God has blessed this baby and his family with love and happiness.

Sunday my nephew is getting christened here is the card I made for him. I just looked up the difference between A christening and a baptism. To me it’s one in the same. Some people say they are different. Each ceremony is the act of  giving yourself to god. A baptism supposedly wipes your sins clean,but what sins can a newborn have? A christening I read is a naming ceremony. When a child leaves the hospital the name is already determined.  I believe the child in the catholic ceremony takes on the name of a saint.

My heart belongs to mommy,daddy and god.

The god parents are suppose to make sure the child pursues the faith the parents have chosen for them.What if the father doesn’t believe in the whole christening thing and the mother insists. Isn’t this hypercritical? How do you explain to a child when they get older mom believes and dad doesn’t? Is it up to the godparents at this point to make sure  the child goes to church because one parent agrees and the other doesn’t. Is the  assignment of godparents an  easy way  so the parents don’t have to address the questions of religion?