Bible reading at a wedding..I'm atheist

[Ismeyes]

What should I do? I've been asked to read at a wedding, which I am very happy to do. Except I have been given a passage from the Bible and I am atheist. I feel pressured to do it, but very uncomfortable. WWYD?

Are there going to ne other readings? See if you can swap with someone else if so and people will assume there was a misprint on the order of service.

I think Lydia's idea is a good one. You can say what the reading is at the start of it and say it means something special to the B&G. Or get the Vicar/Priest to say it for you.

I think you need to assess why this is bothering you so much. It means a lot to your friends and you are doing it for them, there really isn't any more to it than that. Their wedding day isn't the time to stick up for your beliefs because their wedding, and the readings that are read at their wedding are about them and not you, even if you are the one reading it.

If its so close to the date I think you should just go along with it. It could be quite damaging to the friendship if you let them down at this stage, or cause them to have an incorrect Order of Service. Whereas doing the reading won't damage anything because you will still have the beliefs you have at the end of it. I would try and Decide what to do based on the least damaging outcome.

Actually I agree that's a pretty good compromise - making it clear the words and sentiment and choice were all someone else's and you're just reading it. A bit like when a solicitor / PR person reads a statement on someone's behalf!

If you can detach yourself from it so that you're literally just the reader, maybe you can manage to feel less uncomfortable.