Re: Your experience when you dropped "dress standa
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Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne
It's difficult to talk about because I don't want people to misunderstand me. I don't want to be this way, but I can't help it. In fact, I don't even consider myself saved right now because I'm not 'living right'.
I long to attend a church where I can worship God in complete freedom and liberty. Right now, I can't. People just want to pray me through (not that I don't need it anyway).
The UPC is all I know. To me, going elsewhere isn't going to save me. In my mind I think that anyway. It's difficult to explain unless you come from where I come from, right?
I attended a local church I thought was non-denominational but later found out it's Baptist. Anyway, I had a good time, loved the service, the people were wonderful, warm, and welcomed me and my friend that accompanied me, but I never went back. It's like I feel I'm worshipping the trinitarian god or something...and the women with short hair and pants on....like me...well, it's hard for me to take in a church setting where all my life I was taught those people weren't saved.
why can't you just wear your hair up and wear a skirt? is it such a big price to pay to be
apart of a fellowship that you long to be apart of???
I don't advocate hypocricy, but since you only attend the church and are not active,
who is going to know you are wearing pants when you are in the woods hunting ???
Re: Your experience when you dropped "dress standa
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Originally Posted by StMark
why can't you just wear your hair up and wear a skirt? is it such a big price to pay to be
apart of a fellowship that you long to be apart of???
I don't advocate hypocricy, but since you only attend the church and are not active,
who is going to know you are wearing pants when you are in the woods hunting ???
I cannot wear my hair up. For one thing, it's not long enough. For another, my medical condition won't allow me to wear anything on my head. It gives me headaches, even tiny clips and barrettes.
And that's part of the reason why I don't bother going to church. Don't you think that's sad, Mark? Don't you think it's sad that since I cannot 'pay the price', I feel I have to just avoid church altogether?
I'm not worried about wearing pants when hunting.
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Re: Your experience when you dropped "dress standa
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Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne
I cannot wear my hair up. For one thing, it's not long enough. For another, my medical condition won't allow me to wear anything on my head. It gives me headaches, even tiny clips and barrettes.
And that's part of the reason why I don't bother going to church. Don't you think that's sad, Mark? Don't you think it's sad that since I cannot 'pay the price', I feel I have to just avoid church altogether?
I'm not worried about wearing pants when hunting.
well for starters you could take those ear bobs off
gather it back and put a clip on bun on the nap of you neck.
It wont hurt you to do that for a few hours. when your with
the natives you wear the get up- just do it I know you can!
Re: Your experience when you dropped "dress standa
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Originally Posted by StMark
well for starters you could take those ear bobs off
gather it back and put a clip on bun on the nap of you neck.
It wont hurt you to do that for a few hours. when your with
the natives you wear the get up- just do it I know you can!
This is the kind of post that gives AFF a bad name and has driven away some great minds and contributors to the forum
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Re: Your experience when you dropped "dress standa
I like judging judgmental people ... My sister and I have this one sister from my sister's UPC church that we love to joke about. Every now and then I'll ask, Sis. So-and-so say anything profound lately, and she'll mention someone that sister looked down on, or said something passive-aggressive or condescending to, and we'll just have a good laugh. And then we have our impersonations and we'll be Sis. So-and-so saying what our judgmental sister would say... We probably shouldn't, I was a legalist of legalists just a year ago, and I'm still fairly conservative, but this sister is such a character. Pentecost truly has it's number of characters, they really are hilarious.
Re: Your experience when you dropped "dress standa
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Originally Posted by StMark
well for starters you could take those ear bobs off
gather it back and put a clip on bun on the nap of you neck.
It wont hurt you to do that for a few hours. when your with
the natives you wear the get up- just do it I know you can!
Mark, I got in trouble in nursing school for wearing my 'long hair down'. It was the length you see in my avatar.
I tried the clips. I can't wear them, even for a little bit.
The other day, I was fishing and wore a hat. I had a headache the entire rest of the day.
I can't wear anything on or in my hair/head.
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... My sister and I have this one sister from my sister's UPC church that we love to joke about. Every now and then I'll ask, Sis. So-and-so say anything profound lately, and she'll mention someone that sister looked down on, or said something passive-aggressive or condescending to, and we'll just have a good laugh. And then we have our impersonations and we'll be Sis. So-and-so saying what our judgmental sister would say... We probably shouldn't, I was a legalist of legalists just a year ago, and I'm still fairly conservative, but this sister is such a character. Pentecost truly has it's number of characters, they really are hilarious.
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