Re: An interesting thing I did for discussion. Was I right or wrong?
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Couldn't you just be a "godfather" without all the religious stuff?
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The whole ceremony is basically the new godparents swearing to help the parents raise the child in the ways of the bible. I don't know how unerversal it is, but it was a Church of England ceremony (I think) and the 'godfather' means exactly that, according to the words used in the ceremony.
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Then you have to say no. Sometimes you just have to disappoint your parents.
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The ceremony, of course, had completely different connotations for both my mother, and (I would guess) ~90% of people that have them. It is more like the fluffy meaning - welcome into this childs life in a slightly enhanced/recomfirmed role.
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Yes, but I think that you should take it seriously. Otherwise, what's the point?
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