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MichelleR
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Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
What are you going to do with the baby as far as Christening/ Baby naming/ Dedication/ etc??
I'm Protestant and DH is Jewish, and we are trying to find something like a baby welcoming ceremony that is either non denominational, or combines both religions. Neither of us is very religious at ALL. Just celebrate big holidays. I don't think Jews do much for a girl baby, and we probably won't have a bris (we're getting it done in hospital if its a boy). And on my side we do Dedications, which is a bit different than a Christening. (We don't believe in original sin)
Is it ok to do nothing?? Or maybe just have a baby welcoming party to celebrate the birth?
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lulugrrl
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
I am wondering the same thing. i was just going to do nothing, but a baby welcoming party sounds like a nice idea...hmmm? Anyone do this before???
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| Posted 6/13/07 11:43 AM |
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Eleanor
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
we just had a welcoming party - and it was great - nobody said anything to us about it at all - it's just nice for everyone to get together and see the new baby!
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| Posted 6/13/07 11:46 AM |
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lulugrrl
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
Posted by Eleanor
we just had a welcoming party - and it was great - nobody said anything to us about it at all - it's just nice for everyone to get together and see the new baby!
Did you just have a little get together at your home, or did you rent a space, how did it work??
TIA
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| Posted 6/13/07 11:59 AM |
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lululu
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
I am Catholic and my husaband is Jewish. I plan to do nothing.
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| Posted 6/13/07 11:59 AM |
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johnsae
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
I'm Christian and my husband is really nothing although his Mother is Jewish but he never was a practicing Jew.
We are doing nothing....
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| Posted 6/13/07 12:03 PM |
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MichelleR
my Becks
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
Good to see some people did nothing. I was afraid people would think i was insane to not do anything.
So we may end up either doing nothing, or just have a party with family and close friends to celebrate the birth (asking for no gifts).
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| Posted 6/13/07 12:06 PM |
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shellybean
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
mu hubby is nothing really, his mom is jewish, i am catholic, we spoke about this beofre we were married. We are raising our kids catholic...so we will baptise...
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| Posted 6/13/07 12:10 PM |
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bayla
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
i am jewish, DH is catholic and we are raising our  jewish so he will have a bris, sorry i couldn't help
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| Posted 6/13/07 12:19 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
I am Catholic and DH is a non practicing Jewish person.
No bris. It will be done by OB. No Christening! We keep our faith and don't impose to each other.
We do plan on teaching our child both religions though and he can decide what he wants to do.
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| Posted 6/13/07 12:43 PM |
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MichelleR
my Becks
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
Posted by smdl
I am Catholic and DH is a non practicing Jewish person.
No bris. It will be done by OB. No Christening! We keep our faith and don't impose to each other.
We do plan on teaching our child both religions though and he can decide what he wants to do.
Thats how we feel. We will teach our children both faiths. We will celebrate Easter, Passover, Christmas, Hanukkah, etc.. the high holy days. Then they can decide down the road what they want to do.
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| Posted 6/13/07 12:48 PM |
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shellybean
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
I am catholic and I think any religion is important. I would raise my child really with any religion as I think it gives structure to children, just my opinion but we did choose catholic just because I was raised with it....but I have thought of trying other churches such as christian etc...What is Bris, im sorry for my ignorance just not that firmiliar with it....
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| Posted 6/13/07 12:56 PM |
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Kidsaplenty
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
DH was a Muslim ( he doesn't practice hat much anymore), I'm Chrisitian.
We started off raising our kids as Muslim but changed our minds and won't raise them as either.
Circumcision is required for his religion but we didn't do it to our son. We also didn't do the aiqiah for any of our children (kind of a welcoming baby ceremony). We won't be christening our children either.
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| Posted 6/13/07 1:05 PM |
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MichelleR
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
Posted by shellybean
I am catholic and I think any religion is important. I would raise my child really with any religion as I think it gives structure to children, just my opinion but we did choose catholic just because I was raised with it....but I have thought of trying other churches such as christian etc...What is Bris, im sorry for my ignorance just not that firmiliar with it....
I'm personally agnostic (and against many religious ideas) , so this isn't a "what are you raising your kids" question.
But a bris is a jewish ceremony where a mohel (a circumciser) performs the circumcision usually in the home. Close friends and relatives can come, then you have a meal. I think you are supposed to name the baby then too.
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| Posted 6/13/07 1:28 PM |
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imyself
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
I was raised Catholic and DH was raised Jewish. Neither of us practice our parents religion. I plan on doing a baby blessing. I want to have the minister who married us do the blessing and we will pick and choose from the different religions (not just what we were raised). My mother has harrassed me about raising the baby catholic but it's not going to happen. My family will get over it.
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| Posted 6/13/07 3:13 PM |
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LuvMy2Girls
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
I am catholic, DH is jewish. We don't necessarily go to church/temple but we wanted our kids to be raised with spirituality from one of those religions and we would teach them the other.
I baptized my daughter and will be raising both of them Catholic.
if down the line they feel a stronger pull to judiasm, so be it.
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| Posted 6/13/07 3:54 PM |
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boobanick
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
My DH's cousin did a welcoming party b/c they both are not religous plus she is catholic and he is jewish. so they had a huge party at their house and they got a cake saying their twins names and welcoming them into the world that was it. it was very nice
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| Posted 6/13/07 3:57 PM |
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cjik
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
We don't know yet! Even though we are not religious, I think both sets of grandparents would not take it well if we did not have a Christening. And we are not atheists or against religion per se, we just choose not to follow one...
A lot to think about.
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| Posted 6/13/07 5:54 PM |
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hbugal
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Re: Mixed faith marriage/ non religious people...
Neither myself or my DH is really very religious...I was raised Protestant and my DH is technically Jewish.
The most important thing for me is that my children grow up to accept all people no matter what their race, religion, etc...
With that said...
My previous children..from a previous marriage are all being raised catholic. As was important to their father. I basically told him that if he wanted to raise them Catholic then he could but he would be the one to do it...
With this baby we are having a traditional Bris. It is what my DH wants should he decide to raise him Jewish...But we are unsure at this point.
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