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Old 05-18-2009, 01:55 PM   #9
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Default Re: Advice to a Newly Married Couple

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Originally Posted by YP0534 View Post
It was all terribly offensive, really, especially the pretenses made to unity with others while so strongly maintaining an exclusive table.
Funny how clear it seems when it is the RCC doing it, but not when it is your own group (obviously not actually your group).

I see a wedding as two things. First a public statement of a commitment to each other for life, then second, an invitation to join in celebrating that commitment with merriment. (Well, not as much merriment in a LC reception, but still the idea is there.)

Spending a lot of time talking about oneness and Christ and the Church seems to be using a wedding as pretense to preach to everyone else. It seems upside down. Instead they should take a little bit of oneness theology and some "Christ and the Church" as something instructional to the couple for their practical marriage.

Thanks for the comments.
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