Help! Need advice from Christians!

[Guest guest]

and I are going to a christening on Sunday, weather permitting.

I don't know if he'll have any questions, but if he does...do you have a simple

explanation of God for *your* autistic kids?

Don't worry about wording it in a way that I can say it -- I just want to know

what YOU say, to get an idea of what the right level of disclosure is. I'll add

in the atheist caveats myself. :-)

Thanks,

Jacquie

PS -- and how about a simple explanation of the purpose of a christening? An

8-year-old girl and a baby are being christened.

[Guest guest]

Hmmmmmm. I told Greggor that God is the one would made us all. He is good and

helps us to know right from wrong. He waits for us in heaven. He kinda gets it.

I told Greggory that he was baptized because it is a way to let everyone know

that he will believe in god and will go to heaven. Pretty vague.

Jacquie H

Help! Need advice from Christians!

and I are going to a christening on Sunday, weather permitting.

I don't know if he'll have any questions, but if he does...do you have a

simple explanation of God for *your* autistic kids?

Don't worry about wording it in a way that I can say it -- I just want to know

what YOU say, to get an idea of what the right level of disclosure is. I'll add

in the atheist caveats myself. :-)

Thanks,

Jacquie

PS -- and how about a simple explanation of the purpose of a christening? An

8-year-old girl and a baby are being christened.

[Guest guest]

At this point, all I say is, " That's Jesus/God//whoever. We love Jesus.

Jesus loves us. " I wear a crucifix and the boys both like to have me kiss

it, and I try to get them to kiss it too. I also touch it to their

foreheads so Jesus is 'kissing' them, and they like that too.

I think the right level of disclosure is whatever the child can understand,

and you're the best person to know that! That's the level we are at now but

of course mine are much younger.

-Sara.

[Guest guest]

My MIL told that a christening was the church's way of welcoming a

child into the family. He seemed satisfied with that.

Tuna

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and how about a simple explanation of the purpose of a christening? An

8-year-old girl and a baby are being christened.

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[Guest guest]

would probably ask why he was never welcomed or why they are only just

now welcoming the 8 yr old!

Sue

[Guest guest]

" God is someone who helps people help themselves " .

Penny

Help! Need advice from Christians!

and I are going to a christening on Sunday, weather permitting.

I don't know if he'll have any questions, but if he does...do you have a

simple explanation of God for *your* autistic kids?

[Guest guest]

> " God is someone who helps people help themselves " .

>

> Penny

That's murky even for me!

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

I totally agree!

RE: Help! Need advice from Christians!

" God is someone who helps people help themselves " .

Penny

[Guest guest]

Well, my explanation is a lot longer, but I boiled it down to a simple

sentence.

Penny

Re: Help! Need advice from Christians!

> " God is someone who helps people help themselves " .

>

> Penny

That's murky even for me!

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

The way it was explained to me was that it is something to celebrate

someones life.

Tina W.

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> and I are going to a christening on Sunday, weather

permitting.

>

> I don't know if he'll have any questions, but if he does...do you

have a simple explanation of God for *your* autistic kids?

>

> Don't worry about wording it in a way that I can say it -- I just

want to know what YOU say, to get an idea of what the right level of

disclosure is. I'll add in the atheist caveats myself. :-)

>

> Thanks,

> Jacquie

>

> PS -- and how about a simple explanation of the purpose of a

christening? An 8-year-old girl and a baby are being christened.

>

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