

Just for comedic value I’d like for God to actually exist. I imagine He wouldn’t appreciate their attempts at manipulation.
Sometimes this kind of people sounds like they believe in the Bible and prophecies as impersonal laws of nature, and not in an intelligent creator of any sort.
For all intents and purposes you are married. Depending on where you live your relationship might even have a legal recognition despite not signing any papers.
Weddings are a waste of time and actually counterproductive to a stable relationship, I agree. Although not directly, it has to do with the system of values that celebrates form over substance.