I'm being totally serious. My mother in law is very religious but I'm not sure what kinds she is so. She tells her daughter that God is more important than she is (her daughter) and that at her wedding she will not dance to the music.
What is this religion? Or are these man made rules?
I'm confused...
2007-07-06 06:09:15 · 36 answers · asked by qtpie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
She sounds a little nuts to me.
2007-07-06 06:11:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Well technically God is suppose to be more important then anyone in your life, but the not dancing sound extreme Pentecostal. The church i go to has these oldschool rules where if you use the church for a wedding there is to be no dancing at the reception. Man made rules from the early 1900's
2007-07-06 06:13:38 · answer #2 · answered by aaron_gonzalez21 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that she's either a conservative Baptist or a fundamentalist like from the Church of God or Assembly of God. I know that some Baptists don't believe in dancing, playing cards, or listening to non religious music. Other branches of the Baptist church don't have such strict rules, though. None of these rules are Biblical. They're made up by churches.
2007-07-06 06:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by Graciela, RIRS 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All monotheistic religions (that I know about) place God first including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This is what the first Commandment is all about.
Only a few of these religions ban dancing including strict Islam and some fundamentalist Christian denominations.
With love in Christ.
2007-07-06 06:19:41 · answer #4 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, God put us ahead of Himself in Jesus' coming to earth as a sacrifice for sin. God (the Judeo-Christian God) expects us to love Him above all others, and given His demonstrated love for us, that's not a lot to ask.
BUT I happen to belong to a denomination that used to have very strict, extrabiblical rules for membership, many of which have been relaxed over time. My church is a Holiness denomination, and for a long time its members mistook "legalism" for "holiness." They were so wrapped up in the "thou shalt not's" that I think people started thinking, "Hey, the more "thou shalt not's" we observe, the holier we are!"
So "modesty" turned into women having to wear skirts (and I have yet to understand what is more "modest" about a skirt than pants, but I digress). And women were not supposed to braid their hair or wear makeup, and nobody was supposed to wear jewelry, even a wedding ring. Dancing was bad, watching movies was bad; there were whole lists of things that the church decided were bad.
It sounds like you mother in law might be stuck in the idea that legalism means holiness. I'm sad for her daughter. It is confusing; we're supposed to have joy in Christ, not sit around thinking up all the ways to show Him how much better we are than everyone else. Jesus turned water to wine at a wedding, and I don't believe for a minute that He was thinking, "Ha-ha; now all these people will go to Hell!!" He believed in being joyful and having a good time with family and friends.
2007-07-06 06:22:46 · answer #5 · answered by hoff_mom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why don't you just ask your mother-in-law which religious affiliation she has.
She definitely sounds like she belongs to a sect of christianity, which doesn't believe in dancing. Or she could be personally accepting something that she has read in her bible, and it doesn't even belong to her religious affiliation.
Obviously her children must know which denomination she is, and why isn't her daughter also part of that denomination?
2007-07-06 06:17:05 · answer #6 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that is serious Puritan/Christian belief. In the 16th Century when the Puritans arrived in the US the would not celebrate Christmas or Easter because of their origins in paganism. They also would not dance or sing because it was considered a sin. Most now do not take it so far but I think what you got on your hands is an old-fashioned Puritan Fundamentalist.
2007-07-06 06:14:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like Southern Baptist maybe.
By the way, Jehovah's Witnesses love to dance.
I'm not sure why some religions don't dance, I can see if it's suggestive, but God's own people the Israelites danced.
2007-07-06 06:20:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religion: Christianity
Denomination: Assembly of God (Pentecostal) (There are different types of Pentecostals. Some don't allow music, dancing, instruments, or raising hands.) But it sounds like a type of Pentecostal. There are several types of Pentecostals, not all are the same.
2007-07-06 06:16:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are some very conservative groups that get focused on outward things like that.
God IS more important than my children; but I didn't have to make them feel inferior for them to understand that. They know it because they see that I put God first in as many ways as I can - but without making them insignificant.
My kids are the best. They have totally made me a better person. But that's only true because I put God first in as many ways as possible.
It sounds like your MIL is trying to please God with legalism. It never works, only makes you miserable.
Jesus understood how to make God his priority without mistreating his family and friends. Look at Jesus suffering on the cross - diligent first born son makes sure to assign his best friend to care for Mom. Yet, at the same time, he didn't let Mom rule his life. He put God first.
2007-07-06 06:17:27 · answer #10 · answered by TEK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For those of The True Christian Faith God is #1 even over family... But... God dose give instruction that we are to care for family also... as to music and dancing... there are "denominations" within The Faith which do not allow dancing... that is a personal choice... not God's.. but if that is how they choose to go then that is their right.
2007-07-06 06:15:04 · answer #11 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋