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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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Originally Posted by On The Wheel
A very astute comment by your daughter. You should be proud.
From my research, God never asked people to stand out just for the purposes of standing out. Separation is something he required so people would not get ethnically (Old Testament) and spiritually confused, and was mandated for those reasons. The OT Hebrews probably looked identical to their heathen counterparts. Also, the fact that the bible pays scant attention to the topic of clothing at all seems to point to the fact that it is a minor, not a major issue. It's hard for anybody to prove with any conclusiveness what, exactly both OT and NT saints wore.
God required men to be physically altered by circumcision, but that could not really be construed as something God desired to "stand out" in a crowd. It was a personal, sacred sign of devotion to God.
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On The Wheel.... I don't know about your choice of words here...lol 
BT
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