by Lee Elder 9 Replies latest jw friends
A family friend is getting married and has asked me to perform the wedding. My wife directed me to the solution: http://www.spiritualhumanism.org/
So I'm clergy again! Who would have thunk it ;-)
You too can be a man (or woman) of the cloth!
Check it out.
Lee
Hey, as long as you get something to hang on the wall, what the hell.
TR
I still am an ordained minister........just a disfellowshipped one! But I'll never tell
Lee,
In the 1970's there was a mail-order Church called the "Universal Life Church." Their ordination process was capitalistic and much simpler than the Watchtower version:
For $35.00 you could be "ordained" and could legally marry anyone.
For $50.00 they would make you a "biship."
For $75.00 you could become a "high priest."
(There were several other levels which I've forgotten)
Finally, for $200.00 they would make you a "Saint" and ordain you with all the benefits of Sainthood.
This could be done through the mails and you could receive all your certificates in plain-brown wrappers with the utmost of discretion. One day, you're a schmuck. The next day you get the brown envelope and you are now a Saint with all the paperwork to prove it!
They made a bloody fortune. Everybody wants to be a somebody, even if they have to pay for it.
Farkel
Lee,
Please tell us that you didn't do it!!! I'm still scratching my head from your last thread!!
I ordianed myself awhile back too, using some online site. I registered and actually performed one wedding. Non Christian wedding, just poems and fun stuff. I thought it was one of the coolest things I ever did since exiting.
By the way, the one I did was 100% free. I entered my name, address and e-mail and hit submit! What shocked me, was that the state knew about them and accepted them. LOL
My thought
Dragon
Edited by - kenpodragon on 2 November 2002 1:28:1
I was married for a month, last year. I asked her, 'do you wanna?' She said, 'yah'. Can't get much simpler than that. The divorce came when she didn't wanna no more. Life goes on.
SS
Dudes,
basically "Spiritual Humanism" is a do whatever the frick you want, religion. I kinda like it.
TR
Finally, for $200.00 they would make you a "Saint" and ordain you with all the benefits of Sainthood
Hey!....going back in history a bit, if you bought the president of the WBTS a new car you could damn near be one of the GB......and that's worth a bunch
Hey, this sounds like a great opportunity! I was thinking of purchasing a college diploma but this sounds alot cheaper. Do we get a clergy license plate too? I'm tired of having to walk so far when I visit someone in the hospital. I need alittle prestige in my life. This oughta do it :)
