I lived with a pentacostal roommate for about 2 years. They don’t let their women wear makeup, they don’t let their women have pierced ears, they make them wear denim dresses down to the floor so you can’t see their ankles, their women can’t do their hair, I’m talking zero beautification. And of the woman doesn’t have breakfast ready when the man gets back from church, she gets punched around the kitchen. It’s basically islam with the volume turned down.
“It’s basically islam with the volume turned down.” — interesting, thank you
Um, not quite. The first part was an old attitude coming from Paul talking about women being modestly adorned, but some took it to extreme.
The second part of your experience - pure wrong. No Christ-following Christian, Pentecostal or otherwise, would/should ever lay a hand on their wife for ANYTHING, let alone not having breakfast ready. Any man who did that was sinning before The Lord, pure and simple.
Any woman that patronizes a denomination willingly, does so ... ahem .... willingly.
Does it ever occur to anyone in this sex filled society that there are women that actually believe they should dress modestly ?
Parents have absolute rights over their minor children so leave THAT one out of the argument.
Just as different Protestants denominations vary, so do Pentecostal churches. E.g., the Assemblies of God, which are considered Pentecostal, do not impose all the legalistic rules and restrictions your roommate displayed. I think it's also true that with virtually any Christian church or denomination, emphasize on particular doctrine, rules, restrictions, etc., are based on what the Pastor and leadership choose to elevate.
They did believe you could lose your salvation though. One of our major disagreements.
I was raised Pentecostal. Lived with my grandparents and my grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. Had his own Church of God. Went to church 4 to 5 times a week. Skirts below the knees. Sleeves right below the elbows. No makeup or hair cutting. No jewelry other than a wedding band. No doctors because Jesus would heal you....although that part has changed. Yes, most of my family is still Pentecostal. And no, they weren’t allowed to beat their women, or anyone for that matter. They were/are a peaceful bunch.
That is not representative of the Pentecostals I have met, and I know a lot of them.