Okay I have a question (obviously)... Do nonBiblical believing/following people use the standard wedding vows or different ones? The standard ones come from the Bible. I am just curious. I also am wondering if they get married by a "justice of the peace" or what type of official?
2007-03-04 12:05:04 · 9 answers · asked by momof2 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We edited out all references to god in our wedding vows. We were married by a friend of the family who also happened to be a judge vested with the power from the State and County of New York.
2007-03-04 12:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we got married in a wedding chapel by a minister. We just liked the way it looked and it seemed a lot nicer than the court house. We used the vows that the minister wanted. He knew we were both not Christians. He mentioned God several times but not in the vows.
I am really not offended by religion except when it pokes its head into science and that has been increasingly becoming an issue. I mostly just ignore it or take it as a quaint belief.
2007-03-04 20:25:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vows are pretty similiar right across the Board. Be it Civil or relegious. The only true variation is when the couple themselves write the vows, but even there, you will hear all the usual things. Normally a JP will ask if you want a srt8 civil ceremony (re wording) or if you want some kind of relegious overtones. Remember, the courts use the Bible as a source as well...remember the swaering in of people who testify? But a good percent of the vows are, as I said pretty general across the board.
2007-03-04 20:13:37 · answer #3 · answered by Bishop David F. Milne DD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would they follow the ones from the bible if they aren't Christian? No, they follow secular vows and most get married by a JP or religious leaders of their particular religion (like a Wiccan undergoing a Handfasting by a local Priest or Priestess in a Wiccan circle).
I got married by a Marriage Commissioner (roughly equivelent to a JP but only performs marriage duties) in Canada using secular vows even though I'm Wiccan, my family is Christian, he follows closest to Buddhism, and most of his family are Christian (all but his sister who's a Shaman).
There was NO mention of god, or gods, anywhere in our vows. Instead, we talked about love for a lifetime, cherishing our every moment together, and the like. Then we pledged our lives to one another.
2007-03-04 20:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The standard wedding vows aren't from the bible. "Do you take this man..." etc.
I was married by my brother-in-law, but he's also a pastor. Honestly, he was a jerk about it and was the worst thing about the wedding. Tho we had agreed not to put in "women submit" into the ceremony and tho he did it that way during the rehearsal....during the actual ceremony he crammed in a bunch of verses about women submitting. It was really underhanded and sad.
2007-03-04 20:20:18 · answer #5 · answered by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no wedding vows in the New Testament.
Jesus warned us about taking and making Vows, He referred to them as oaths.
Read concerning adultery and writing of divorcement and then about oaths right after the writings of divorcement in Matthew 6.
Concerning adultery he said "upon a woman" he did not say married woman.
He said saving for the cause of "fornication" if you are married you can not commit fornication, only adultery right?
2007-03-04 23:01:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We wrote our own vows (borrowing a lot from Gibran) and were married in a church by a minister.
2007-03-04 20:26:55 · answer #7 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their choice.
2007-03-04 20:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks the same. Dunno.
2007-03-04 20:18:14 · answer #9 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋