I had a pastor who believed & taught this nonsense when I was a teenager. The only word for this is "ignorance". You first alluded to high humidity climates & then drew a comparison to "desert dwellers" to make your point. Ummm, you may not know this, but the desert is not a high humidity climate. They wear extra clothing to keep the moisture next to the skin; the opposite of what is needed in high humidity climates. One would not want to wear shorts in desert climates. You are either confused or just repeating what you have heard.
I own a construction-based company, & have worked in a high humidity climate for several decades. I would love to have you work along side me for a single day in your full body covering clothes. Your opinion might sound good in a sermon, but it is completely wrong. Please stop spreading this misinformation. I hope you don't teach this opinion to others in the church.
Brother, why do people, who think they know-it-all, like to throw out the words "ignorance", "nonsense", "confused", "completely wrong" and such so freely?
"I would love to have you work along side me for a single day in your full body covering clothes."
And I would have loved to have you work right along side me from the time I was old enough to use a hoe. You see, Brother, I grew up on a small farm in central NC. A place where 100+ temperatures are routine for days at a time. A place where "heat advisories" are common.
A Heat Advisory is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States within 12 hours of the heat index reaching one of two criteria levels. A warning will be issued if there is a heat index of at least 105°F but less than 115°F for less than 3 hours per day or if nighttime low temperatures are above 80°F for 2 consecutive days.
High values of the heat index are caused by temperatures being significantly above normal and high humidities, and such high levels can pose a threat to human life through conditions such as heat stroke.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_advisory
Standard attire for sun up to sun down field work was (is) a wide brimmed straw hat, long sleeved light color shirt, and long pants. All to keep the direct rays of sun off the skin.
Dress for summer. Wear lightweight, light-colored clothing
to reflect heat and sunlight.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/heat/index.shtml
I am very aware of the differences in humidity levels for arid areas vs my own. Lower humidity levels in the southwest US is the reason why swamp coolers are much more effective there. Did you bother to read these words from my post? "to provide shade from direct rays of the sun" & "in free flowing clothing"
Clothing for desert survival
Do not strip off your clothes. Apart from the risk of severe sunburn, an uncovered body will lose sweat through evaporation requiring even more to cool it-
but keep the covering as loose as possible so that there is a layer of insulating air. Sweating will then cool you more efficiently. http://www.survivalx.com/wilderness-survival/regional-survival/desert-clothing/
Google: desert clothing - to see examples in the "Image Results"
Your opinion might sound good in a sermon, but it is completely wrong. Please stop spreading this misinformation. I hope you don't teach this opinion to others in the church.
Final point in reply to your appraisal of my ignorance and misinformation. Doesn't matter what my opinions might sound like in a sermon. The Lord didn't call me to preach them. I'm just a layman sitting in the congregation on Sunday morning.
