I thought this was a cool article in the Chicago Tribune. Different religions don't have to cause strife in families. We decide how we take things. How we take things says more about us than it does the other people involved sometimes. Families are complicated, but this is a good reminder to me not to be quick to get upset over stuff that may well be meant a lot kindlier than I take it. =)
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
I don't even believe in any religion anymore, but if I found out some cousin decided to baptize my dead gradparents, I would NOT take it as a compliment. They both survived the 20th century turmoils in Europe, and proxy baptism would be a disgrace and a means to dishonor them in my eyes.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
We're not going to do the proxy baptism thing again, are we?
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Please no. I don't know if I can take it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Oy. The article irritates me quite a bit, and I think posting it here, after all the threads we have had on this very divisive subject, shows an incredible lack of judgment and consideration for the beliefs and feelings of others.
But I'd really rather skip another rehash too.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
What they said.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I'm going to possibly be signing books with three big name authors in North Carolina in November.
I think that's something we can all support.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Cool! But you know, you should probably announce that in a thread that's less likely to be deleted by its creator. We can always use more good news.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I do wish this article came in a subject about which I took the other side. But it was such a cool attitude that I felt I wanted to post it. I do take it to heart on subjects about which I might be prone to be hurt or offended. I like the whole idea of not taking offense where none is intended.
I hope in my own family that I'm someone like the two brothers who loved and helped one another, who remained close, despite their wider family's rifts. I want to be the person who doesn't feed into the rifts. That was the idea of the post. =)
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :