Most people would expect Jesus to appear as HE does in paintings,I think; but my point was that why would HE? Why wouldn't HE appear looking just like anyone else? People who know HIM, would know HIM in their hearts,no matter what HE was wearing.
I didn't say a thing about your church,BTW.
And replies went waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off topic,on this thread, in a most ridiculous and personal way.The whole point,if I'm not mistaken,of the article, is how our culture has been devalued and dumbed down,by the way people now dress. People behave differently,when they wear different types of clothing. This is well know and has been for at least a century.People also react to people,by how they are dressed. Is this superficial and petty? No,I really don't think so.
If someone wore a ball gown to a picnic on a beach, everyone there would find that inappropriate.Wearing jeans to the opera is the obverse of that same coin...but it is becoming more and more accepted;which is a bad thing.
"Most people would expect Jesus to appear as HE does in paintings,I think; but my point was that why would HE? Why wouldn't HE appear looking just like anyone else? People who know HIM, would know HIM in their hearts,no matter what HE was wearing."
Yes, some people may expect Him to look like some painting they saw. Not me. That's why I said that He could be the young man in jeans sitting next to you in church.
No, you weren't one of those who said anything my church.
nopardons said, "People behave differently,when they wear different types of clothing." Perhaps that is true in some situations. But I believe, for example, that a true lady is a lady no matter if she's wearing a ball gown, or jeans. I've seen plenty of women in my time who dressed real nice, but they sure didn't act like "ladies".
Your other main comment, "People also react to people,by how they are dressed. Is this superficial and petty? No,I really don't think so". IMO, that pretty much sums up the difference between you and I, and some others on this thread. I believe judging people, or reacting to people, by how they are dressed IS superficial and petty.