what is the marriage ceromony for athiest?

Answer 1

probably not done by a priest!

Answer 2

My friend, who basically doesn't care if there is a god or not, just recently got married and their ceremony just had nothing to do with God. Nothing read out of the bible, nothing about Adam and Eve. No one read 1 Corinthians 13 (which is overdone anyway). I don't think the vows are even really Christian or anything. They're just about loving each other through this and that, aren't they? It's pretty easy to make a marriage ceremony have nothing to do with God.

By the way...I'm seeing a lot of "get married in city hall" or whatever. Your wedding doesn't have to be in a boring place just because you don't believe in God. If you find some place that you really like, even if it's a church (gasp!), go for it. You can rent out just about any place and use it. If it's a church, I don't even think the pastor or priest has to do the ceremony. You're just renting their space. On the other hand, you don't have to be married at a church just because you're a Christian (I'm a Christian and that's the last place I want to get married) and you don't have to get married in a city hall by the justice of the peace because you are an atheist. To the person who said that just because she is an atheist she can do whatever she wants in her ceremony - so can I. Being a Christian doesn't inhibit my creativity on one of the most memorable days of my life. I add and take out of the ceremony as I please. If I find a pastor who doesn't want to do what I want because of some rules that were made up, I'll find someone else to do the wedding. It will be mine and my fiancee's day and I choose to share it with God.

Answer 3

In general, the ceremony is probably much like any other ceremony, but without mention of god. My wife and I designed our ceremony with the help of a relative who is a Universalist Unitarian minister. We focused on love, commitment, joy & community. We borrowed the chuppa tradition for Judaism since we liked the symbolic gesture of having four of our closest friends holding the "roof" over the new "home" we were building together. It created a wonderfully intimate feeling.

FYI I think gays & lesbians should be afforded full legal rights with civil unions. I personally think it would be an acceptable compromise if the laws were changed such that the U.S. and state govements only recognized civil unions, and "marriage" was something that only churches did. In that case, my wife and I would have had a civil union, not a "marriage".

Answer 4

In the UK at least it is a simple civil ceremony, often taking place in a Registry Office or other place licensed for the conduct of marriages. The person who usually conducts the civil ceremony is called a Registrar.

It is the only part of the ceremony that is actually required by law to make you married. In a church service this part is incorporated into the ceremony (as signing of the Register) but if the religious part alone took place then the couple would NOT be married.

Answer 5

Generally it's done in front of a justice of the peace or a friend of the couple who is licensed in the state to witness weddings. Vows are usually exchanged, the JotP says, "You're married," and they get on with their lives.

In a lot of ways, pretty much the same, just without the Bible readings.

But since Atheists are free to do what they like, you're looking at a vastly different range of things they could do. I know mine is going to be very leather oriented, that he'll be standing and I'll be sitting, that he will speak for both of us except the legally manditory acknowledgement of the marriage (typically: I do), which for me will be, "I surrender and accept."

I've got the whole ritual written up and hope my mate, when I find him, likes it enough that we can use it. I think he will.

Answer 6

What's the marriage ceremony for a Christian? For some, it's a trip to the JP. For some it's a small ceremony in a small chapel. For some, it's this huge production in a huge church. Point is that it's different for everybody.

Same thing for an atheist. Instead, it's a celebration of the couple's love for each other, and they don't deal with God. They believe that they can love each other without making it a three-some with God. That's about it.

Answer 7

First, it's "atheist."

I'm guessing it's a lot shorter because they don't have to bore everybody to death with long-winded, irrelevant passages from scripture. It doesn't take place in a church, and the officiating person isn't a priest or pastor or some other form of sexual pervert. Other than that, it's probably pretty much the same. Except at the end, where they sacrifice infants to the Horned One - is that what you were thinking?

To say "if you're an atheist you don't believe in marriage" is just typical of the incredibly shallow, arrogant "christian" mindset.

Answer 8

Justice of the Peace. A civil ceremony

Answer 9

Marriage is has nothing to do with religion. It's uniting two people who love and care deeply for each other. And yes, atheist are capable of love and if you think otherwise it only shows just how ignorant YOU has a person is.

Answer 10

Justice of the peace, ship captain, aircraft captain, marriage bureau in big cities. And many others......For many today it's just a paper. Under GOD, IT'S ANOTHER 'BASE BALL-GAME"

Answer 11

We say the same vows as everyone else, just without adding anything about god.

Marriage predates modern religions by thousands and thousands of years.