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Originally Posted by Pragmatist
Man determines culture. If the Bible determined culture, it would have to be very specific about each item we wear and it is not.
FYI- My father-in-law lives in India and wears a skirt at times. He is not a transvestite in his culture.
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In India they also walk around naked so ask your father-in-law about that one.
The Apostles commanded the Gentiles coming into the church to get rid of their culture.
Act 15:20
"But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood."
Different cultures dress the way they dress because of pagan practices and throw over from their religion. India is mostly tribal people, and their practice pagan. If they come into Christianity they are to discard those pagan practices.
What about other tribal cultures should they be allowed to keep their nudity, female circumcision, body piercing, body branding, and other totally pagan practices.
This could open a whole can of worms.
In Jesus name
Brother Benincasa
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