1) Would you want to involve your family in rites like the
ones described here?
2) What compromises might you need to make, or how might you
have to educate your family beforehand? What aspect of this would be the most
challenging for you?
1) I would like to involve my immediate family (my brother,
sister, and dad) in the appropriate rites of passage for any child that I might
have, but I wouldn’t be horribly heart-broken if they refused. I would just be
extremely disappointed. My extended family would not be invited as they are all
Evangelical Christians and think that simply believing in the wrong version of
Christianity condemns you to Hell.
2) I would simply explain how, and why what is being done is
being done, I would explain proper behavior, the importance of purification,
things of that nature. The only truly difficult thing for me would be getting
my sister to understand the entirety of things, and why they must be done as
they are done. She has a hard time grasping concepts such as “traditionalism”, “piety”,
and “marking time.” She isn’t one for abstract thought, so it’d be a bit tough
to get her to understand everything properly.
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| I too, was a baby once. |
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