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Originally Posted by stelios  Go ahead and christen your babies all you like if it means a little peace of mind. I was more militant about it until a friend of mine asked me to be his daughter's godfather. At first I thought that since I don't believe it wouldn't be right for me to swear that I would guide her way into the church or whatever. Then I remembered I don't believe in any of this stuff so I could really do anything they wanted without caring at all.
Got a nice watch out the whole deal, too.
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I guess I kind of see what some of you are saying.
Maybe I'm built differently, but for me things like this are up there with going along with some sort of mass hallucination and pretending you are seeing the giant purple monkey that everyone else sees.
I see value in truth (insomuch as we can possibly comprehend it), and I won't go along with a religious ceremony just for family peace. I'd ditch the family before I did that. They need to respect the fact that I don't take part in nonsensical magical thinking if they even want to know my address and ever interact with my daughter.
The ball is in their court.
