Our Pagan Wedding

Flint · 05-17-2006, 03:35 PM

Just a simple hadfasting ritual, on the year-and-a-day anniversary of our official civil marriage. "Jumping the Broom" and all that, with vows that we wrote ourselves (well, I actually didn't write anything down, I spoke from the heart).

Funny thing was, my Baptist Step-Mother (EDIT) felt "uncomfortable" with it being a "Pagan" ceremony, and opted not to attend. This is funny because #1 my Father, her Husband, does not now nor has he ever gone to Church of any kind, or believe in any kind of religious dogma, and she is married to him, and #2 I've certainly never refused to attend a wedding because it was held in a Christian Church or involved a Christian ceremony.

I wasn't upset or anything, I just thought it was funny. We held a housewarming party which began at 4:00, and the ceremony was at dusk, if you chose to stick around. I wouldn't have cared if nobody was there for the ceremony. But, those that did attend were able to appreciate it for what it was, and were not troubled by thoughts of "Satan Worship" ha ha ha

Elspode · 05-17-2006, 03:43 PM

When Mrs Elspode and I were first handfasted, three years before our marriage, my cognitively disabled son reported the proceedings to his very much self-righteous, typically hypocritical mother...all filtered through his rather serious perceptual and expressive dysfuntionality.

I got a phone call from her that started out with, "What's all this shit about someone walking around and waving a knife and a bunch of people saying stupid shit about a goddess!??"

It rapidly went downhill from there.

Flint · 05-17-2006, 03:49 PM

I know, El, we are such "bad people", right? :::burns in hell:::

Pie · 05-17-2006, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Funny thing was, my Baptist Mother-In-Law felt "uncomfortable" with it being a "Pagan" ceremony, and opted not to attend. This is funny because #1 my Father, her Husband...

Sounds like a cool ceremony, Flint. I have to admit to a tad bit of confusion, though -- is that your Father-in-law? Or is your father married to your wife's mother?

Flint · 05-17-2006, 03:56 PM

. . . oh . . . It's my Step-Mother actually! oops

:::adds (EDIT):::

Pie · 05-17-2006, 04:19 PM

Thanks for the clarification. <Insert W. Va. joke here>

xoxoxoBruce · 05-17-2006, 08:19 PM

You're all heathens and you're gonna burn in......Miami.:p

Elspode · 05-17-2006, 08:49 PM

Not me...I'll get my sunburns due to a lack of atmospheric filtration at altitude. I'm a mountain guy, myself.

05-17-2006, 09:43 PM

I have several Wiccan friends and am a Buddhist and a follower of Christ (not a Christian) myself.
Most of my family are Christian, but my wife's family are...um... how does one describe Freewill Baptist? Extreme and conservative at the same time... rational they are not.
When I make things for my Wiccan friends and when my Buddhism comes up, especially in regards to my son, it does, indeed, get ugly... then I hang-up or leave.
And I really hang-up or leave. We told them that was what was going to happen if they were not civil and we actually get up from the table and leave or I, or my wife, just disconnects the call.
No subject is off-limits, if civil.
They seem to have a hard time with this, very confusing.
I don't even explain to them the origin of modern Christmas or Easter... I've been good!

romuh doog · 05-17-2006, 11:05 PM

Blessed Be your union this day
Together in this life till time parts your way
And on to the next place side by side you should stay
A light unto each other, forever we say

Wishing you a life filled with each others love.

wolf · 05-18-2006, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

I got a phone call from her that started out with, "What's all this shit about someone walking around and waving a knife and a bunch of people saying stupid shit about a goddess!??"

It rapidly went downhill from there.

Well, I can see why you divorced in the first place.

wolf · 05-18-2006, 01:19 AM

Congrats, flint.

Flint · 05-18-2006, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

a follower of Christ (not a Christian)

I am Pro-Jesus & Anti-Christianity. Jesus and Christianity don't mix!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

the origin of modern Christmas or Easter

I thought of this in < other thread > IE removal of "Christian" elements from culture

dar512 · 05-18-2006, 09:41 AM

May you live as long as you wish,
And love as long as you live.

05-17-2006, 03:49 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I know, El, we are such "bad people", right? :::burns in hell::: __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-17-2006, 03:56 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	. . . oh . . . It's my *Step-Mother* actually! oops :::adds (EDIT)::: __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-17-2006, 04:19 PM	#6
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Thanks for the clarification. <Insert W. Va. joke here> __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-17-2006, 08:19 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You're all heathens and you're gonna burn in......Miami.:p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-17-2006, 08:49 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Not me...I'll get my sunburns due to a lack of atmospheric filtration at altitude. I'm a mountain guy, myself. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

05-17-2006, 03:35 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Our Pagan Wedding Just a simple hadfasting ritual, on the year-and-a-day anniversary of our official civil marriage. "Jumping the Broom" and all that, with vows that we wrote ourselves (well, I actually didn't write anything down, I spoke from the heart). Funny thing was, my Baptist Step-Mother (EDIT) felt "uncomfortable" with it being a "Pagan" ceremony, and opted not to attend. This is funny because #1 my Father, her Husband, does not now nor has he ever gone to Church of any kind, or believe in any kind of religious dogma, and she is married to him, and #2 I've certainly never refused to attend a wedding because it was held in a Christian Church or involved a Christian ceremony. I wasn't upset or anything, I just thought it was funny. We held a housewarming party which began at 4:00, and the ceremony was at dusk, if you chose to stick around. I wouldn't have cared if nobody was there for the ceremony. But, those that did attend were able to appreciate it for what it was, and were not troubled by thoughts of "Satan Worship" ha ha ha __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 05-17-2006 at 03:57 PM.

05-17-2006, 03:43 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	When Mrs Elspode and I were first handfasted, three years before our marriage, my cognitively disabled son reported the proceedings to his very much self-righteous, typically hypocritical mother...all filtered through his rather serious perceptual and expressive dysfuntionality. I got a phone call from her that started out with, "What's all this shit about someone walking around and waving a knife and a bunch of people saying stupid shit about a goddess!??" It rapidly went downhill from there. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

05-17-2006, 09:43 PM	#9
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I have several Wiccan friends and am a Buddhist and a follower of Christ (not a Christian) myself. Most of my family are Christian, but my wife's family are...um... how does one describe Freewill Baptist? Extreme and conservative at the same time... rational they are not. When I make things for my Wiccan friends and when my Buddhism comes up, especially in regards to my son, it does, indeed, get ugly... then I hang-up or leave. And I really hang-up or leave. We told them that was what was going to happen if they were not civil and we actually get up from the table and leave or I, or my wife, just disconnects the call. No subject is off-limits, if civil. They seem to have a hard time with this, very confusing. I don't even explain to them the origin of modern Christmas or Easter... I've been good!

05-17-2006, 11:05 PM	#10
romuh doog A person with no friends is a. lonely b. friendless c.smelly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here for now Posts: 69	Blessed Be your union this day Together in this life till time parts your way And on to the next place side by side you should stay A light unto each other, forever we say Wishing you a life filled with each others love. __________________ If Washington's teeth were wooden, did Martha have splinters in her...lips?

05-18-2006, 01:19 AM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Congrats, flint. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-18-2006, 09:41 AM	#14
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	May you live as long as you wish, And love as long as you live. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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