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In reply to the discussion: I don’t want my wife to indoctrinate our two-year-old into religion [View all]EvilAL
(1,437 posts)53. I went through that twice with baptisms.
I was against having my kids baptized, my girlfriend was on the fence, but the grandparents were for it. In the end we did it, but I drew the line at catechism, no way. I said if you want to bring them every sunday, go ahead, but I just might take them somewhere else before you show up. My daughter went for a year, my son, never.
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cleanhippie
Dec 2014
OP
ikr! Whouda thunkit...maybe people shud work these things out BEFORE they commit to marriage and kids...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2014
#51
"I think a lot of this has more to do with tradition and community than anything else."
cleanhippie
Dec 2014
#5
It could be they want them to catch literary references in classic books, and they want them to do
MADem
Dec 2014
#41
He's an atheist, she's a Christian, and this didn't come up 'til they had a child?
Jim__
Dec 2014
#6
I always laugh when I hear that not indoctrinating a child into religion is indoctrinating them
cleanhippie
Dec 2014
#15
Indeed.. the thought that atheism is the default position continues to baffle...
truebrit71
Dec 2014
#42
It sounds like a tough situation, but the husband can talk to the kid as well
Bjorn Against
Dec 2014
#12
I fear this poor 2 year old would be deluged with all kinds of books about religions
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2014
#38
I think of marriage as a partnership, where both sides must work together.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2014
#47