Scientology religion.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe purpose of the ceremony is not only to welcome the baby into her family and into her community,\u201d she wrote, \u201cbut also to publicly delineate the roles of the parents and god-parents for all to witness.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI decided to do it at my local Church in Clearwater because, as a venue, it is positively stunning, simply stated. With the 30 feet high marble walls in the Grand Chapel, incredible glowing cross in the background, the atmosphere was, well, perfect.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving grown up a 3rd generation Scientologist, I thought the Scientology Naming Ceremony by Mr. L. Ron Hubbard, was the perfect way to welcome our new little one.<\/p>\n
T\u201dhere are 2 versions to the Naming Ceremony (both detailed in the book, TheBackground, Ministry, Ceremonies and Sermons of the Scientology Religion.) \u2013 the longer Formal ceremony, and the shorter, \u201cInformal\u201d ceremony. The latter is the one we chose.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimply put, it was a ceremony introducing her to her parents (myself and my husband), her God Mother & God Father (should anything ever happen to us), and also, what I think is so important \u2013 the ceremony introduced her to herself.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would a child need an introduction to herself? In my opinion, if you think about it, other than addressing a child, how does one know what their name is? Does anyone ever say \u201cyour name is _________?\u201d \u201cYour parents names are _________ and __________\u201d. Well, maybe some people do. But I think it\u2019s crucial, after all \u2013 aren\u2019t babies just like us, but smaller in their physical form? After all, they are people as well. I think it\u2019s so important to address them like people, and talk like them, as I have found they definitely understand!<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ceremony was special \u2013 and I had about 50 people there (family who traveled from out of state and local friends). There were Scientologists, Lutherans, and Christians of other denominations and of various other religious backgrounds who all joined me for this momentous occasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ceremony was about 10 minutes long, ending with the Minister doing the formal christening \u2013 a drop of water on her head, naming her.<\/p>\n
\u201cNeedless to say, there were tears of joy all around. I had many of my friends and family telling me after the ceremony that they had happy tears. At first I was wondering why all the happy tears, but after thinking about it \u2013 isn\u2019t welcoming a new little one into the world the most beautiful, joyful thing ever? Absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Scientologist shared the naming ceremony of her daughter Layana on the Scientology Parent website. \u00a0The naming ceremony, as it is performed, is unique to the Scientology religion. \u201cThe purpose of the ceremony is not only to welcome the baby into her family and into her community,\u201d she wrote, \u201cbut also to publicly delineate the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1197,1198,3,1199],"class_list":["post-2878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-babies","tag-naming-ceremony","tag-scientology","tag-scientology-religion"],"yoast_head":"\n
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