Were you offered a grant from the grants department they were calling me a couple of times a day The one in Africa that claims to be in D.C. that have no idea where D.C. is. They will tell you you won a grant for like 10,000$ tell them you would would like to use that to pay for the papers. lol

I'm technically an ordained minister with the Church of the Latter Day Dude. Dudeism. I'm a Dudeist priest. I did it so I can call myself "Reverand Jim", my all time favourite comical character from Taxi.

Okee doke!

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I am. Allows me to perform weddings.

Since 1993 --- over 3000 wedding performed and over 100 funerals....But I did it the old fashioned way...a BA in Religion/Philosophy and Seminary College with a D. Div. Degree

I did it over 15 years ago

I'm ordained for the purposes of marrying my friends. I did it back when it was illegal to marry as a gay or lesbian couple. It's come in handy over the years.

I am a Private Pilot and got ordained with the Universal church so I could marry people in the air and immediately they could join the Mile High Club. Just didn't have the funds to purchase the plane.

Universal life church, $30 dollars buys it, cheap fun. and great to haul out during a discussion with christians. just call me pastor

Nope.

I have been for many years, simply so that I could make a few extra dollars doing weddings.

No chance

Ordained, yeah i paid the fee.

Quite a few weddings under my belt.
Atheist, agnostic, pagan. I've helped a lot of my "non-traditional" religious and non-believers out.

Totally worth the fee, at least for me.

What about it seems a scam to you? The fact that you didn't have to take a test or something to get the piece of paper allowing you to perform marriages? Or the fact that you have to pay a nominal fee to the church or organization that offers the ordainment, so you can offer your services to friends or paying clients?

My thought is that non-religious couples just want a competent person to hear their vows and sign the marriage license, and submit it to the government offices correctly and so there is no religious test needed.

Many are happy to be married by a peer of their own - or someone they feel truly believes or exhibits qualities of their own belief system. Christians tend to like to be married by Christians...

Atheists and agnostics prefer to be married by someone with similar spriritual views, in my experience.

I became ordained through the Church of Spiritual Humanism in 2004 with the intention of performing weddings and funerals for the non-religious folks. I saw a need and I wanted to fill it.

So I set about teaching myself the art of creating meaningful humanistic ceremonies for weddings, funerals, vow renewals, adoptions and other celebrations of life. I also got certified as a funeral celebrant after taking an intense course on helping folks grieve and celebrate the life of their loved one, in a healthy non-religious way.

In 2006 I began officiating weddings and celebrating life events as a full time business. I have a reputable professional style, and cater primarily to atheists, agnostics, scientists, humanists, and other naturalistic poetically spiritual types. There are a lot of folks who seek non-religious yet professional services. I feel I'm filling a niche. It's a great way to make a living.

Here in Hawaii, I work barefoot in the sand at sunset, with couples eloping to say their vows intimately and personally to each other, with maybe soft guitar music, the scent of flower leis wafting on the breeze, and maybe a photographer capturing the scene for their memories.

I guarantee absolutley no religous references will be made and couples pay me to do just that. It's great!

If you find yourself to be a romantic or a poetic writer of love and its responsibilities and joys, it's a fun and rewarding thing to do!

Late Night host Stephen Colbert got officially ordained and talked about it on tv to show what a scam it is. Even did the most hillarious skit with Rachel Dratch of snl fame. I am sure it is on you tube.

Not me, but my similarly secular brother got mailorder-ordained when he was just 12. He thought it was the funniest thing to show just how little is needed for this title "Reverend" that so many gullible people place their trust in, believing it represents wisdom and sound guidance. Ha!

I am ordained in the church of dudism. Funny thing is I hate that movie, however the ordination was free.

ahaha, online many years ago as a jioke

I had my own agnostic church at one time...but I refused to use my ability to marry people, though I got asked all the time. Way too much responsibility for me...haha....every wedding I have ever attended has failed. All. Of. Them. And from different walks of life.