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Originally Posted by vorlon24
Just because people do not attend church does not make them any less a Christian than someone who does.
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No of course not but if they don't go to a church on a regular basis why get married in a church? if it isn't important enough to them 52 weeks a year then why should it play a part in their wedding? They can have a meaningful ceremony elsewhere.
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There are plenty of people out there who are not regular churchgoers who do a hell of a lot more good than some that are.
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I don't think that was ever brought into question.
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So to say that people are hypocritical to marry in church if they are not regular churchgoers is a bit off, imo.
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I disagree. I would consider myself a hypocrite if I expected an organisation to which I had no allegiance to perform a ceremony for me which could equally well (if not perhaps better for non-Christians) be performed elsewhere.
If someone does not have a belief in God then why would they make their vows asking the God they do not believe in to witness and bless them in the making of those vows?
(Note the words of the Christian marriage service incorporate "before God")