Weddings/Churches

Apr 3, 2008 at 5:49 PM
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When Dr. Myers was talking about the wedding she attended last week, she mentioned that a lot of people try to change their vows to make them their own and such. This got me thinking about church services and how, with many denominations, the same thing is repeated over and over each week - so much so that it has seemingly lost its meaning. I feel like the rise of alternative church services has followed the same tradition as alternative vows have in order to give back meaning to what is being said.

After so much repetition of language, it seems that more things that are signifigant in our society would have lost meaning just as these have seemingly. Why do you think that these stand out? Also, do any other instances come to mind of long phrases, or even speeches being stated so much that they loose their meaning?

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I think you've made a good point. I used to go to church and I'd get so frustrated with all of the repeated prayers. I had memorized the words, but never really meant them. I probably didn't even know exactly what they were supposed to mean. Now that I think about it, I remember part of one prayer that I certainly did not understand...it's the Apostle's Creed, I think. There's that part "suffered under Pontious Pilate" or whatever. I remember thinking it was the plane-flying 'pilot', and imagining Jesus on a plane.

Good observation! I don't know if these sayings are losing or have lost their meanings but think that people create their own vows in hopes of being original or different. Our individualistic nature, in American society, pushes people to find way to stand out and not be "everyone". The traditional wedding vows have been used so long that they have lost their punch, I guess. Plus weddings are an event that people take way too serious in my opinion. Yes, I know that they are life changing events and are important but don't think they are worth losing one's mind over (sorry for the rant).

I think the phrase "I'm sorry" and the word "love" can be two of the most meaningless utterances we say, at least in America, when they should probably be the most meaningful. We say "I'm sorry" for everything from killing a person to sympathizing for the tiniest things, and we say we love everything from a spouse to a brand of soda. So I agree, we have played out a lot of phrases to the point that they don't always mean much.

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