AIBU not going to my nephew's christening?

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Hey, my sister has just had her first baby and they have decided to christen him. None of our family is religious, but my BIL's parents are quite religious. I think they are mostly christening him because of them. I think that raising your child to be religious is deeply unethical. I think it is wrong to teach kids their ludicrous beliefs which there is almost no evidence for as if they are facts. It actively discourages critical thinking. You are facilitating a religion that is deeply misogynistic and homophobic, even if you conveniently ignore these parts of the Bible. Christenings are promising to do just that. At best it is a hypocritical promise. In this case, I think this is all it is. I feel uncomfortable supporting this, and I find religious ceremonies infuriating and boring. I told her I would not be going for these reasons. It is their choice. I am not trying to stop them from doing this, I just don't want to go myself. However, she told me this was "ridiculous" and "pathetic" and that it was "mostly just an excuse for a party." What does everyone think of this? AIBU not going to my nephew's christening?

Based on her OP, she doesn't come across like a good judge of anything.

Don’t know so much about that one, she did manage to nail some of the more problematic aspects of religion.

Your sister is right.
You are being ridiculous and pathetic

But nobody cares! Least of all her sister.

Lol. Cared enough to get angry over it, clearly. And here we are, 13 pages in.

On that note, ✌🏼

@ItsShiela Only atheists are fair game by disrespectful people.

Is that so? There are quite a few posts on this very thread describing Christian beliefs and practice as manipulative, hypocritical and worse. Do a search for the phrase “sky fairy” on mn and tell me again that only atheists are considered fair game.

Whatever your belief, or lack of, someone somewhere will think it’s fine to be rude about it.

I'd get angry about any opinion I didn't care about being shoved down my throat. As would most people.

Nah, it's total nonsense.

I don't know how you get from an OP saying, "My sister is having her baby baptised and I told her I won't be going because religion is unethical, ludicrous, delusional, misogynistic and homophobic and the people who practise it are hypocritical and lack critical thinking skills, and she was upset, AIBU?" to "wah wah wah, only atheists are fair game!"