# Anyone here gotten ordained online? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810 "2021-12-28T21:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/21 "2021-12-29T01:18:02Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Many years ago, my husband and I had our cat ordained. She was Minister Wee-Wee. I want to commission Minister Wee-Wee to officiate my funeral. Attendees will say my funeral was the cat’s meow. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/22 "2021-12-29T01:20:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > > > @kayaker do I recall correctly that you’ve done this?. > > Every marriage I’ve officiated, I’ve sworn afterwards it was my last. Mind if I ask why? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/23 "2021-12-29T01:24:28Z")
Universal Life Church about ten years ago, 'cause you never know when holy water might come in handy. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/24 "2021-12-29T02:13:26Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Mind if I ask why? The marriages I’ve solemnized have been for people very close to me and I’ve put everything into my performance. Everything. It’s exhausting; physically, emotionally, mentally. What John McClain went through in DieHard? Way beyond that. Worth it in retrospect, but not something I’d volunteer to do again. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/25 "2021-12-29T02:18:50Z")
From one minister to another, I feel you man. No one who hasn’t been there could possibly understand. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/26 "2021-12-29T22:50:18Z")
I was ordained by the ULC many years ago, and the only thing I’ve ever done with it is gain the nickname “Reverend Tim” which I shortened to Revtim and have used as a username in many places, including right here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/27 "2021-12-29T23:00:53Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > What John McClain went through in DieHard? Way beyond that. How many guests survived? Many, many years ago, I clicked a button that ordained me as a ULC minister. I printed off the certificate it generated and everything. Never did anything with it, and I have no idea where or if that piece of paper still exists. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/28 "2021-12-30T04:12:49Z")
hajario - aren’t you the dude that was the “official” gaijin minister that performed for years at weddings in Japan? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/29 "2021-12-30T05:19:48Z")
No. I’ve spent a total of maybe two weeks in Japan over three different trips. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/30 "2021-12-31T01:33:58Z")
Hmmm, there was another poster then that did weddings on the weekend in Japan. Can’t remember who it was though. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810/31 "2022-01-04T23:42:05Z")
Well, I went to the courthouse and filed my paperwork. The whole process took about 3 minutes. No side-eye. No nuthin. I can now perform a marriage ceremony anywhere in the state of Oklahoma. Minister Glinley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-gotten-ordained-online/956810.md?page=1)