Not christened?

Hi... Anyone else not christened?... And what are your feelings about this please ?..... I was not christened ....which for "those" days was quite unusual.... The "faith" I would naturally have joined would have been church of England. I attended C of E school and it's teachings ...I also attended Sunday school and coloured in pictures of Jesus ..which I quite liked. When I married my first husband , it was in a Catholic church...but because I was not christened I did not have to "convert" ...and I did not have to be baptised prior to the wedding.... So I am still "un-christened. I personally like the fact that I do not "belong " to any particular faith, as I am very much a free spirit..... I suppose I make my own religion up as I go along....It's not that I don't "believe".... I absolutly DO believe... But not enough , to go in one direction or another....

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by Elfin

Hi... Anyone else not christened?... And what are your feelings about this please ?..... I was not christened ....which for "those" days was quite unusual.... The "faith" I would naturally have joined would have been church of England. I attended C of E school and it's teachings ...I also attended Sunday school and coloured in pictures of Jesus ..which I quite liked. When I married my first husband , it was in a Catholic church...but because I was not christened I did not have to "convert" ...and I did not have to be baptised prior to the wedding.... So I am still "un-christened. I personally like the fact that I do not "belong " to any particular faith, as I am very much a free spirit..... I suppose I make my own religion up as I go along....It's not that I don't "believe".... I absolutly DO believe... But not enough , to go in one direction or another....

INTERESTING!

I seem to resonate with most religions if not all. I can blend in but I do not go to one particular place of worship.

As an example, I used to receive information from one Catholic Monastery because they thought I was one of their clergy.

Another example, is when I once went to this grocery store on a Sunday that had a counter up in front that was a restaurant. I sat down and ordered my food. Next to me where 4 black chaps all dressed in black shoes, black pants, white shirt with tie and each had a black covered Bible they had already placed on the counter. I looked at them and asked them if they go to the Church on such and such street? They said they did.

When we got done talking, they had invited me to do faith healings at their Church (the kind where a person brings their hand to the other person's forehead and people behind that person catches them as they collapse), considered by them to not just be a brother but a 'man of the cloth' and they even asked me to come to their Church and that I probably could give the talk!

Originally Posted by BigJohn

INTERESTING!

I seem to resonate with most religions if not all. I can blend in but I do not go to one particular place of worship.

As an example, I used to receive information from one Catholic Monastery because they thought I was one of their clergy.

Another example, is when I once went to this grocery store on a Sunday that had a counter up in front that was a restaurant. I sat down and ordered my food. Next to me where 4 black chaps all dressed in black shoes, black pants, white shirt with tie and each had a black covered Bible they had already placed on the counter. I looked at them and asked them if they go to the Church on such and such street? They said they did.

When we got done talking, they had invited me to do faith healings at their Church (the kind where a person brings their hand to the other person's forehead and people behind that person catches them as they collapse), considered by them to not just be a brother but a 'man of the cloth' and they even asked me to come to their Church and that I probably could give the talk!

Hi John.... I cannot tell.... But I would suppose these gentlemen to maybe be jehovas witnesses...???... Only because that is my impression of how they conduct themselves.. I may be wrong of course.... My best friend is jehovas witness .....

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by Elfin

Hi John.... I cannot tell.... But I would suppose these gentlemen to maybe be jehovas witnesses...???... Only because that is my impression of how they conduct themselves.. I may be wrong of course.... My best friend is jehovas witness .....

They were Pentecostal.

As for Jehovah Witnesses, before the pandemic, I used to go to McDonalds to eat and one of the chaps that would join the group was an elderly Jehovah's Witnesses. He is 93 or 94 and acts like he is 75! We get along pretty good. I used to every once in a while buy his breakfast for him and generally gave him my newspaper after I finished reading it.

Small world!

Originally Posted by BigJohn

They were Pentecostal.

As for Jehovah Witnesses, before the pandemic, I used to go to McDonalds to eat and one of the chaps that would join the group was an elderly Jehovah's Witnesses. He is 93 or 94 and acts like he is 75! We get along pretty good. I used to every once in a while buy his breakfast for him and generally gave him my newspaper after I finished reading it.

Small world!

Ah...that's a nice story..... ( Apart from Macdonald's lol,!)... Only joking !!.....I see good in all religions ..... I can all of there "pros and cons".... Which is why I have never felt the urge to ever join one particular faith.... I like my own...

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by Elfin

Ah...that's a nice story..... ( Apart from Macdonald's lol,!)... Only joking !!.....I see good in all religions ..... I can all of there "pros and cons".... Which is why I have never felt the urge to ever join one particular faith.... I like my own...

If I cut my hair, went out and bought a suit, I probably could go to the Kingdom Hall and if I could get there early, I would not be surprised if some one would ask me if I was giving the talk that day. LOL!

Your own 'faith' seems to resonate with mine.

[BigJohn]

On a serious note, when I was growing up, we would go to the Methodist Church and when they gave us envelopes to put money in to it, we would switch to the Baptist Church. And when the Baptist Church gave us envelopes, we would switch,....... going back and forth.

Because of this, none of us got baptized.


and those were the only Churches in our community........ Well there were 2 other Churches, but they were rarely ever used.

I grew up in a Welch community...... so those were Welch Churches.


Looking at the gravestones of some of the people buried in our community was an experience in of itself. The names were 'unique'.

A common name was William Williams.

[Native spirit]

I am not surprised to hear you mention that you grew up in a Welsh community. my family went into patigonia in the 1800s. i know some went into Arizona and other places.
that is where my family went into Arizona.
william is a common name in wales my late husbands name was William just like his dad and grandfather before him. most people from wales get Baptised rather than christend


Namaste

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by Native spirit

I am not surprised to hear you mention that you grew up in a Welsh community. my family went into patigonia in the 1800s. i know some went into Arizona and other places.
that is where my family went into Arizona.
william is a common name in wales my late husbands name was William just like his dad and grandfather before him. most people from wales get Baptised rather than christend


Namaste

Thanks for your comment.

When I went to school, we had Welsh rarebit 1-2 times a week. I thought everybody ate that food. Occasionally, we had peas with the food.

[hallow]

Originally Posted by Elfin

Hi... Anyone else not christened?... And what are your feelings about this please ?..... I was not christened ....which for "those" days was quite unusual.... The "faith" I would naturally have joined would have been church of England. I attended C of E school and it's teachings ...I also attended Sunday school and coloured in pictures of Jesus ..which I quite liked. When I married my first husband , it was in a Catholic church...but because I was not christened I did not have to "convert" ...and I did not have to be baptised prior to the wedding.... So I am still "un-christened. I personally like the fact that I do not "belong " to any particular faith, as I am very much a free spirit..... I suppose I make my own religion up as I go along....It's not that I don't "believe".... I absolutly DO believe... But not enough , to go in one direction or another....

i share a lot of the same views as you do. I was baptized. In a spiritual aspect I really don't think it makes a difference. Overall people are going to believe and do what there going to baptized or not.
I have a hard time thinking just because you were baptized you have a "free pass". I don't think a God as great as everyone says they are would say, you did all these great things for humanity but you weren't baptized and I don't want you and to hell you go. Least I sure hope not. If so that's something I would imagine the "devil" doing.