Modem Butterfly
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Fri Mar-04-05 08:23 PM
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Hey guys- guess what? Will and I have been asked to be GOD PARENTS! |
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I posted this over in the relgion forum, and I may very well post it in the lounge, too. Is this not the craziest thing you've ever heard of? My theist friend says God told him my partner and I, both atheists, would make the best god parents for his child! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=214x12502
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Fri Mar-04-05 11:07 PM
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1. Can you use this quote? |
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"Always a godfather, never a god." (Gore Vidal)
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Sat Mar-05-05 02:00 AM
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2. We use the term godless parents |
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My best friend is Catholic and he and his wife asked us to be their childrens godless parents.
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Wed Mar-09-05 01:14 PM
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12. So do we. I'm godless mother to my niece. |
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Though my sister calls us the goddess parents, since she's pagan.
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Sat Mar-05-05 03:15 PM
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3. I'm my nephew's godfather...... |
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My mom forced me to do it when my sister asked, back when i was in college and was still enough of a sap to let my mother force me to go to church...
I don't have the heart to tell the poor chap (or my parents for that matter) that his godfather doesn't believe in the whole "god" thing...(it's nice living halfway across the country, and being able to just "avoid bringing things up" around your parents)
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Sat Mar-05-05 09:35 PM
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I'm the "god mother" of a friend's child. It only means I made a promise to care for the child if the parents are unable to do so.
Actually, it's a cool statement.
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Fri Mar-11-05 10:00 AM
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14. I was never asked and used to be upset by it.... |
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because I took it to mean the same as you. And now that I am probably in the best position out of all the family members to care for my nieces and nephews, they are stuck with "godparents" who can barely take care of themselves. Karma anyone?
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Sun Mar-06-05 05:47 AM
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5. What religion do these parents belong to? |
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It sounds strange to me, since, obviously, you'll never embrace it, and this is the traditional function of "god parents." But my "god parents" did not share my parents' religion, either. I just think they chose those who they knew who they wanted to have a part in their child's life. It didn't necessarily work out that way, but, from a distance, I can see where they were coming from. As long as you don't have to participate in a religious ceremony that offends you or agree to pass on religious ideals that you can't, I'd be very flattered.:-)
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Sun Mar-06-05 02:00 PM
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6. They're trying to bring you in. |
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Typical activist shit. I have a friend who gets very surreptitiously black-mailed to have have her car fixed for free if she sends her grand-daughter to the church twice a week.
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Mon Mar-07-05 12:16 PM
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This is a very close friend who, other than his baptism and marriage, has never invited me to church or tried to preach to me in any way. Plus, he's from a pretty mixed religious background himself and is pretty mellow about the whole thing. If anything I worry that this is some sort of passive-aggressive swipe at his wife, who's fairly devout and traditional.
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Wed Mar-09-05 02:34 PM
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Then I would say you're right about the swipe. Also an attempt on his part to expose his daughter to something else. What the heck! Go for it! That's an offer you can't refuse...
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Mon Mar-07-05 11:00 AM
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7. I decline to be a godmother... |
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Edited on Mon Mar-07-05 11:02 AM by zanana
I have seven nephews and nieces. I was asked to be a godmother for one of them three times. I explained that, as I was not Catholic, I could not promise to bring them up as Catholics if the need arose. Instead, I opted to be an "honorary"godmother. I get to spoil them!
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Mon Mar-07-05 01:52 PM
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9. Does that mean you are in charge of their religious education? |
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That may not go quite the way the parents figure.
"All right, kiddo, today we are going to learn about the opiate of the masses."
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Mon Mar-07-05 04:32 PM
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well good luck, your the parents back-up. :)
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Mon Mar-07-05 06:51 PM
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Just as religion has co-opted what it can use from secular practice, like charity and kindness, I would think the idea of godparents as those who would "look after" children in the case the parents couldn't, is a good practical idea. But I don't know about the specific Christian practices involved.
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