You have been invited to the following weddings by various friends and colleges (and what a variety you have). Your schedule does permit that you can attend them all. Would you? And if not, which ones would you attend and not attend, and why?
1. A Hindu ceremony
2. A Buddist ceremony
3. A Methodist Wedding
4. A Catholic Wedding and mass (I think Catholics are the only ones that offer a mass as part of the weddings)
5. A Pagan/Wiccan handfasting
6. An Atheist civil ceremony and reception. (this is the only thing I could think of for an atheist, if it's wrong, then I"m sorry)
Would you go to all six, or pick and choose? Please, tell me why.
2006-12-12 05:17:11 · 22 answers · asked by sister steph 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
long_d0ng, Methodists don't speak in tongues. I've been to a few Methodist weddings. You're thinking of a different branch of Christianity.
2006-12-12 05:25:17 · update #1
It would depend on how I felt about the person. If they were FRIENDS, I would absolutely attend every ceremony. In fact, I just went to a Catholic wedding and mass for a close friend of mine and was very careful to keep my pentagram tattoo covered in the church so as not to offend anyone. My family happens to be Methodist, so I have attended more than one Methodist wedding. My boyfriend's sister was just married this summer by a judge, and I had a blast at that wedding. I'm sure a Hindu and Buddhist ceremony would also be lovely, and I look very forward to having a Wiccan handfasting when "my turn" comes around.
If we're talking COLLEAGUES, I would certainly attend the wedding, and the only reason I wouldn't attend the reception is if I didn't know anyone there and my boyfriend wasn't free to go with me. That's just because I wouldn't want to be all on my own with only the bride or groom (whichever invited me) as someone that I knew. It would just be awkward.
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2006-12-12 05:24:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I probably wouldn't go to any. I wouldn't know what to do at Hindu, Buddist or Pagan ceremonies. Catholic weddings are too ^&*@ long. (they tend to overdo everything). I may go to a Methodist ceremony.
It would all depend on how well I know the bride & groom and if I liked them or not.
2006-12-12 05:24:31 · answer #2 · answered by Jane 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, go to all six. If I had to pick a few I would pick the Hindu Buddhist and Wiccan since I have never been to any of them.
The Methodist would be interesting when they go nuts and start yammering on in tongues. I would definitely bring a six pack for that freak show!
edit: ack, my mistake. Nonetheless, whichever branch does the tounges I would want to see. The scene in Borat was spot on crazy.
2006-12-12 05:22:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm an Atheist...and have been through number 6 myself.
I've also been bridesmaid's in #3 and 4.
I've been invited to a celebration of #5 and plan on going.
And if I knew anyone to do #1 and 2, I would go.
I don't believe you have to believe in the particular religions (or non-religions) to attend a celebration of love and commitment between two people.
Anyone who ultimately boycotts a wedding because they don't believe in the religion (or lack thereof) is ignorant and hateful.
2006-12-12 05:22:19 · answer #4 · answered by Heck if I know! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would attend all except for 4 and 6. Why?
Being an atheist, I will have one of these #6 ceremonies. Being a converted Christian, I do not need to experience Mass again. As for the remainders, I would love to expose myself to other traditions and rituals for educational purposes.
2006-12-12 05:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-03 07:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by darland 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll go with the Atheists. There is a higher probability that the reception will have an open bar. Catholics like to drink, but you have to pay the price of the delusional religious crap to get to the bar later, and then it might be a cash bar.
2006-12-12 05:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would certainly attend them all. I choose my friends based on their character and not their particular faith or lack thereof.
I would be respectful of the rituals for each of the ceremonies and for the participants involved.
Also, this is a great opportunity to learn more about other cultures and religious practices as well as celebration of love. And love is something common to all religious beliefs.
2006-12-12 05:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No on attending Hindu, Buddist, Pagan/Wiccan handfasting...as it is considered heretical.
I would attend a Methodist and Roman Catholic Wedding, as they believe in the Trinity.
Anything that does not uphold that Jesus is God incarnate, like the JW's, or Mormons, I will not participate in.
2006-12-12 05:22:40 · answer #9 · answered by Felicitas 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think I would try to make it to the wedding of the person I was closest to, and send my regrets to the others.
I'd be interested to see the Hindu, Buddist, and Pagan ceremonies though, since I've never seen them before.
2006-12-12 05:22:08 · answer #10 · answered by Let Me Think 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋