Women in pants

[Salamander]

Did you ever see me say that?
For what it is worth, my wife wears dresses to church.

Women who wear dresses to church are not legalists.
Women or men who demand a dress code as a requirement that goes beyond the text of the scripture are legalists.

Oh, and by the way, the amish are legalists.

maybe by your definition, but that wreaks too much of a private interpretation.

 

[Salamander]

Not all are. Some are promiscuous. Some do not want modern conveniences such as TV because they believe that it destroys family relationships.

Count me in that number!

Why bother changing the channel because of something inappropiate when all you have to do is NOT let "IT" into your home!:smilewinkgrin:

 

[annsni]

But what about my wife and daughter, and others, who know it is a good testimony to wear nothing but dresses? Of course dress acordingly and not always Sunday's best.

What we see is here even in the "Bible Belt" is the attention they get and the recognition of the separation they demand by their attire as being associated with some church. That association to some church has a better indication of their being a Christian than the time it would take for some one to investigate them and look for other evidences.:smilewinkgrin:

That's great. Here in metro NY? You're still just as likely to get pushed on to the train track, cut off by a speeding motorist and cut in front of in line at the grocery store. I've been out dressed very nicely and not gotten any more recognition of anything than if I go in wearing my breeches and riding boots like I did tonight. Actually I was wearing my jeans and sweatshirt a few weeks ago when I picked up 3 40 lb. bags of ice melt and a very nice gentleman came over to help me load them into the car. I didn't have the heart to tell him I just came from the barn where I loaded 1/2 ton of 70 lb. bales of hay in the loft then rode a 1600 lb. horse. LOL

 

[EdSutton]

I plan to eventually get around to posting to a few responses on this thread.

Just "keep your britches on" in the meantime.

Ed

 

[gb93433]

Yes, but that's the whole point: people are to see our good works and thereby glorify our Father which is in heaven. It's all part of lifting him up so all men might be drawn unto him.

I don't care what other church members think about my spirituality,they're supposed to love me unconditionally, not judge me. But it's what the lost world thinks is what REALLY matters.

So in the church it is all about you but in the world its all about them?

Gal. 6:10, "So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith."

Jn. 13:35, "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

 

[Beth]

Lol

I can answer this myself.

In my community, you'd seriously look like a freak in your Sunday best all the time. Traditionally, people didn't wear their "Sunday best" during the week because of working and stuff. If I wore my best each day of the week:

1) My dry cleaning bill would be astronomical
2) As would my wardrobe bill
3) I could not ride a horse
4) Would not get into my shower and scrub it with a scrub-brush
5) I could not do gardening
6) My entire family would think I went off the deep end

Instead, I have my barn clothes, my garden clothes, my "everyday" clothes that I can do my chores in, my "nice" everyday clothes that I tend to wear out of the house into the public, nice "date" clothes (DH and I don't go out for fancy dinners but these might be a slight step up from the nice everyday clothes) and then my Sunday clothes. Most of my barn and garden clothes were either garage sale finds or demotions from "everyday" clothes. The other clothes are all purchased for those purposes and can be multi-use (I have some nice tops that I pair with jeans for nice date night, or else with dress pants or skirts for Sunday clothes or the rare fancy date). But to always wear my Sunday best would be pretty dumb, IMO.

You sound like me, Anne. I purchase ONE dress for Sunday...just got one in the online outlet store at Coldwater Creek. This will be worn only on Sundays, hung up during the week in the spring and summer months...hoping to get six to seven months wear out of a $29.00 dress!

My favorite outfit for cleaning out the coop are my farmer's overalls. I LOVE them. I dig out the chicken shavings every month and deposit them into my compost pile. Anyone who advocates dresses only has clearly never been covered with chicken poo!

Spring gardening in the early spring is really messy here...LOTS of mud, etc....I like to get right into the garden and can frankly look like Charlie Brown's "pigpen" by the end of the afternoon! MUCH more modest to be kneeling and digging in farmer's overalls than a dress, LOL!

Wearing dresses, not wearing dresses, in my opinion, is a liberty issue.

We are to be known for the love we have for one another, not by the dresses we wear.

 

[Mexdeaf]

Wearing dresses, not wearing dresses, in my opinion, is a liberty issue.

We are to be known for the love we have for one another, not by the dresses we wear.

A very loud AMEN from this corner. It is sad that so may evidence a lack of love for the brethren by their judgmental, holier-than-thou spirit.

 

[gb93433]

A very loud AMEN from this corner. It is sad that so may evidence a lack of love for the brethren by their judgmental, holier-than-thou spirit.

Ever notice those who preach such things the loudest are guilty of the same things they preach against.

Romans 2 teaches the same thing.

 

[abcgrad94]

A very loud AMEN from this corner. It is sad that so may evidence a lack of love for the brethren by their judgmental, holier-than-thou spirit.

I totally agree. It has been my experience that those who focus so much on the outward clothing lack the inward clothing of love and humility and meekness.

 

[robycop3]

Speakinga TV...My last then-living living great-GM refused to have a TV in her home, calling it an instrument of the devil.(But she had radios!) her relatives mentioned this to her pastor, who said, "Leave this to me".

One day soon after, he paid GM a visit, and as he was preparing to leave, he said, "Be sure to catch out TV program. I preach a different sermon on it than I preach before the live congregation" GM said she had no TV and why. The pastor explained to her that, same as any other tool such as a knife, or radio, a TV could be used for evil or for good...for instance, many a shut-in who couldn't attend church could still participate in church services thru TV.

Soon, GM had a TV, which greatly added to her enjoyment of her final years on earth.

Oh, yeah...men wore something like dresses or skirts for thousands of years with no prob. Men & women dressed MUCH more-alike in mosta the world than they do now. Why the big hick-hack over womens' pants now? Seemsta me this is just another distraction from the devil attempting to alienate the brethren within the church!

 

[Salamander]

That's great. Here in metro NY? You're still just as likely to get pushed on to the train track, cut off by a speeding motorist and cut in front of in line at the grocery store. I've been out dressed very nicely and not gotten any more recognition of anything than if I go in wearing my breeches and riding boots like I did tonight. Actually I was wearing my jeans and sweatshirt a few weeks ago when I picked up 3 40 lb. bags of ice melt and a very nice gentleman came over to help me load them into the car. I didn't have the heart to tell him I just came from the barn where I loaded 1/2 ton of 70 lb. bales of hay in the loft then rode a 1600 lb. horse. LOL

Maybe he was attracted to your "perfume"?:laugh: (sorry, couldn't resist)

What else do you expect from a majority of heathens in NY? But if you did maintain this godly appearance before them, wouldn't it be easier to win a few?:godisgood:

 

[Salamander]

I plan to eventually get around to posting to a few responses on this thread.

Just "keep your britches on" in the meantime.

Ed

Even if I've worked in them a few days?:tongue3:

 

[Salamander]

So in the church it is all about you but in the world its all about them?

How twisted your mind must be.
No! It's ALL about HIM! at church. Out in the world it's all about getting THEM to HIM!

Gal. 6:10, "So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith."

Yep, at least you have used the Bible.:smilewinkgrin: Since you used Scripture, now explain what your use means?

Jn. 13:35, "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

Yep, and I love all women whether they wear pants or not, but to avoid temptation, I do choose not to stick around very long if they are immodestly dressed.

A modest dress is always more modest than any pants on women.:thumbs:

 

[abcgrad94]

Yep, and I love all women whether they wear pants or not, but to avoid temptation, I do choose not to stick around very long if they are immodestly dressed.

A modest dress is always more modest than any pants on women.:thumbs:

I Opinions 3:8

So slacks equal immodesty? Once again, that's man's opinion, not God's. If that's your definition of modesty, that's fine for you, but I don't appreciate being labled "immodest" simply because I do not adhere to some silly man-made rule. That is casting judgement on me, and that's God's job, not anybody else's.

 

[annsni]

Maybe he was attracted to your "perfume"?:laugh: (sorry, couldn't resist)

Hmmm - I GUESS there might be men turned on by that. Certainly not my hubby. What do I get when I walk in the door? "You stink! Take a shower!" :tongue3:

What else do you expect from a majority of heathens in NY? But if you did maintain this godly appearance before them, wouldn't it be easier to win a few?:godisgood:

"Godly appearance" meaning "in a shapeless jumper or lose dress", nope. I win people by speaking to them and blessing them whenever I can. I'm sure the elderly woman was more blessed by me helping her out to the car with the groceries yesterday than if I were dressed in a jumper and walked by her.

 

[HankD]

Just a few verses down from the passage forbidding a woman to wear "that which pertaineth to a man": is

Deuteronomy 22

11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.​

I had a pastor friend who had this "no slacks for women" rule in the church he pastored.​

I showed him this verse just 6 verses down verse 5 which he based the rule upon and asked him if he had the ushers check that everyone attending was also wearing non-blended apparel (all wool or all cotton).​

He called me a trouble-maker.​

HankD​

 

[mcdirector]

Just a few verses down from the passage forbidding a woman to wear "that which pertaineth to a man": is

Deuteronomy 22

11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.​

I had a pastor friend who had this "no slacks for women" rule in the church he pastored.​

I showed him this verse just 6 verses down verse 5 which he based the rule upon and asked him if he had the ushers check that everyone attending was also wearing non-blended apparel (all wool or all cotton).​

He called me a trouble-maker.​

HankD​

HA! You trouble maker you! :tongue3:

My closet is full of blends . . .

 

[Salamander]

I Opinions 3:8

So slacks equal immodesty? Once again, that's man's opinion, not God's. If that's your definition of modesty, that's fine for you, but I don't appreciate being labled "immodest" simply because I do not adhere to some silly man-made rule. That is casting judgement on me, and that's God's job, not anybody else's.

Funny thing, they now have mirrors in department stores so a woman can see what a man is looking at when she walks by in a pair of pants.:tongue3:

 

[Salamander]

Hmmm - I GUESS there might be men turned on by that. Certainly not my hubby. What do I get when I walk in the door? "You stink! Take a shower!" :tongue3:





"Godly appearance" meaning "in a shapeless jumper or lose dress", nope. I win people by speaking to them and blessing them whenever I can. I'm sure the elderly woman was more blessed by me helping her out to the car with the groceries yesterday than if I were dressed in a jumper and walked by her.

Nice dodge, but the dress, appropiate dress, would have a greater impact than a woman witnessing in a pair of pants.:thumbsup:

 

[annsni]

Funny thing, they now have mirrors in department stores so a woman can see what a man is looking at when she walks by in a pair of pants.:tongue3:

What a newfangled invention!! They certainly didn't have this when women wore skirts!!!

:BangHead: