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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 302073" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>This is not surprising to me. Wiz HATED the Catholic church. He is the only one of mine to be baptized as a toddler. Also the only one baptized into the Catholic Church. We had an awesome priest here in OK who agreed to baptize him with-o making me go through confirmation. I went to and was abused in a Catholic school for grades 1-6. I am NOT a believer. I won't go through a ceremony to say I am. But husband IS and he felt it was important. So I agreed and got my aunt and uncle to be his godparents (husband does not have any Catholic relatives other than his dad and stepmom) and planned it all in less than 2 weeks. The relatives were coming in for a visit so we were able to skip the classes. Aunt and Uncle are both on various boards and committees for the church my dad was raised in and is half made up of relatives. So they didn't have to do the classes.</p><p></p><p>Wiz once posted on a website like facebook that we had him exorcised as a three year old and the Holy Water burned like fire and left scars on him. He put pics up of some scars he created while he was cutting. </p><p></p><p>I was furious. This child would SCREAM through entire services so we had to be in the "cry room" that has the service piped in but is sound-proof from the church. He could be heard all the way across teh church even with all the doors shut!! At age 7!!!!</p><p></p><p>he scared other kids so they wouldn't go into the cry room. The priest actually asked us to NOT bring him back ever again. It was really embarrassing and husband and father in law both thought it was a HUGE insult and that Wiz was going to burn in Hell for eternity.</p><p></p><p>Now he says he is an atheist or a Wiccan. Depends on the day. As long as he doesn't hurt anyone, any animal, or destroy other people's privacy or purposely destroy their peace of mind, I don't care what his beliefs are. They are not my business.</p><p></p><p>With your difficult child's new school, I can see your worries. Hopefully he will not be the first non-Catholic child who attends and they can understand that he is of a different mindset. Make a point of telling him that it is very important to NOT make fun or put down or make remarks of any kind about the Catholic religion or any religion even if he does not believe in that religion.</p><p></p><p>My parents insisted on Catholic school until age 12. Then we could make our own decisions as long as there were some factually correct reasons for why we chose that religion. </p><p></p><p>I hope he does not shoot himself in the foot socially over this. But it will be a way for him to learn about tolerance if nothing else.</p><p></p><p>There ARE a number of video series aimed at Catholic children. Some, like Veggietales, are generic to most Christian religions. Others are more specifically Catholic. This link is to Cath videos for kids but you can also find some for teens on the site. <a href="https://www.catholicvideo.com/search_by_category.taf?_function=prev_next&name=Children&#37;27s%20Programs&_start=11" target="_blank">https://www.catholicvideo.com/search_by_category.taf?_function=prev_next&name=Children&#37;27s Programs&_start=11</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 302073, member: 1233"] This is not surprising to me. Wiz HATED the Catholic church. He is the only one of mine to be baptized as a toddler. Also the only one baptized into the Catholic Church. We had an awesome priest here in OK who agreed to baptize him with-o making me go through confirmation. I went to and was abused in a Catholic school for grades 1-6. I am NOT a believer. I won't go through a ceremony to say I am. But husband IS and he felt it was important. So I agreed and got my aunt and uncle to be his godparents (husband does not have any Catholic relatives other than his dad and stepmom) and planned it all in less than 2 weeks. The relatives were coming in for a visit so we were able to skip the classes. Aunt and Uncle are both on various boards and committees for the church my dad was raised in and is half made up of relatives. So they didn't have to do the classes. Wiz once posted on a website like facebook that we had him exorcised as a three year old and the Holy Water burned like fire and left scars on him. He put pics up of some scars he created while he was cutting. I was furious. This child would SCREAM through entire services so we had to be in the "cry room" that has the service piped in but is sound-proof from the church. He could be heard all the way across teh church even with all the doors shut!! At age 7!!!! he scared other kids so they wouldn't go into the cry room. The priest actually asked us to NOT bring him back ever again. It was really embarrassing and husband and father in law both thought it was a HUGE insult and that Wiz was going to burn in Hell for eternity. Now he says he is an atheist or a Wiccan. Depends on the day. As long as he doesn't hurt anyone, any animal, or destroy other people's privacy or purposely destroy their peace of mind, I don't care what his beliefs are. They are not my business. With your difficult child's new school, I can see your worries. Hopefully he will not be the first non-Catholic child who attends and they can understand that he is of a different mindset. Make a point of telling him that it is very important to NOT make fun or put down or make remarks of any kind about the Catholic religion or any religion even if he does not believe in that religion. My parents insisted on Catholic school until age 12. Then we could make our own decisions as long as there were some factually correct reasons for why we chose that religion. I hope he does not shoot himself in the foot socially over this. But it will be a way for him to learn about tolerance if nothing else. There ARE a number of video series aimed at Catholic children. Some, like Veggietales, are generic to most Christian religions. Others are more specifically Catholic. This link is to Cath videos for kids but you can also find some for teens on the site. [url]https://www.catholicvideo.com/search_by_category.taf?_function=prev_next&name=Children%27s%20Programs&_start=11[/url] [/QUOTE]
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