This is baptism?

There is much about how religion and
Christianity are understood and publicly discussed in our post-Christian
Canadian context that produces a mixture of bemusement and genuine
puzzlement for me.  This week’s entry in the “head scratcher” category
comes via an article from Wednesday’s Globe and Mail by Kate Soles that tells the story of her process of decision-making on the issue of whether or not to get her baby baptized.

Soles’ is a classic postmodern parenting
tale of the agonized apprehension and misgivings that come along with
questions of how/if she might participate in the rituals of the church
given her own agnosticism:

In my own state of uncertainty, how could
I promise to share my faith with Eliot? How would I foster his
spirituality and help him celebrate God’s presence when I needed
convincing of it myself? I worried that I lacked the conviction to make
such vows, that doing so would appear artificial and dishonest.