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Originally posted by KappaKittyCat
I was confirmed into the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in 8th grade, when I was thirteen. I had no say in the matter.
If given the choice-- and by "choice" I mean "a decision made free from emotional blackmail"-- when I was thirteen I probably would have gotten confirmed anyway. If confirmation in the LCMS were later, say junior or senior year in high school, then I probably would not have.
I've since fallen away from the Church. I don't like its philosophy of guilt, its presumptively judgemental nature, or its misogynist and patronizing attitudes towards women. I agree with Valkyrie that religion or being spiritual is a very personal issue. I consider myself a very spiritual person and I still go to church on occasion, but most of the time I'm not religious.
It's all the same thing to me, anyway.
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Hey, KKC, come on over to the ELCA - all the pomp, none of the guilt LOL. Did you ever see the Cheers where Woody thought Kelly was going to go to hell because she was ELCA and he was Missouri Synod?
Anyway, I am Lutheran and our confirmation age is 9th grade (you get confirmed on the Pentecost of that year). You are then considered an adult in the eyes of the church. This used to be first communion age also, but that was changed and it is getting progressively younger. I think kids can now commune at age 7. Which trips me out, cause we use real wine.
