If you have to wear make-up to be accepted....

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So everyone who keeps standards of outer separation are all banged up?

Hmm. I am not sure how to answer that. I don't have a problem with people keeping external standards unless they make them salvational especially if they are personal convictions.

Bob Coy wasn't preaching standards. Yet, his church has a plethora of issues, and now the pastor finally came out to let all us villagers finally know what we have always suspected about that church.

So are you saying that no preacher who preaches standards never has any of these issues?

Maybe you could explain how standards keep sin hidden?

If Joe Blow Pastor keeps certain standards to the letter of the law, agrees with his brethren when they preach such etc. but inside his church he skims off a few bucks and looks at porn behind closed doors, then someone reports him, some are likely to say "But he does XYZ standards! We know that he must be right with God! We trust him! He says all the right things!" Instead of investigating the issue, the surface is looked at and a pass is often given because of rules held and doctrines kept. On the other hand, Joe Troe Pastor, does not look at porn and does not skim off a few bucks, but he thinks that as long as you keep your eyes from wicked things, a TV is not wicked in itself and allows it. Joe Troe comes under scrutiny, judgment and gossip when Joe Troe is a better and more godly man than Joe Blow. This does not mean that more liberal people are better than more conservative ones (not at all) but it does mean that it is possible for sin to possibly hide better in conservativism by following rules and flaunting the following of them.

Where the Pharisees had an appearance of holiness but were really filthy on the inside?

This happens.

OK, then the opposite of that should be the liberals.

Because they don't preach standards therefore you can live your life looking like Captain Caveman in that way the sin is all out there hanging out for all to see?

Is it something like that?

No. Liberals can also have sin in the camp. What I am against is teaching to have an appearance of godliness but deny the power to truly deliver and truly live a right life. The more appearance one can hide behind, the more godly one can appear, whether the goods are on the inside or not. Thus, rules give more appearance to hide behind.