tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post5265586756191211357..comments2023-10-17T05:01:42.650-04:00Comments on Abandoning Eden: wedding readings...Abandoning Edenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696116071749613265noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-4339696729244921792011-07-07T01:03:35.174-04:002011-07-07T01:03:35.174-04:00This is a good piece of content, I was wondering i...This is a good piece of content, I was wondering if I could use this blog on my article about <a href="http://www.dressesandwedding.com/unique-non-religious-wedding-readings-ideas/" rel="nofollow">non religious wedding readings</a>, I will link it back to your website though. If this is a problem please let me know and I will take it down right away. Best regard.Suprih Rustantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966554491419386231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-20206850562405756382009-05-11T17:15:00.000-04:002009-05-11T17:15:00.000-04:00Chill out!!! You are obsessed.
It is only a sill...Chill out!!! You are obsessed. <br /><br />It is only a silly ceremony and a <br />party.<br /><br />You and B should just move on with your life together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-10730014240621562982009-05-11T09:11:00.000-04:002009-05-11T09:11:00.000-04:00mrsmisl, are you fucking kidding me? I'm getting ...mrsmisl, are you fucking kidding me? I'm getting married next Sunday, people are already arriving as of tomorrow, I'm not canceling my wedding. Nice try though.Abandoning Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696116071749613265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-3031801272683142042009-05-10T18:11:00.000-04:002009-05-10T18:11:00.000-04:00I think you are obsessed with this wedding. You sh...I think you are obsessed with this wedding. You should put it all in perspective, if you love this guy and are willing to spend the rest of your life with him why do you need some hookey ceremony? The institution of marriage reeks of pagan/religious silliness.<br /><br />If you need to prove your commitment to each other why not jump from a plane (with a parachute of course) tethered to each other and pull the ripcord together. When you land, then throw a big party for your friends. <br /><br />BTW, there is no bigger adrenalin rush then sky diving.<br /><br />Get on with your lives. Finish your degree. DOn't wwatse your time with this wedding silliness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-56668196798473260692009-05-08T16:56:00.000-04:002009-05-08T16:56:00.000-04:00AE,
"hmm wouldn't plato's symposium (written 300b...AE,<br /><br />"hmm wouldn't plato's symposium (written 300bc) predate the midrash?"<br /><br />Almost certainly. It's no secret that Jews have borrowed ideas from the surrounding cultures, though I don't know if this idea is actually derived from the other.<br /><br />"if you have other suggestions for readings from the jewish tradition that don't mention god (or souls or religion), I'd be happy to check them out, it would be nice to have something jewish in there..."<br /><br />I don't know much on this score, but the story of Jacob and Rebecca is very romantic in nature, as is the story of Rabbi Akiva. I don't know how far you'd want obviously Jewish characters or rabbis at your wedding.Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-3392877842247902242009-05-08T12:24:00.000-04:002009-05-08T12:24:00.000-04:00hmm wouldn't plato's symposium (written 300bc) pre...hmm wouldn't plato's symposium (written 300bc) predate the midrash? Not sure about the dates there...but yeah, thanks for the song of songs suggestions, will check that out too. I think we have decided against using the symposium readings since there's so much stuff about gods...if you have other suggestions for readings from the jewish tradition that don't mention god (or souls or religion), I'd be happy to check them out, it would be nice to have something jewish in there...Abandoning Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696116071749613265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-12751871615528089942009-05-08T11:30:00.000-04:002009-05-08T11:30:00.000-04:00"Once upon a time, human beings each had two sets ..."Once upon a time, human beings each had two sets of arms, two sets of legs, and two faces looking in opposite directions. Due to the power of these original humans, the gods began to fear that their reign might be threatened. So, in a manner not unlike the powers that be do so today, Zeus divided the humans in half."<br /><br />Wow, super ironic. This also happens to be an iconic midrash:<br /><br />Genesis Rabbah 8.1: “Fore and aft You have created me” [Ps 139:5]… R. Jeremiah b. Eleazar said: When God created the first man, he created him androgynous. Of this it is written, “Male and female he created them… and he called their name Adam” [Gen 5:2]. R. Shmuel b. Nahman said: When God created the first man, He created him diprisophon (i.e., with two faces), and severed him and made him two backs—one back facing this way, and one back the other.<br /><br />But as an atheist I guess you prefer Zeus for some reason...?<br /><br /><br />Song of Songs is awfully romantic, is that an unacceptable source for a wedding reading? Here's a couple of popular formulations taken from that book:<br /><br />"My Beloved spake, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; Flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Arise my love, my fair one, come away. My beloved is mine and I am his."<br /><br /><br />or<br /><br />"The voice of my beloved!<br />Behold, he comes,<br />leaping upon the mountains,<br />bounding over the hills.<br />My beloved speaks and says to me:<br />"Arise, my love, my fair one,<br />and come away;<br />O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,<br />'in the covert of the cliff,<br />let me see your face,<br />let me hear your voice,<br />for your voice is sweet,<br />and your face is comely.<br />My beloved is mine and I am his.<br />Set me as a seal upon your heart,<br />as a seal upon your arm;<br />for love is strong as death,<br />jealousy is cruel as the grave.<br />Its flashes are flashes of fire,<br />a most vehement flame.<br />Many waters cannot quench love,<br />neither can floods drown it."<br /><br />Up to you.Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-75310180541778274562009-05-07T12:35:00.000-04:002009-05-07T12:35:00.000-04:00I personally like "Union" or Plato's Symposium. I ...I personally like "Union" or Plato's Symposium. I do have a question, though...my impression is that Platos' Symposium directly contrasts the message given in "On Marriage" by Kahlil Gibran. Which theory do you believe? That married couples grow into one being? Or remain separate? Im not sure how you could consider both for your wedding, being they are so different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-53869515701517163202009-05-06T20:47:00.000-04:002009-05-06T20:47:00.000-04:00my other blog- never fear, they are legal in our s...my other blog- never fear, they are legal in our state- and we got a quaker wedding license. There was a supreme court case about it, and atheists won the right to have a quaker ceremony.Abandoning Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696116071749613265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-19167780135823873862009-05-06T20:34:00.000-04:002009-05-06T20:34:00.000-04:00Please tell me you have someone line up to perform...Please tell me you have someone line up to perform the ceremony. I think Quaker weddings are only legal when both parties are Friends....My Other Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03259985544840529549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-60962509776814017412009-05-06T19:40:00.000-04:002009-05-06T19:40:00.000-04:00I used the Plato thing once when I married two peo...I used the Plato thing once when I married two people. I think it's beautiful. But those are all great choices.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com