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It Will Be Interesting To Hear (Thruthfully),
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how many atheists who are married, got married in a Church.
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Daisya. "Ratter - surely the very essence of marrying in church is to marry in the eyes of the Lord (or whatever phrase they use), meaning that those choosing to marry in church have some belief at least?"
Not in my case, it was just a lovely building to get married in, I put up with the religious bit just to please the other half and keep her family happy.
We are currently planning our wedding, we are hoping to have the wedding as a medieval ceremony in a tent in a field, and the marriage will be of our design and will naturally include our hounds. The paperwork will be done later as a legal formality.
Not in my case, it was just a lovely building to get married in, I put up with the religious bit just to please the other half and keep her family happy.
We are currently planning our wedding, we are hoping to have the wedding as a medieval ceremony in a tent in a field, and the marriage will be of our design and will naturally include our hounds. The paperwork will be done later as a legal formality.
I continue to be fascinated by what motivates MrsLuLu to ask the question.
First she qualifies the question, using the word Truthfully in brackets, perhaps implying that atheists are by nature innately incapable of telling the truth unless sternly told to; Then later we get this further qualification - that she merely wishes the Atheists to ADMIT ( note the capital letters for emphasis) to marrying in Church - but why would they need to ADMIT to anything? Why do they need to be told to answer "Truthfully"?
Come clean MrsLulu - Tell us what motivated your question, and give us your actual opinion on atheists who marry in Church - what do you think it says, or means?
Based upon your posts both in this thread and others, I think you feel quite indignant that atheists keep attacking religion, as you see it, and you actually think any atheist who married in church is either hypocritical, or secretely believes in god, or perhaps both. For you, this repesents some sort of killer argument against atheists, doesn't it? Go on, you can admit to it - at least then we would all know where we stand...
I am a lifelong atheist. Have never believed, will never believe. My first marriage however was in Church - not because I wanted it, but because the families expected it, my prospective wife wished for it, and because a Church repressnted the most suitable venue to celebrate whhat marriage was about. Personally, had society had a greater choice of suitable venues and accepted ceremonies for marriage, I might have kicked up a greater fuss. So my vows to a god were false, because i do not believe, but miy commitment to my future wife was there, as was my commitment to the legal status of marriage.
Second marriage, as a consequence of a divorce some years later - registry office for the legal registration, but a humanist service in a very nice outdoor location. Every bit as meaningful, without all the sanctimony of a church. A much improved experience. I just wish humanist ceremonies were legally recognised in England and Wales, as they are in Scotland.
And Humanist Ceremonies are much easier to arrange now - more celebrants, more information about them.
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First she qualifies the question, using the word Truthfully in brackets, perhaps implying that atheists are by nature innately incapable of telling the truth unless sternly told to; Then later we get this further qualification - that she merely wishes the Atheists to ADMIT ( note the capital letters for emphasis) to marrying in Church - but why would they need to ADMIT to anything? Why do they need to be told to answer "Truthfully"?
Come clean MrsLulu - Tell us what motivated your question, and give us your actual opinion on atheists who marry in Church - what do you think it says, or means?
Based upon your posts both in this thread and others, I think you feel quite indignant that atheists keep attacking religion, as you see it, and you actually think any atheist who married in church is either hypocritical, or secretely believes in god, or perhaps both. For you, this repesents some sort of killer argument against atheists, doesn't it? Go on, you can admit to it - at least then we would all know where we stand...
I am a lifelong atheist. Have never believed, will never believe. My first marriage however was in Church - not because I wanted it, but because the families expected it, my prospective wife wished for it, and because a Church repressnted the most suitable venue to celebrate whhat marriage was about. Personally, had society had a greater choice of suitable venues and accepted ceremonies for marriage, I might have kicked up a greater fuss. So my vows to a god were false, because i do not believe, but miy commitment to my future wife was there, as was my commitment to the legal status of marriage.
Second marriage, as a consequence of a divorce some years later - registry office for the legal registration, but a humanist service in a very nice outdoor location. Every bit as meaningful, without all the sanctimony of a church. A much improved experience. I just wish humanist ceremonies were legally recognised in England and Wales, as they are in Scotland.
And Humanist Ceremonies are much easier to arrange now - more celebrants, more information about them.
http://
Mr Alba and I married in Church, not strong believers at that time though.
Over time became less believing, so not sure if we're now agnostics or atheists.
The Wedding in church pleased the parents. Dunno if we married in church to please the 4 of them quite frankly.
N ever did get the kiddies baptised either.
Over time became less believing, so not sure if we're now agnostics or atheists.
The Wedding in church pleased the parents. Dunno if we married in church to please the 4 of them quite frankly.
N ever did get the kiddies baptised either.
LazyGun, You certainly know how to go on the attack. The motivation for my question stemmed from a desire to hear how many non-believers married in a Church (House of God) - that was all. A number of you have given your reasons (some have and some have not married in Church). Those were the answers to my question. As for replying to it, that was your prerogative, you didn't have to if you think it is none of my business did you?
I still continue to be fascinated by what motivated the enquiry though, MrsLuLu.
You still have not explained why you think this information would be interesting. You still have not explained why you felt the need to exhort atheist respondents to be truthful, nor why you think they should admit to it at all. And more tellingly, you certainly have not denied my observations, have you?
You still have not explained why you think this information would be interesting. You still have not explained why you felt the need to exhort atheist respondents to be truthful, nor why you think they should admit to it at all. And more tellingly, you certainly have not denied my observations, have you?
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