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Re: Is it true that....
I'm not a suit and tie guy (never saw the need for men to wear cloth necklaces or fancy wrist bangles, even if they have a time-piece attached).
However, there is something to be said for not dressing like a slob. It is true Christ and the apostles did not wear 'special robes'. In fact, Christ rebuked the Pharisees and scribes and lawyers for loving to wear 'long robes', because they did it ultimately for the approval of men ('look at me! I'm shnazzy!'). Nevertheless, I seriously doubt when they gathered for prayer, teaching, studying, etc that they flopped down in the living room in their undies. Society has for some reason largely given approval to sloppy appearances. Whatever happened to just dressing nice when you get together with friends and family?
Some people dress nicer on Thanksgiving to meet relatives they never see and don't like anyway than they do to meet their brethren in the presence of God. I can remember growing up as a heathen and it was expected that you would dress nice if you left the house and went into public, period. By the time I got to my teen years, I was 'making my statement about social mores' with my ripped jeans, trashy t-shirts, dirty sneakers and unkempt hair. Thankfully, many of the younger generation haven't taken so completely to the 'let's dress up like People of Wal-Mart' and actually try to look halfway decent when they leave the house for social interactions. So I imagine in the next 30-40 years 'casual dress' will once again slip out of vogue in general.
Of course, there are still gobs of young people who think 'dress nice' means throwing on a hoodie over the pj's when going out to dinner, but hey...
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