Wedding rings

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by BeenThinkin

Do we base Doctrine on theory or on scripture?

BT

And you say this but when we give you guys scriptures about jewlery, ladies cutting their hair, women not wear pants, ect... you guys want to explain the custom of that day and blah blah blah

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

That was the main reason that Jeff and I bought rings. My Dad's church didn't allow them either, but when I was pregnant with Hannah, I was so embarrassed--I knew that it looked like I was unmarried and pregnant.

I was pregnant with my first child, a nurse was filling out my paperwork. She looked over at my hand, and said - "You live with your parents?" A very natural assumption, since I was young and not wearing the symbol our culture customarily wears to show that we're married. What a great witness.

[BeenThinkin]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

And you say this but when we give you guys scriptures about jewlery, ladies cutting their hair, women not wear pants, ect... you guys want to explain the custom of that day and blah blah blah

Have you ever heard of "rightly dividing?"

Some of the stupidity that has been added to scripture is horrendous. One of the narrow minded preachers from my past preached you couldn't wear red and the women had to wear seam hose! And that was just the start of many, many non-Biblical doctrines produced by human minds.

Been Thinkin

[Sam]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

lol..I like that one

I do too.
I "stole" it and will post it on facebook

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by Narrow Is The Way

Just act single. Do I need to explain more?

How in the world do you act single?

I know several women in their early 30s who have never been married. They don't conduct themselves a BIT differently in public than married women do. What do you suggest they do? Make eyes at every guy they meet?? Swing their hips as they walk by? Pass their phone numbers to guys?

Seriously, how do you act single? Aren't all women supposed to act godly and modest - married or single?

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

I was pregnant with my first child, a nurse was filling out my paperwork. She looked over at my hand, and said - "You live with your parents?" A very natural assumption, since I was young and not wearing the symbol our culture customarily wears to show that we're married. What a great witness.

I guess you weren't "acting married" good enough.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

I was pregnant with my first child, a nurse was filling out my paperwork. She looked over at my hand, and said - "You live with your parents?" A very natural assumption, since I was young and not wearing the symbol our culture customarily wears to show that we're married. What a great witness.

On one job my wife had years ago, someone asked her, "How long have you been divorced?"
My wife replied, "I'm not divorced. Why would you think I'm divorced."
The person replied, "Well, you don't wear a wedding ring."

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I guess you weren't "acting married" good enough.

Guess not. Whatever in the world that means.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by BeenThinkin

Have you ever heard of "rightly dividing?"

Some of the stupidity that has been added to scripture is horrendous. One of the narrow minded preachers from my past preached you couldn't wear red and the women had to wear seam hose! And that was just the start of many, many non-Biblical doctrines produced by human minds.

Been Thinkin

Sorry you had a bad expierence with preachers that did not explain stuff. I have always taught, and been taught, that there is some things we take a stand against cause "God said", some stuff we have principle in the bible to teach for or against it and some things are just house rules or keeping ourselves seperated from the world.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

Guess not. Whatever in the world that means.

You should have loudly stated that "I DON'T NEED THEM THAR WORLDLY WEDDING BANDS!!!" while making sure you get a few specks of spittle on the nurse's glasses.