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So you are saying that Mennonite women wear hats when they prophesy in church? Good to hear the Mennonites are continuationists.

 

The only tongue I can recall hearing was Pennsylvania Dutch.

 

No it isn't. Most people don't even remember 90% of their wedding day. Your arguments in this thread are NOT based in reality but a judgemental, pharisaical spirit.

 

Low German

Mennonites run the spectrum from Old Mennonite to Mennonite Brethren to Hutterites to Amish. All trace their roots back to Menno Simon. Most, here in the US trace their immigration from Ukraine in the late 1800s when the Tzar called for forced subscription into the Russian army. Rather than pick up arms, they picked up life and fled to the America's.

With my wife being Mennonite Brethren I have spent many years being affiliated with a Mennonite community. However, Mennonite Brethren are quite close in doctrine to North American Baptist denominations who trace their lineage to German Anabaptists who also went to Ukraine and then fled with Mennonites to the US.

So, many Baptists and Mennonites have similarities.

 

I can't agree that most in the US came from Ukraine, as Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio were settled with Mennonites well before the 1800s.

But the ties with the Baptists have always been present, with John Smyth receiving a baptism from Mennonites when he decided his self baptism wasn't scriptural.

 

popcorn is good

 

Exactly. The whole argument was amazingly stupid.

 

I like kettle corn.

 

When our family, in the 1950's, pulled out of our driveway, in our station wagon, with all us kiddos dressed in our best, we were witnessing. Just a sidelight to our discussion.

 

Because adults understand that how you dress for something is an outward sign of your attitude toward it.

 

Disagree. If I am a grave digger, and I wear shabby clothes to dig the grave, does that mean I have a poor attitude towards the job, towards the deceased, the family of the deceased?

 

The importance is given over to Yashuah ha'Mashiah and His Father YHWH. Personally, I find jackets prohibitive since the MS has transitioned into Progressive. But as I Worship, I often raise my Crippled hands to show YHWH, Yashuah and Ruach that it is The One Elohim, Our Elohim, One God viewed in Three Persons, YHWH (The Father). Yashuah ha'Mashiah (Jesus, The Christ) and Ruach (The Holy Spirit). If the Biker is comfortable wearing hi best Club Colors and his 24" Pig Tail to present himself to the Master, who would I be to judge anything but the fruit of his worship?

I have friends like that and most of our other Old Biker Friends that worshiped with us have already transitioned into Eternity, one side or the other, according to the Righteous Judgement of Yashuah. Those of us that seek The Healing Touch of Our LORD have not the time for anything but to worship.

 

The most comprehensive book that addresses this question, amid others, is Image Conscious, Praising God With Your Body. It is an updated version of the older book The Naked Truth: Revealing Things We Hide Behind. Excellent book that will make you think for hours on the topic.

https://www.amazon.com/Image-Consci...eywords=IMAGE+CONSCIOUS&qid=1587333453&sr=8-6