Civil ceremony in a Chapel/Church?

missbiggles1

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Living in Scotland I know little about the parish structure, if they do have to marry those who are non believers then in my opinion that is wrong. However I think that if someone gets married in church then expecting it to be non-religious is ridiculous.:(

The Church of Scotland has parishes!

tea_lover

adouglasmhor wrote: »

On the other hand the CofE have to marry non religious people and people of other faiths in their churches in England by law, how is this that diferent.

The key difference is that it's a legal requirement!

Errata

onlyroz wrote: »

The thing is a non-believer just doesn't understand and probably can't understand what makes a church more special than an equally beautiful non-religious building.

Isn't it the point that you have to understand something in order to decide not to believe in it?

Gloomendoom

onlyroz wrote: »

The institution of marriage predates recorded history, and the church didn't become involved properly until the middle-ages.

Which "church" are you referring to? All of them?

By-the-way, is this a cut-and-paste? I've seen it repeated word-for-word so many times.

onlyroz

Errata wrote: »

Isn't it the point that you have to understand something in order to decide not to believe in it?

I sincerely hope the opposite is true, and that people have to understand something before they decide to believe in it.

onlyroz

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Which "church" are you referring to? All of them?

By-the-way, is this a cut-and-paste? I've seen it repeated word-for-word so many times.

Plenty of information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage#Marriage_and_religion
Marriage wasn't regarded as a sacrament until 1184.

Gloomendoom

onlyroz wrote: »

I sincerely hope the opposite is true, and that people have to understand something before they decide to believe in it.

Do people actually make a concious decision to believe or not to believe in something?

onlyroz

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Do people actually make a concious decision to believe or not to believe in something?

I hope so :eek:

Jagraf

Trixi wrote: »

I would hate to think that that would be offensive and genuinely curious why it is (I genuinely don't mean to offend anyone).

If I was hoping to be married in a particular building then I think it's safe to assume that I would consider that building special. My reasons for believing it so might be different to others.

I do not deny that, to some people, a church is a 'house of God' and no-one would deny them the 'right' to that belief, or the right to worship there.

To others it is part of our history and our cultural background - have we got the right to that?

You have a right to think and believe what you want, and every right to see church as a historical building. That doesn't mean that you can then change it into what you see it to be, taking away its reason for being.

There are some nice old schools too - maybe they could do weddings on the side?

Gloomendoom

onlyroz wrote: »

Plenty of information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage#Marriage_and_religion
Marriage wasn't regarded as a sacrament until 1184.

You do realise that there are other religions apart from Christianity?

How long has marriage been regarded as sacred in the Hindu religion, for example?