#interestingly my maternal grandfather is also a methodist i have no idea whether he's still religious but he obviously was at some point | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

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Both sides of my family view religion as an incredibly personal thing so even if they're religious they tend not to talk about it a lot and church attendance is very much not mandatory and there is no greater example of this than the fact that we don't actually know whether or not my dad was baptised. He has an invitation to his uncle asking to be his godfather so we know what church he would have been baptised in (interestingly it's an anglican church in his mother's hometown rather than his local church - presumably a compromise between my (anglican) grandfather and my (baptist) great grandmother) but because his uncle hasn't signed it we're not actually a 100% sure he was in fact baptised.

#my paternal grandfather went to church regularly by all accounts but my paternal grandmother apparently wouldn't step foot in a church #except for weddings and funerals which is presumably one of the reasons why my dad doesn't know if he was baptised #her mother was incredibly religious though and did live with them for some years. she was a baptist but had to go to the Methodist church #because there wasn't a baptist church near them (she was actually born Methodist but presumably became baptist when shw married)#because from what i can gather from newspapers my great grandfather's family were baptist #trying to track the denomination of that side of the family is hard they were and i say this with the greatest respect very welsh #interestingly my maternal grandfather is also a methodist i have no idea whether he's still religious but he obviously was at some point #because he converted and his father was a c of e lay preacher. my grandmother is just kind of non denominational #she's very religious she was born Lutheran but she went to a Catholic school (it was private so i assume it's because it was being paid for #by her mother's polish employer) and now tbh i don't think she really believes in organised religion #god yes jesus yes the church not really #but when my mum went to church as a kid it was to a Methodist church and my parents married in a Methodist church #if i ever were to go to church it would likely be Methodist so I'd say my family religious background is methodist #but because my family is not really practicing in that way my personal religious background is cofe #because it comes from my very religious primary and to a lesser extent secondary school #and all of that means fuck all if you aren't a protestant

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