Did you hold off on confirmation?

Question

why? or why not? how long did you wait until you got confirmed?

(Background: I was baptized, Got my communion, but held off from confirmation... till I was sure what I wanted to do)

Answer 1

Thrown out of confirmation classes for asking too many questions the minister couldn't answer without referring to the faith cop-out. I was eleven, and became agnostic by 14 and an Atheist by 17 years old, 41 years ago.

Answer 2

When I was 11, the kids from my church in my grade were schlepped through the dumbest confirmation class ever in 10 weeks. There were 33 confirmands in total, 32 of which were confirmed because I QUIT. I found the entire premise to be (expletive), and I understood that the solemnity of the occasion demanded that I actually have some belief/understanding. Only one person out of that group still is attached to the church, and he went through Confirmation class a second time...with me and three other people. This time, it took about 20 months (but two of those were break months in the summer), meeting 4 or 2 times a month, discussing philosophies, the actual meaning of every little bit of the service and so on. So, last year (4 years after 1st go) the guy who came back renewed his vows, and I and another guy took them. I was 16. I got a funny comment from the priest right before the service: He said that it was interesting that the two people he thought would never be confirmed were going through with it.

I just trust and hope that there is something greater than this life to live for, because existencee is too bleak to continue if there isn't. (angst, angst, etc.)

Answer 3

Confirmed by my Bishop at the age of nine in 1966. I couldn't wait!!

Confirmation classes in the 60's were TOUGH, too!

I'll never forget sitting in front of Fr. Wooster's (RIP) big desk and repeating the Lord's Prayer, the Creeds and the Ten Commandments from memory. I was shaking, I was so nervous.

Waiting was not an option for me....I didn't want to go down to Sunday School with the "little kids" anymore. I wanted to stay "upstairs" and receive Holy Communion!

Answer 4

I was born to a family of Lutheran father and Orthodox mother. My parents were not religious people but they believe in God. I got baptized as a baby like customs are in my country where high 90% of the people are Lutherans.

I got confirmed at age 15. However, I walk away from my childhood belief. It just happened. I never was a regular church goer.

Now I currently attend a non-denominational Christian church where the Bible is the center of teaching and they lead us to a life changing connection with Christ. I got baptized again. That was not an easy decision. I felt I was going against what my parents thought was the best for me. But I realized that this was a decision I needed to make for myself. And I am happy I got baptized.

I attend my church regularly. I enjoy learning more about my Lord, and I love to study Bible. I have a lot to learn. I believe that we are here to love one another.

Answer 5

I was raised in the Methodist church, and my brother and I both were asked by my parents if we'd like to go through confirmation. We both agreed, and did this together. We were both baptized the same day that we were confirmed, and we had planned that baptism for that day. However, my grandmother had never been baptized, and the morning of our confirmation/baptism, she decided she wanted to be baptized with us. This made the whole experience very special.

Answer 6

yes at first. cuz i did not believe that i belong to a building but i did get confirmed because that was the only way that a person could set on the council seat and i wanted to make a difference in my church cuz i didn't like the way that it was going so i got confirmed and got my seat and started to get the church back on its path of helping others other than helping themselves. i thought about this for a long time about being confirmed by one day while thinking about it i remembered what Paul said in Galatians 5:18 so I'm not under mans law of confirmation but by law of god in Christ Jesus. hope this helps

Answer 7

One should not be confirmed until they are able and ready to accept Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior and that they are mature enough in their faith to understand what that means. I was confirmed when I was 15. I had no idea what I was doing other than just doing what I was told. It wasn't until I left the Lutheran church and was saved through the Church of Christ that I understood what being saved (or reborn) is. God Bless you.

Answer 8

Lutheran background.
Age 13.

Answer 9

Still not confirmed and I'm 50

Answer 10

Is pointing out the inconsistances of Christian practice working,,, helping you to attain your goal,, which is apparently not accumulating information, might it not be better to question why those untaught scriptures are not observed rather then those which are practiced differantly. It is the untaught scriptures that are at the root of the contradictory practices and big problems.