Thor Q. Mada

I have three grand sons, Aged 7, 6 and 3. While I am very ant-religious, as well as both my daughters, my grand children go to a Catholic school, simply because unfortunately they are the best schools.
The to oldest boys will now as customary do their "first communion" pretty soon, and they follow an accelerated indoctrination course to prepare them for this "Grand Event" i.e. unison with the body of Christ. The stuff they get to study is sickening.
That is not the end. When this great event takes place, this will take place in a church following the outrageous demented ritual. I have sworn never to enter an evil place like that.
What does a person do in a case like this??
Don't show-up?? Why is grandpa staying outside?? Show-up, and probably throw-up??
I fully understand that my dilemma is not important on the worldscale of things but am inviting your comments.

Perchance

How do your grandkids feel about it? Have you explained your beliefs to them?

If they really want you there, it might be worth choking down your objections to go. (I know they don't taste good when swallowed). On the other hand, if they know your objections and understand them, perhaps they wouldn't mind.

-Perchance.

Amos

Well there's something wrong here grandpa because if your daugthers are as anti Catholic as you are they must have crawled to the batism ceremony because you can't do you first comminion without having ben baptised. In that case, keep crawling.

Thor Q. Mada

Perchance,

7 and 6 years old boys would probably only understand later. But now, they would not understand why I am not participating in the celebration while all their classmates and their parents are. It is part of the system of religious self perpetuation I think, and another confirmation of "When you control the youth, you hold the future".
Education should not be left in religious hands.

Thor Q. Mada

Amos, You are right, but you have to see this in the same light i.e. peer pressure.
To go to a catholic school you have to be baptized. Since catholic schools offer the best education most parents have their children baptized so they can go to catholic schools, and yes also, maybe I have not done my job properly.

MortalWombat

"And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I want them to know that as a celebrity, I’ll be helpful in rounding up humans, to work in their sugar mines.”

Kent Brockman.



[ September 03, 2002: Message edited by: MortalWombat ]</p>

Amos

You know, it's easy to be a Catholic because you don't have to do much. In fact, if it comes right down to it the less you know the better a Catholic you are. It is a mystery religion which means that the real function of the Church is contained in the mystery. The rest is all decoration and it is these decorations that do the imprinting to be revealed later as truths. I would advise you just go there and try not to look lost while keeping your mind and your wallet closed. Sometimes a hang-over helps.