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In response to "Ok, I've got another question about godparents. If the primary role is to teach the kid about churchy stuff...why couldn't the actual parents do it?" by musubi

well, the original fear is that the mother would have died as a result of childbirth.

Posted by znufrii Jul 16 '09, 11:05

and/or that the child would've died before the mother could take it to be baptized.

I'm not sure how they rationalize it now.

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like most religious rites, ceremony and tradition are held onto as a way of expressing faith -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:06
i think you made this up. -- nm - TFox Jul 16, 11:06 17
- Actually, it is in case *both* parents die during childbirth. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 11:12 14
  - give me an example of how this can happen. (I'm in a meeting. if you make me laugh, it's bonus points.) -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 11:14 13
    - If Logan came out and looked like groiny. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 11:21
    - She's half praying mantis. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:20
    - Okay, but there's a twist. We find out the doctor suffers from multiple personality. Okay? He's really also the mother *and* the father! All of - Don Homer Jul 16, 11:19
    - ever seen Alien? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 16, 11:19
    - lizard baby from V -- nm - (500) Days of Dano Jul 16, 11:18
    - ambiotic fluid goes flying, startling dad who knocks over the camcorder and is impaled by the tripod leg. -- nm - TFox Jul 16, 11:17 4
      - there's a lot of taping going on, isn't there? -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:18 3
        
        No, it's digital. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 11:19 2
        
        and I thought I had quelled the nitpickers by not using the word filming - zork Jul 16, 11:22 1
        
        overreact much? -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:25
    - I can't think of a funny way for it to happen, only an extremely sad way. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:14 2
      - mom, in the throws of agony, shoots dad blaming him for the pain. has baby, but is immediately sent to jail and the child needs a good home. -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 11:16 1
        
        or the baby pops out with such speed that dad's video camera is pushed into his brain so hard that he dies. she, of course, then dies of laughter. -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:17
- Ditto, I call elves. (nm) - musubi Jul 16, 11:09
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well, the original fear is that the mother would have died as a result of childbirth.

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