New Controversial 'Marriage Question'

[wufong]

jewish
muslim
hindu
buddhist
are all legaly accepted. gesh.. ya bunch of christian bashers. if you people think christians are so bad. ya all ought to go spend some time in india, israel or saudi arabia. see how much religous freedom you have there.

[wufong]

Originally posted by Rotting Eye






for example, i don't remember the entire history, but the fish that christians use? that's actually the symbol of a goddess from another religion, i believe she was the sex/fertility goddess. flip the fish on its side, and what does it look like? :P

it became a legal term because christians have their tendrils in anything and everything. -_- unfortunately

i don't think just because they use it, doesnt mean they copied it. i think thats just wishful thinking on the part of pagans... pagans who spend all their time looking for some sort of pagan symbol in christinaity to either try and discredit christinaity or give their own pagan religion some much needed credibility. anyone could find a million similairites amongst other religions. for the simple reason that when one religion took over another. the people kept a lot of their old habits. like say the easter egg, for example. thats a pagan symbol. but when the newly converted christians started t ocelibrate easter. they automaticly thought of the egg as something that symbolised jesus rebirth. because the egg to them has always repersented rebirth/ birth to them.

[bloodygurl02]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Thank you, Friday13thFan...You caused me to think about this...



If our country TRULY practices 'freedom of religion' and 'separation of church and state'...Why aren't Pagan, Wiccan, Native American, and all other 'ritualistic' forms of marriage accepted?

What I mean is...If EVERYONE'S religion, is relevant and respected...WHY are only 'Christian' marriage ceremonies accepted by LAW?

We've had the 'Gay Marriage' debate a million times.....This is completely different...

It seems to me that in a 'democracy' where all people are considered equal, and we are permitted to practice whatever religion we choose, that the binding rituals we perform to unite ourselves to one another according to OUR religious beliefs, should be just as legitimate, LEGALLY BINDING, and afford the exact same recognition and benefits as the Christian marriage ceremony...

Don't you find it a little odd that we can't have prayer in school, or post the ten commandments anywhere NEAR a government facility...BUT, the only LEGAL form of marriage that is recognized by our 'Religion-Free Government' is CHRISTIAN???

I cannot believe that it never occured to me to question this before...

i'm glad u brought this up. its something i have been thinking about recently. cuz in a couple years i would like to marry my bf but i don't want to have a chrisian wedding i have strayed from that relgion over the years. never felt it was for me. needless to say my parents aren't happy w/ wht i ahve chosen but screw them. thats a long story in its self. but i have thought about a wedding thats to do w/ my beliefs but like u said it won't b recognized as legal. no sure my family would take it or his but it would b what i want. to honest and i have stated it to my mom i don't even want to wear a white dress. needless to say she had a cow over that too. i see nthing wrogw/ backorany other color

[BoneSaw]

if you think that the christians are bad, just go to china, saudi arabia, the former soviet union, pakistan, or any other number of countries in the world and go to the government and ask them to recognise pagan weddings, or homosexual weddings. then come back, if you can, and be thankful that you live in the greatest country in the world. yes we are going to shit, but damn a person standing up to his knees in shit is still better off than one standing in shit up to his neck. and if you think that a lot of christians look down their noses at you, there are still about 2-3 billion muslims,hindu,and buddists looking down there noses at the christians.

[wufong]

Originally posted by BoneSaw
if you think that the christians are bad, just go to china, saudi arabia, the former soviet union, pakistan, or any other number of countries in the world and go to the government and ask them to recognise pagan weddings, or homosexual weddings. then come back, if you can, and be thankful that you live in the greatest country in the world. yes we are going to shit, but damn a person standing up to his knees in shit is still better off than one standing in shit up to his neck. and if you think that a lot of christians look down their noses at you, there are still about 2-3 billion muslims,hindu,and buddists looking down there noses at the christians.

well said young man.