Re: [UUPoly-L] Muncie?

[alan7388@comcast.net]

> at the end of the service, the pastor invited everyone down 
> front and said "Don't worry, nobody's going to lay hands 
> on you"... Well that lasted about a minute, and he was 
> laying hands on everyone he could reach, saying that 
> we'd just have to forgive him...

Not just one, but TWO couples I know of got married in evangelical churches where the minister agreed, during plans and rehearsals, to omit the woman's oath that she will always obey the husband -- and then in the ceremony, up in front of the crowd, sprang it on them anyway. Apparently this is standard tactics.

When the minister you speak of said he wasn't going to lay on hands, and then a minute later said he just slipped up and forgot, I'd bet money 10 to 1 that he was lying. This is normal among people who believe they have God-given duties that override honesty and decency toward people. Has your wife thought this out?

If she is involved in poly or even just OK with it, one might say that she too is lying in church by pretending that she doesn't disbelieve basic truths of that church.

Sounds tough. Good luck.

Alan M.