Hi there. I hadn't meant to raise the issue of Christian ideas how 'salvation' is achieved. I was just saying that there's no idea of a place called Heaven where people go and be happy forever.

This is a core claim across all Christianity, so I'm not sure exactly how you'd say it was just some Americans.

It's interesting that you think weddings are "wise." My point was that the Bible gives no authorization to a cleric to perform such an event. As usual, Christianity makes up whatever it likes, as "God" is moved around as a prop as needed.