Why is it that Gen X and Gen Y, who don't give a Fat Fig about religion - never actually go to church, don't believe in god, and so on - are insisting on (a) big church weddings and (b) going through the ritual of baptism and naming Godmothers and Godfathers for their little Brats?
A major part of my "social life" over the past several years has been attending the big church weddings of people who, with their lifestyles, mock the very religion that sanctions their gaudy weddings. They live together for years, sometimes even have kids, then they want to have these big church weddings. In the process they make a mockery of the whole institution (both marriage and the Church), by lying to the priest/minister about their lives, beliefs, and practices.
And then a few years later when they have kids, they make a big production out of naming a Godmother and a Godfather (sometimes of the same gender - just to be "different"), and they have these big public "christenings" for their little brats. These are people who NEVER GO TO CHURCH, and who you know will never teach their kids religion. And the Godparents are the same; the designation means NOTHING.
I find the whole thing nauseating.
A major part of my "social life" over the past several years has been attending the big church weddings of people who, with their lifestyles, mock the very religion that sanctions their gaudy weddings. They live together for years, sometimes even have kids, then they want to have these big church weddings. In the process they make a mockery of the whole institution (both marriage and the Church), by lying to the priest/minister about their lives, beliefs, and practices.
And then a few years later when they have kids, they make a big production out of naming a Godmother and a Godfather (sometimes of the same gender - just to be "different"), and they have these big public "christenings" for their little brats. These are people who NEVER GO TO CHURCH, and who you know will never teach their kids religion. And the Godparents are the same; the designation means NOTHING.
I find the whole thing nauseating.