Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: streetpreacher
That's because God is looking at the place that matters, the heart. All of the "dressing up" in the world won't conceal that area.

Well said. Adam and Eve came into this world bare-naked. I doubt that God provided them with a wardrobe of fine clothing (if you believe in the biblical Creation). If you believe in evolution, well it is clear that early humans didn't have clothing either. Eventually humans made and wore clothing for practical matters, such as to protect them from the elements. Eventually, as civilization developed, some humans made finer clothing to differentiate themselves from "lesser" humans who weren't as well off as they. Therefore the wearing fine clothing is a function of our own vanity. We don't wear fine clothing to impress God. We wear fine clothing to impress our fellow humans and to establish ourselves higher up in the pecking order. So admit it everybody. It's not about God at all. We wear fancy clothes to church to show off to each other.

258 posted on 04/11/2004 5:34:56 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I'm voting for John Kerry until I vote against him in November)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 230 | View Replies ]


To: SamAdams76; streetpreacher
see # 257
259 posted on 04/11/2004 5:37:04 PM PDT by WKB (3!~ Term Limits: Because politicians are like diapers., need to be changed for the same reason.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 258 | View Replies ]

To: SamAdams76
"So admit it everybody. It's not about God at all. We wear fancy clothes to church to show off to each other."

If that is the reason one is dressing up, God knows it. On the other hand, if one is dressing up in a genuine effort to honor God on His holy day, He knows that too. I freely admit that I have been guilty of the former.......but going to church in ratty attire in a vain attempt to appear "righteous" is no better, IMO.

273 posted on 04/11/2004 6:02:02 PM PDT by freedox
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 258 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson