Replies

--Litmus test: If they sing "Just As I Am" in church, they
--shouldn't be imposing or even thinking about a dress code
--that discriminates against rural folks and farmers.

I have to wonder if anyone read the original post!! Who said anything about “imposing” a “dress code”? Now the word “discriminates” is thrown in -- you would think that this is a liberal group!

The point is to wear your best, just like you would if you had an audience with GW Bush, QE II, or the Pope! This is an internal thing that YOU do to show YOUR respect for someone greater than YOURSELF! Where in the world did some of you think that this was a move to impose a dress code on OTHERS?!

Now, “Just As I Am” refers to your starting point, it does not mean that you can continue to wallow in sin.

***The point is to wear your best, just like you would if you had an audience with GW Bush, QE II, or the Pope! This is an internal thing that YOU do to show YOUR respect for someone greater than YOURSELF! ***

Ping to post #2.

Should I quit worshipping in the tub ???

The point is to wear your best, just like you would if you had an audience with GW Bush, QE II, or the Pope! This is an internal thing that YOU do to show YOUR respect for someone greater than YOURSELF! Where in the world did some of you think that this was a move to impose a dress code on OTHERS?!

See, I don't buy this line. If I were to go visit GWB, or some other potentate, I would wear a suit and tie because that is what our culture expects.

But at church, where did the suit and tie idea come from? It's decidedly not biblical in origin, but rather cultural. "Sunday best" was not about piety, but rather showing off to the community.

James has a lot to say about those who make judgment based on the quality of someone's clothing -- its personal favoritism, damn hypocrisy.

More than a few evil men wore suits and ties to church.

Now, I am explicitly assuming we're not talking about issues of modesty.

I have to wonder if anyone read the original post!! Who said anything about “imposing” a “dress code”? Now the word “discriminates” is thrown in -- you would think that this is a liberal group! The point is to wear your best, just like you would if you had an audience with GW Bush, QE II, or the Pope! This is an internal thing that YOU do to show YOUR respect for someone greater than YOURSELF! Where in the world did some of you think that this was a move to impose a dress code on OTHERS?! Now, “Just As I Am” refers to your starting point, it does not mean that you can continue to wallow in sin.

I think you missed the fact that I was joking a little...I wasn't as serious as you seem to be taking it. Maybe it wasn't as obvious as I thought it was. I am not arguing against the thrust of the article, but was more directly addressing the post to which I repied, and the situation of the people where it sometimes came down to a choice between going in whatever clothes they had on, or not going because they didn't have time to change. In a situation like that, I will come down on the side of going in what they're dressed in every time. It's more important to be there than to worry about how they're dressed, IMHO.