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Red, I’m with Snark. I’ve never heard of inviting people from across the country for a christening. Maybe it’s an Italian thing? I thought it was just a simple ceremony with immediate family and any close relatives who lived nearby. (I liked snark’s comment about how it was like getting an invitation for a boy’s first baseball game.) From the LW’s description, this sounds more like wedding planning. And I also find it odd that someone who isn’t religious enough to get married before the birth of a child still finds it important to get the child christened. And I’m not saying that because I think you need to be married to have a child, I just feel like it’s a little hypocritical to pick and choose which religious rules you want to follow.
As someone else said: “By similar logic you should criticize gay people who attend church, because "generally the church" favors people not being gay.”
Personally I don’t understand why gays and lesbians attend church. I disagree with many teachings of the church which is why I’m no longer involved in one, though I was raised in a Christian home. I don’t believe premarital sex is wrong, I don’t think that people who don’t believe in Jesus will go to hell and I don’t think being gay is a sin. These are pretty common interpreations of the bible according to most churches, and after reading the bible, I find it hard to disagree with the those interpretations. (I don't agree with the sentiments behind those statements, merely that those are the sentiments the bible is expressing.)
I know this is all off-topic, but I do find it pretty frustrating when people claim to be Christians yet only follow the Christian principles that are convenient for them.
