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Post by weddings on Aug 5, 2008 14:35:22 GMT -5
Is marriage still a requisite in 2x2?
How many weddings took place this year?
How many separations?
How many divorces?
How many couples just live together?
Will there be adjustments by 2x2 leadership as in so many other areas where what was once prohibitted is now accepted?
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Post by Huh on Aug 6, 2008 12:06:21 GMT -5
Is marriage still a requisite in 2x2? How many weddings took place this year? How many separations? How many divorces? How many couples just live together? Will there be adjustments by 2x2 leadership as in so many other areas where what was once prohibitted is now accepted? 1. Idiotic question but the answer is yes. 2. Lots. 3. Not that many. 4. Even less. 5. None. They'd be exes if they did. I think the case for marriage, fornication, adultery etc. was adequately covered in the Bible so it is one part of the doctrine that the workers will adhere to. The doctrine isn't so very different from mainstream churches, they just seem to have better luck in making sure the faithful toe the line.
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Post by not so on Aug 10, 2008 3:55:37 GMT -5
Not so as far as the increasing number of separations and divorce within the group have shown.
As spoken about and cried about at conventions.
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Post by inter marriage on Aug 14, 2008 11:32:02 GMT -5
You can see the changes.
A while back only marriage within the group was acceptable.
Now it is more common to marry outside.
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Post by marriage out on Aug 14, 2008 17:00:15 GMT -5
You can see the changes. A while back only marriage within the group was acceptable. Now it is more common to marry outside. I'd be interested to know the facts/statistics upon which you base that claim. Anecdotal evidence would suggest that marrying out is as unusal as it has ever been. There have been some occasions in the past few years where the spouse has been brought to the meetings and professed which obviously means they are no longer an outsider. I think there are more international marriages than before though but am open to correction.
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Post by irvinegrey on May 4, 2010 14:53:01 GMT -5
Do workers attend weddings?
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Post by emy on May 4, 2010 16:52:03 GMT -5
Do workers attend weddings? In many cases, yes.
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Post by irvinegrey on May 5, 2010 13:03:07 GMT -5
Thanks Emy. While this is the case in the USA can anyone speak for Ireland and the UK. My question is, Do workers attend weddings?
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Post by open mind on May 5, 2010 21:25:15 GMT -5
They do in Aus, though only the ceremony usually
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Post by ex-teenager on May 9, 2010 7:56:23 GMT -5
Thanks Emy. While this is the case in the USA can anyone speak for Ireland and the UK. My question is, Do workers attend weddings? Yes occasionally.
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Post by irvinegrey on May 9, 2010 8:49:12 GMT -5
Thanks for your answers. Perhaps we can narrow the question a little. Do those who attend just go the cermony, celebration or both? Your help is much appreciated.
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Post by september on May 9, 2010 9:44:34 GMT -5
Thanks for your answers. Perhaps we can narrow the question a little. Do those who attend just go the cermony, celebration or both? Your help is much appreciated. They generally go to both. I've known of workers to be invited to weddings and to refuse the invitation. One worker said she was "going home for her holidays". The wedding in question fell a few days after the end of convention. Others simply don't bother inviting workers to their weddings although I can't think of too many in recent times that haven't had workers at their wedding. Not to have workers at one's wedding suggests that the couple are not hearty in the fellowship.
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Post by emy on May 22, 2010 13:39:22 GMT -5
Your wedding sounds lovely. What part of the world was the location?
We also got married 40 years ago. It wasn't the common practice of the time, but we got married at the courthouse, with just our attendants present and had a small family dinner afterward - no reception per se, but a few friends stopped by before we left that afternoon.
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Post by harpic on Jun 26, 2010 7:11:02 GMT -5
I was at the afters only of a professing Irish wedding a few years ago (maybe 5 yrs) and there were several workers at that. I'm not sure if they were at the ceremony, though.
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Post by harpic on Jun 26, 2010 7:13:15 GMT -5
And it is not unheard of for a person co-habitating with a partner to be allowed to partake in the meetings. They just need to 'officially' deny that they are co-habitating! (Case not in Ireland, though)
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Post by irvinegrey on Jun 26, 2010 9:41:05 GMT -5
Surely to 'officially' deny that they are cohabiting is just adding sin tio sin and is a serious matter in the eyes of a holy God?
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Post by shushy on Jun 26, 2010 17:13:28 GMT -5
The workers were at our wedding they even helped my Mum with the food..but they loved my Mum and Dad. I remeber years later wishing I had had a christian wedding instead of a registry office. It would have been good if they had laid hands on us as well.
The marriage ended after 34yrs.
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