the wedding

[a.baker]

My friends wedding is coming up next Friday. The one who is marrying a girl who is into Wiccan and they are having a Celtic wedding. My husband is in it. My husband talked to my friend about anything that might weird, how he put it. He assured my husband the only odd thing from any other traditional wedding you go to is that the bride and groom during the ceremony say a prayer to the North South East and West and they have a colorful rope where they will tie their hands together and each color is supposed to mean something I guess. No one else but them two is to pray.

I tried to talk to my friend and it was a no go (at my other friends wedding earlier in August). Because the finance wouldn't even look at me and was just looking away smiling as stuck up as could be and wouldn't LET GO of his arm! I tried saying this and that to her and thats what she kept on doing. There was never any problem and we have a lot of the same friends but we were never more than acquaintances.

I wasn't given an opportunity to talk to my friend either because he barely would even talk to me. I tried just like old times to say hey hows it going and so on and this is how he was let alone for me to grab him aside.

Boy do people change after a year.

I was also having in mind we were at someone else's wedding where there was already tension from the two families, nothing to do with us.

[CoreIssue]

That is a tough one.

I once took part in a Catholic adoption ceremony and process at the request of the adopting father, a dear friend.

He understood I would be there for him but not join in any Catholic spiritual part of the ceremony.

I don't know if you can go that route or not.

[a.baker]

My husband doesn't have any belief in anything so to him its no big deal since he doesn't have to pray. But I would just be an invited guest observing. I know it will make me uncomfortable while they say and do this.

[a.baker]

Well I can't go to the wedding, my daughter is sick.

[a.baker]

Good thing my daughters is sick and we can't go. I have learned more about the ceremony today because I just got off the phone with my hubby. They had rehearsal last night. I have prayed and asked God to do something because I don't like my hubby my other half being in this wedding. Not what I found out today with more details. Not a single person in the wedding is a Christian and after last night none of them want to go through with this wedding. No one knew these details, how deceiving!!! What lies I feel. What is my friend Phil getting into?!!!! If you read this before 7 p.m. today please pray for God to do something to seriously not let this wedding happen. Strike the building with fire or something.

All those in the wedding have to stand in a circle and face each door one at a time and call on powers!!! We all thought it was just the literal tying of the hands together and the bride and groom saying their own prayer. No one said they were going to have to ALL call on powers together! NO NO NO!

[CoreIssue]

So the full ceremony.

Yep, they call upon the powers of nature, whom they consider either gods or part of the one pantheistic god.

Not good.

[a.baker]

What happens or could happen with people like my husband that have to repeat but the whole time they disregard this whole thing and the whole religion?

[a.baker]

Why would she feel the need in her wedding to call upon her gods or powers? And why would someone in that religion want someone who doesn't believe or is against it to call on the gods? Doesn't make sense?

[kay-gee]

It is called partaking in Baal! Interpet as you wish.

all the best...

[CoreIssue]

People in all religions want others to take part when it is something special to them.

In a recent Rotary event I attended, by invitation, a Buddhist prayer was given. I did not take part in the prayer, which requires one to close their eyes and visualize.

Things like this impact people by willingly joining in. That opens a door to demonic intrusion and being personally influenced. Creates more and more tolerance of no harm done, honoring their beliefs, etc. A step, or another step, away from God.

Movement away from God is rarely a single leap. It is usually many steps that cumulative to final fall.

When one is 'respectful' of the religions and errors of others they give those things credibility.

[a.baker]

:nod: Thank you very much Core! That was very helpful. When I was telling my mom Thursday about this wedding and how it bothered me she went right into about not judging or being critical of others beliefs. I told her I didn't think I was and I felt I had every right for it to bother me. Sigh some Christians and their whole do not judge ideas. Goes right into lets accept everything and not question and be quiet ways :(

[Jessie]

:nod: Thank you very much Core! That was very helpful. When I was telling my mom Thursday about this wedding and how it bothered me she went right into about not judging or being critical of others beliefs. I told her I didn't think I was and I felt I had every right for it to bother me. Sigh some Christians and their whole do not judge ideas. Goes right into lets accept everything and not question and be quiet ways :(

you go girl! yes we have a right to not like it!

my sil was always dont judge this that and just about everything.
:(

we cant accept it all!