Do you take your child to church or temple or etc? Me and my wife aren't that religous, so we really don't go. It is kind of hard though because my Mom is pushing for us to get him baptized.

We were solid Lutheran Christians.

We go to church every Sunday. And we plan to take the babies from the very beginning.

My family has never been to big on religion, we do celebrate cristmas though. lol

I was raised & baptized Catholic, then I switched to Lutheran. I broke the Catholic tradition in my family. Both my kids were baptized Lutheran together at the age of 4 and 5. My son later was confirmed under the Methodist faith. I have gone my own way, to an older religion.

I remember thinking, when my kids were baptized, that it should be the individuals decision on what faith they choose to commit to. My children were old enough to understand about God and they both wanted to be baptized. My mother had a hard time adjusting to the fact that I had them baptized Lutheran, but I pointed out to her that it was the commitment that was the same to God and it wasn't about under what church. I guess that not only did I blow my mom's mind on what I was doing, but it was also that the Lutheran pastor was a black, married women from an inter-racial marriage. A big difference from the traditional male, celebrate priest. When I go off the beaten path, I go off the beaten path.

I'm not advocating that a family's tradition be changed, like I did mine, but to just think about whose decision it really is.

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We aren't really religous. We don't go to church at all.

I love church. I grew up in church and I plan to take our foster children to church with us. DH and I are horrible with attendance, though, so I don't know that we'll get better when we have our foster babies.

My wife is a Catholic, so she takes our daughter to church, I go sometimes but Im not that religous.

We were catholics and went somewhat often. My son however isn't that religous.

I was raised baptist, but my husband is an athiest. I still believe in God, but I don't go to church. I guess in a situation like this, the only thing you can do is let children make their own decision once they're old enough to understand.

Myself, sons father and daughters father are all different in what we believe. Sons father is an atheist for lack of a better term, complete science guy and states "We can from things smaller than atoms". My daughters father is atheist as well, but he was brought up from a single mother household, and he and his younger sister were both able to visit any temple/church they wanted to learn about. I am against forcing a belief on my children, they should be able to research freely and figure out where they stand in their own thoughts.

I'm not a believer so I don't take my son. His dad is but he doesn't go to church so he doesn't take them. I have let my mother take him with her but she doesn't attend regularly.

If someone wants to take him and he wants to go I have no problem letting him explore religion and find his path. I will not let anyone strong arm him or baptise him without his full knowledge and consent though. It's his choice when he can make it, noone elses.

Mother catholic, and b/c she was so, after she divorce my sisters father (he beat her) she was kicked out of the church.

When she was diagnosed with cancer, quit working, never told me, couldn't make her tidings and her church (a new one) kicked her out.

Father - Methodist

Me - Universal Witch (call it what you want, just clarify with me first).

Both sons fathers - Atheist

I never baptised my kids. I did try to take them to church but my daughter never wanted to go and then wore a satan shirt to youth group under her sweater so I would not know. She took off the sweater as soon as she went in. I never went back to that church I was so humiliated after they cast her out and called her demonic. I never took her again. She is still godless. Maybe I should have baptised her.

Gramma, I am not sure if a baptism would help if the child has made her own mind up on her beliefs, young or not. My mothers mother was catholic just like her father, but when my mother and my father got married, she changed over to being Baptist, which is the way I was raised. I remember going to Sunday school when I was about 10, not too much after that. I think my mother left it up to us (self, and 2 siblings), so that we could find our own belief system and abide by it, rather than being forced into it (like mamasita spoke of with her child). I don't think anyone should force a religion on another, being forced into something almost always ends up with someone rebelling, and is that something you really want on your conscience? ;)

I also switched over to Baptist when I married - many many moons ago. I had learned more in that Church than I did in my own family's (Catholic), right now I know something is there, but I have not been active in any church for many years now.