Posted on 08/19/2016 8:26:37 AM PDT by C19fan
The number of weddings being performed by the Church of Scotland slipped below the number of humanist ceremonies taking place for the first time last year, latest figures have shown. The decline in church weddings is yet another indication of declining support for the increasingly liberal Kirk. According to figures from the National Records of Scotland 4,290 Humanist wedding ceremonies took place in Scotland in 2015, of which approximately 80 percent (3,378) were conducted by the Humanist Society Scotland (HSS).
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Why do godless people even bother getting married?
I don’t understand why non-religious people get married.
I think the vow would go something like this, “...to have and to hold, until I get bored, find someone hotter, get tired of putting up with your sh**, etc.”
Seriously, the commitment is based on - sand.”
Isn’t this like going to a JP?
By adopting ‘social justice’, humanism and lowering standards what do they have to offer that we can’t get through secular humanism? The churches, including my own, have only succeeded in watering down their ‘brand’.
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