I hardly know mine and they haven't taught me a thing about God
2006-12-07 07:32:41 · 29 answers · asked by Lick my @sss 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In my case - yes. But its a personal thing so I refuse to elaborate.
2006-12-07 07:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by ana_is_a_cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rarely, they're supposedly there to provide spiritual guidance to the child so maybe their image needs updating? I know loads of people who don't even have contact with their godchildren - its not really considered a hard and fast committment anymore. I was asked to be a godparent once and I turned it down because I didn't think I could be as committed as I would feel a godparent should and the parents haven't forgiven me for the "insult" as they see it. So looks like you can't win either way, should have just smiled prettily on the day and then become a disappointment, maybe they'd have found that easier to bear.
2006-12-07 07:41:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really think in most cases that the role of Godparent is now just an honour that is given, but not much is really expected from them. I know that I never knew my godparents and at age 41 ended up working with my godmother. I knew she was my godmother but she never once acknowledged the relationship. It has become a thing of the past.
2006-12-07 07:37:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a godparent and it took a lot of soul searching to agree to it. The reason I agreed was because I wanted to play a part in the Children's lives and offer them an additional "family member" who will look out for them as they grow up. I was really honoured to be asked and do my best to be part of their lives. I Visit the children at least once each week, sometimes more. I feel very much a part of the family and go on family outings with them, spend birthdays, Christmas and Easter with them.
I think a lot of godparents are very distant in the lives of their godchildren, but I'm not one of those.
2006-12-07 07:40:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know mine but they haven't taught me anything either. A godparent is supposed to help the parents teach the child the faith and be a an example of what a good christian should be. I don't think either of mine even go to church anymore. Sad. :(
God bless,
Stanbo
2006-12-07 07:41:56 · answer #5 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point. It often seems to be an honorary title these days, especially if the parents and or godparents aren't religious. I think godparents should take a special interest in the welfare of their godchildren, though, even if only with regard to temporal matters.
2006-12-07 07:37:27 · answer #6 · answered by mad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It somewhat doesn't play a position. there are particular segments of our inhabitants who're non secular skrewballs, very verbal, very outspoken. because they're so very weird and wonderful and bypass hostile to the yankee way of doing issues, they get a lot of press. The media in our us of a like to hearth up the hornet's nest. They LOVE a good arguement....it higher their score.. Plus, our information media haven't any more advantageous investigating or specialist newshounds anymore. they're incapable of searching newsworthy activities.. they only sit down of their chair in the front of the digital camera and skim what comes off the teleprompter. faith is a warm-button difficulty right here. those so-call "christians" and "televangelists", the fundamentalists, snake handlers, Witnesses and others make a lot of noise. they're so weird and wonderful they get a lot of interest. somewhat frankly, till the Reagan campaign, no human being knew or cared what "faith" a candidate adhered to - or in the journey that they believed some thing. Reagan delivered "god" into politics and those nutcases between us have had a 25 365 days run. this is virtually over, thank goodness. Thank goodness for our structure and the information of the Framers. were it not for them, our us of a must be run with techniques from non secular zealots who must be only as violent and murderous because the novel Islamists we see right now.
2016-11-30 06:53:00 · answer #7 · answered by winkles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God parents, actually have nothing to do with "God" they are just a stand in, if anything should happen to your real parents, but that was an actual years ago, not now. Biological parents hardly plays a part in their children lives nowadays,far more...
2006-12-07 07:37:38 · answer #8 · answered by charmaine f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really close to my godparents, but they're still good family friends. If something were to happen to my parents, I would probably be able to support myself, but when I was younger definitely not. Sometimes you just don't want to live with your relatives...
2006-12-07 07:36:08 · answer #9 · answered by technicolor8706 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's more or less reduced to a custom in many places. Also it's a way of showing someone they are important to you by asking them to be Godparents for your children.
2006-12-07 07:35:07 · answer #10 · answered by captainspinmore 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my god mother also happens to be my aunt so she plays that role in my life, my god father, i have no idea who he is, apparently hes some guy that saved my mother from falling down a flight of stairs when she was pregnant with me, just some guy her and my father worked with so...they dont work with him anymore, ive never even met him...the only real role i even know that god parents are supposed to play in a childs life is if both the parents die, they are to take care of the child...but i dont think that really holds very strong in today society, but thats just my opinion
2006-12-07 07:37:23 · answer #11 · answered by Jamie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋