly pronounced gag reflex. I ended up getting a pass with the priest doing some shtick they'd come up for people who just couldn't do it for some reason, something involving waving hands and an invocation I don't really remember about blessing me this time and maybe later being able to swallow the damn thing.<br /><br />The reason I highlight this point is prior to that exposure, I had been operating under the belief that everybody at church was receiving, I kid you not, a potato chip. As a kid, I wanted the potato chip but after having it, I never wanted it again.<br /><br />Just sayin'... you could dodge a lot of crap if the kid could convince himself this sucks.Big Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534995604187556023noreply@blogger.com