Baptism/Christening/???

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So just planning ahead but.... I was raised catholic (made my confirmation etc) but am no longer a part of the Catholic Church.  My husband isn’t anything.   Is there a particular religion you can baptize your child in where they can then easily decide on a religion for themselves? ex. If we baptize Protestant can our child choose to be in the Catholic Church when he is older? We want to give him full control of is own faith but don’t really understand how it all works.....

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Baptisms aren’t legally binding. Adults can choose to convert to most faiths irregardless of their baptism. I wouldn’t baptize a child at all unless I was involved with the religion. It’s basically just a promise to raise them in the faith.

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Or you could not baptize them and let them decide for themselves when they're old enough?

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Why would you baptize them at all if you don't want to force religion on them? Just don't baptize as a baby, they can always get baptized later in life if they want to.

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I think any religious indoctrination is wrong. Just let your child decide for themselves when they’re old enough to understand.

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Yes, if your child grows up and decides to convert to Catholicism they would be able to. They would just need to be confirmed into the Catholic Church.

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My personal opinion is that I am strongly against baptizing a child until they are old enough to understand what is happening and they choose the faith for themselves. In your case, I would especially say no because it doesn’t sound like you or your husband are a practicing member of a church

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my parents didn’t baptize us, my sister got baptized at 10 when she asked for it. just dont baptize

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My husband and I decided to not baptize our daughter. We both were raised Catholic, went to catholic school, and are now atheist.  We also want her to choose a religion, if that’s what she wants, when she is older.

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As we’re not religious we’ve had naming ceremonies for our kids.
If they wish to be baptised later in life they can do so.

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The catholic church accepts most other christian baptisms as valid, with a few exceptions. Why not just baptise Catholic though?

Baptism/Christening/???

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