Hmmm - all joking aside, Val and myself touched on a subject the other night that is a fairly large decision thing - religion.
Both of us have been christened, confirmed into the Church of England. As adults, Val used to go to church, and I think was a fairly committed christian. As for me, I used to go to churches to admire the architecture...
One of Val's brothers is a skypilot in the Church of England - has his own parish, church and collection of dresses etc, and a fair few others in her family are christians. My family, IF they attend any church, only go for Hatches, Matches and Despatches....
Now I am not saying that we are not christian, but christian with a small c - ie, we do try to live how the new testament tells us to - we do genuinly care for the people around us etc. Now as a moral guide, I don't think we can do better for our child - so, maybe we should raise the child as a christian, but to do that does that mean we should start to go to church ourselves? I know that that would be a lie for me - I am bitterly opposed to any religious organisation, and I am probably a pagan at heart - but for my child should I live a lie?
I think that we may well have the child christened, and just try to compromise as best we can - perhaps with our broad differences, we will be able to give a good moral upbringing and broaden the child's mind
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I think it's possible to have morality without a christian upbringing. Teaching a child that something is wrong can still be done without making them think they'll be thrown into a pit of hellfire and damnation.
That said, with Val's family having a strong christian background, you'll find yourself hard pressed to not raise the child as a christian. Kids learn by example, so that means to church for you as well. Though on the positive side, there's tons of lovely architecture in England. You shouldn't have too hard a time steering the family to one that provides some interest to you. ;)
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