I was at a wedding & people were talking during prayer. Why did everybody give them the evil eye?

Question

I think that was rude.

Why should religious people expect the world to stop just because they choose to?

If you want to dilly dally before you eat why should I wait for you?

Answer 1

I don't understand why I should have to participate in a prayer or pretend I'm doing so just because this is what someone else believes. I think it's far more disrespectful to expect someone of a different religion or no religion to drop everything they're doing when you start praying, as if the entire world revolves around you.

I don't think I would talk during their prayer, but I certainly would not bow my head, either. Then again, I wouldn't attend a wedding in the first place. Boring, pointless ceremony.

Answer 2

At a wedding, it is all about the happy couple and their wishes for their special day. If they choose to have a prayer, others should be considerate enough to respect the moment. If they were any sort of friend to the bride and groom, they would know of their beliefs in advance. If they didn't want to hear someone pray, they shouldn't have gone. As for the evil eye, I'm sure whoever did that was just trying to alert the people that they were being disrespectful. I've still seen the Pledge of Allegiance being offered and it amazes me how some people will diss the whole Pledge rather than allow someone to think they were "into it." In this case, it's hard not to want to give the "evil eye."

Answer 3

It was rude of the people who were talking to show disrespect by talking during a prayer.

The polite thing to do is to bow your head, close your eyes, and be quiet. By the way, why were you looking around during the prayer?

If you are at someone else's home and they want to say a blessing, it's rude to start eating until after the blessing has been said, if they choose to say one.

If you're all that hungry, eat something before you leave home.

If a couple wants prayer at their wedding, that's their option. Thye have a right to expect people who come to their wedding to follow their wishes. It's THEIR party.
They set the rules. That is as it should be.

Answer 4

You are an immature brat. If they were having a prayer before a wedding meal, that means the Bride and Groom, who are hosting the wedding, desired to have a prayer before the meal, and as a guest at the wedding, you should have the courtesy to sit quietly while the prayer is taking place. You are not proving how rational and logical you are by talking during the prayer, you are simply showing a lack of respect, which means you are socially stupid in a way that is worse than simply being intellectually stupid, like the majority of born-again christians.

Answer 5

Well, if the people who are getting wed are religious and choose a religious theme, then yes, it is rude to talk during THEIR prayer.

The wedding is for the two getting married, not for anyone else

Answer 6

How about because the couple chose to have a religious ceremony, so people should respect that and be reverent during the prayer.

Answer 7

Because apparently the bride and groom wanted there to be prayer at their ceremony. The people talking were disrespectful. You don't have to have prayer at your wedding, but if they choose to, then you be quiet.

Answer 8

You don't have to pray but there is nothing wrong with showing a little respect. If you don't want to pray, then just bow your head and sing quietly (with lips moving) "Jeremiah Was a Bull Frog" and nobody will be the wiser.

Answer 9

It's ruder to speak during a wedding ceremony.

Whether you are a person of faith or not, common manners should always prevail and speaking during a ceremony, especially while others are praying, is rude no matter how you look at it.

Answer 10

It's called common respect. If you were listening to rock and roll and someone started blasting Mozart wouldn't you be pissed? You don't have to pray but that doesn't mean you have to be rude while others do.