I am not a religious person. I haven't been to church more than ten times in my entire life. DH is not exactly religious, but he was kind of raised Catholic . . . kind of, as in, I know more about his religion than he does. He and his family really want to get DS baptized, but we don't have a place to baptize him, seeing as no one in the family belongs to a church. We contacted the church we got married in, but they won't do it since we're not parishioners.
I don't know much about how baptisms work since I'm not baptized and have never been to one. I was hoping I could get some ideas from y'all . . . how do I get my son baptized when neither we nor our relatives belong to any church?
Re: Baptism for the non-religious?
Neena Mae. 1/7/10
"A baby nursing at a mother's breast is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature." - David Suzuki
If you are wanting DS baptized in the catholic church, keep checking with different churches - each one has different rules based on the priest. Otherwise, if you check with a Christian church, they will usually do it, although it's typically called a "dedication". Belonging/attending a christian church means you beleive in God and the Bible but it isn't ceremonial like other religons (Catholic). Hope this helps a little.