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I attend both religious and secular weddings and funerals, and no one seems to be missing a beat. As an agnostic, I've never thought, "we need an alternative."
by brandonmenc 11y ago
I attend both religious and secular weddings and funerals, and no one seems to be missing a beat.
As an agnostic, I've never thought, "we need an alternative." That probably has to do with the fact that marriages and funerals, even religious ones, are already highly personal, custom affairs.
> secular alternatives for [...] baptisms
An initiation ceremony for secularism? I find that bizarre.
- rch 11y agosecularism begins at conception :)
- dd9990 11y ago>An initiation ceremony for secularism? Nothing of the sort. It's a secular christening, .i.e. a party for friends and relatives after the baby is born. I think some European Humanist groups call them naming ceremonies but I haven't been to anything that formal.
- ptx 11y agoYes, my parents (who are not religious) did that when my siblings and I were born – a "naming party". I don't think there was any actual ritual or any organization involved, though.