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Originally Posted by auntieannie68
in baptism one is connecting the child to God---therefore the faithfulness of the parents should not come into play---the godparents are there to take over bringing the child up in the faith if the parents do not
to refuse this opportunity to a child due to the parent or parents laxity does not follow christ like behavior imho
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Hmm. I forgot about godparents. If the godparents are practicing and are the ones taking on the responsibility for teaching the child about his or her faith, then yes, I think the priest should proceed with the baptism based on that.
Good point.
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