White Weddings

[Ginsu]

The whole white wedding dress thing is a silly man made TRADITION, you won't find "Virgins wear may only wear white when they are to be married" in the bible. If it ain't in the word then it ain't fact.

 

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

Good for you.

Do you really mean that? Do you really mean that her interpretation of Scripture (which was the interpretation for most of the history of Christendom) is good for her and not for you?

 

[Niels]

Most brides wear white. Most women aren't virgins when they get married. One might argue that it's also traditional for non-virgins to wear white.

These days, color of the dress seems to have little meaning besides "The bride wears a white gown, while the bridesmaids wear colorful ,not to mention ugly , dresses."

However, while I am not very traditional myself, engaging in traditions are a sign of respect for others. If non-virgin brides wear beige etc. in your family's culture, wearing an off-white dress is a sign of respect for them. Wearing white might be, at best, a sign of contempt... and at worst, a loss of touch with reality on your part. Perhaps if we even bother to go through the traditions of having a ceremony etc., it is worth doing correctly for the ones we love?

As for me and my future bride, I foresee a drive-thru Las Vegas wedding with the good Rev. Elvis Presley impersonator himself, officiating the ceremony .

If you wish to quote this reply, please quote the whole thing. I'd rather not be taken out of context on this one.

 

[Sketcher]

Do you really mean that? Do you really mean that her interpretation of Scripture (which was the interpretation for most of the history of Christendom) is good for her and not for you?

The Scripture is clear that remarraige is adultery unless you got cheated on first. I was commending her for recognizing this.

 

[markyoz]

I thought no body was originally born totally pure to begin with since all had sinned and fallen short of God.

 

[JSG]

You know...that's a good point. It's not like virgins marrying in a white dress are somehow perfect people. It's one particular sin which they haven't committed.

 

[vibrant]

there's nothing wrong with non-white wedding gowns. the brides' aren't any less deserving, chaste, or beautiful.

- bright white may not suit your complexion and an off white like ivory may truly be beautiful.
- colour may be beautiful as the recent wedding of justin trudeau (if you're canadian, the name will mean a lot) to his fiance, sophie showed. her dress was the palest of yellow and gold. man, she was stunning. he had his tux made to match!

to see pictures go to "When Justin Met Sophie" http://www.macleans.ca/gallery/index.jsp it's a photobook. i highly recommend it.

 

[markyoz]

I beleave white wedding had come about because of a tradition of men.

 

[InTheFlame]

It sounds as though your dad's a christian? If so, and in the future he really gets on your back regarding the whole wearing white thing, maybe some bible verses will help...

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.
Colossians 2:8

You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.
Mark 7:8

 

[Solitaire]

Colors are just colors. Whether you get marriedin white or pink or blue, who cares? Its the marriage thats important.

People need not to concentrate on the color of the dress, nor the ceremony itself, but the union that comes forth from it.

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Amen to that!

With an event as life-altering as a wedding, you've gotta remember it is all about the spiritual, not the physical.

As for maintaing tradition so you don't offend people, mrkguy, heres a different slant: I was not a virgin bride. However my mother insisted I get married in white lest certain family members have a heart attack over whatever great "revelation" my wearing a different coloured dress would make. I gave in, but to this day honestly wish I didn't. I wanted to be there in the brightest red dress in the land . Red is more of a celebratory colour than white, after all!