Mum and Grandmother in a phone conversation:
Grandmother: I don't know if I should buy a present for Noam now, for when they are coming up North this weekend, or if i should wait until the baptism.
Mum: But didn't Sandra tell you that they are not planning on baptizing Noam?
Grandmother: Yes, she did... But I really want her to be baptized.
So obviously my grandmother thinks that if she just wants it bad enough, it will happen. Could be true considering I felt really guilty when my mum told me the rest of the conversation:
Mum: But would Granddad and You really go to Stockholm just for a baptism?
Grandmother: Of course! We do not have much to look forward to these days you know...
So now I'm considering alternatives to a baptism, like a sort of "welcome-to-the-world-and-this-is-your-name-party". Just not sure if that will satisfy my Grandmother. Or the rest of the family.
My Grandmother is not the only one being disappointed about Noam not being baptized. Conversation with Dad on the fact that Noam is not being baptized:
Dad: Why do you always have to do things differently?
Me: But why do you care, you're the biggest atheist that I know.
Dad: Exactly, and I still had both you and your sister baptized, didn't I?
I don't get it. What's the big deal? But feel free to leave comments on how I'm supposed to ease my feeling of guilt for not letting my grandmother have something to look forward to without letting a priest dipping my daughters head in water.
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I know some people who could dress up as priests and pretend to baptise her...
yesterday I saw a film called "Bruce almighty" (no comments, pleace...). Anyhow, in this film Bruce gets the job to act God. He gets all Gods powers and so on. There is only 2 roles, and one of them is that he can't change the free will.
..... this almost sounds like a religious comment, but it's not. It's just me being deep or something, as deep as I can get. :-)
To the point, I think that you choosing not to baptize Noam means that you are giving her the free will to choose what she wants or don't want. That's a bigger gift.
Anna: Thanks for your comment. I believe so too. Noam is free to get baptized when she is old enough to make the decision herself. But try to explain that to my relatives :)
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