HOw cruel can you get

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

I really wish all those doctors, nurses, and techs had SHUT THEIR MOUTHS when I was giving birth.

I can remember being half out of it hearing counting...constant counting. I think they were checking to be sure they had all the sponges and tools out before they closed. I really just wanted peace and quiet...

 

[PaulaSB12]

My great great grandfather married a catholic in 1852, so the family became catholic. My grandfather walked away after the funeral of his 3 year old baby daughter in 1920 (a couple of years after he was discharged from the army with only 6 months to live because of mustard gas, he died in 1966) the priest went on and on about god forgiving this baby her sins. He couldn't take that thumpted the man and left the church. You find out odd things when you look up your family tree. For example my sister had triplets, it turned out her great great great uncle Richard had a set of triplets in 1840 called Faith Hope and Charity!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[momof2inPA]

I'm not going to defend scientology because I don't know all that much about it, but I do know that I have to dunk my Catholic baby in water and verbally give him to the Lord, and my Jewish friends have to ritualistically hock off part of their sons' southern regions. So let's just acknowledge ... common religions involve some pretty strange stuff too.

The priest poors a "little" holy water on the baby's head in most Catholic baptisms, then they do the white garment and the candle thing. For anyone who's wondering, they don't submerge a newborn. Now, at Easter Vigil they poored a whole pitcher of water on the adults.

For what it's worth, I go to Church nearly every week, and I have never heard a priest talk about tithing-- yes, I know it's mentioned in the Bible, but even other Christian faiths don't see it as a salvation issue. In our Church, if a family or child cannot pay for a Church function, something to do with a sacrament, or a basic need, the Church will provide it (if possible) or it will be paid for by the St. Vincent DePaul Society.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I really wish all those doctors, nurses, and techs had SHUT THEIR MOUTHS when I was giving birth.

I can remember being half out of it hearing counting...constant counting. I think they were checking to be sure they had all the sponges and tools out before they closed. I really just wanted peace and quiet...

Seriously--when I watch Baby story adn they are all going---push push push push push push push push push push--c'mon...I just want to say--SHUT UP!!!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

The priest poors a "little" holy water on the baby's head in most Catholic baptisms, then they do the white garment and the candle thing. For anyone who's wondering, they don't submerge a newborn. Now, at Easter Vigil they poored a whole pitcher of water on the adults.

We have an option of sprinkling or submersion--we opted submersion. That is what I did when I was baptised catholic. Of course--if the church doesn't have a font for this---then there will only be sprinklings due to logistics.