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Originally Posted by Pliny

You're joking right? You bring up anecdotal NON-biblical evidence and I respond in the same way and suddenly you have an epiphany that your logic is wrong then, you want to chastise me for following your logic.

You've based an entire premise on three captive Hebrews in Babylon. Whom you swear were wearing the latest style of Hebrew Levis. LOL

That's why you agree the Bible demonstrates the godly young men were wearing pants. Maybe you should go back and read what you post. It appears that you forgot you agreed they were wearing pants. You see, when you use words like "at all" which implies everyone, you must include everyone. Then, when you agree that godly Jewish men wore pants you contradict yourself and make your self look foolish. Therefore, by your own admission you have lied when you say

Show me evidence that the Hebrew males wore pants as part of their regular attire at home in their native land. For that is where they would have practiced Deuteronomy 22:5 in truest form.

It is clear you cannot maintain a coherent thought.

More insults. Is it possible to have an intellectual discussion with a conservative without insults?

It is also clear that godly Jewish men did indeed and in fact wear pants.

Pants issued by Babylon, probably given to them when they received their Babylonian names.

Unless you know more than the God because God told us through Daniel that it is so.

God and myself know the conditions of the Babylonian captivity. Evidently you need to go back and study up on it.

Once again it does not matter where the origination came from. The fact remains godly men wore pants.

You have three captive Hebrews wearing Babylonian garb that included pants in Babylon, and you're clinging to it like your last line of defense. Because... it is. LOL

Godly women did not. These men who stood strong for the Jewish identity did not find anything wrong with wearing pants.

I am fair. That statement I can agree with. They did not see anything wrong with wearing the Babylonian pants issued to them in their captivity. However, they would not have been wearing those pants had they not been taken captive. They'd be wearing what all ancient Israelites wore, tunics. Tunics that were actually quite similar to those worn by their female counterparts.

They went to a fiery furnace in defense of their Jewish identity.

No they didn't. They went to a fiery furnace because of their love for God. What is the hang-up with "identity" over God? Oh, let me guess... trying to preserve all those unbiblical standards, I assume.

Yet you seem to want to make them out to be marshmallow men who embraced Babylon - your evidence, like all other evidence of yours, is non-existent.

No, they were captive prisoners of war. The Babylonians stripped them of their Hebrew names, stripped them of their Hebrew dress, stripped them of their Hebrew freedoms. Yet they refused to eat the king's meat and refused to bow to the king's idol, even in the face of death. They were politically defeated, yet spiritually victorious.

Yet, another red herring. We are not talking about this. The thread is about Deu. 22:5 and the debate is over pants. Keep up and stay on topic. Provide Biblical evidence that a godly woman wore pants.

Look, if Deuteronomy 22:5 requires such radical distinction, one has to ask... why did both males and females essentially wear the same style of clothing throughout ancient Israel's history within the Holy Land? It is very relevant to this discussion. Because nearly 4,00 years of history testifies to Deuteronomy 22:5 NOT being interpreted as you are interpreting it.

You must really like listening to yourself. You cannot stay on topic for anything. You must jump to conclusions (like the three Hebrews being assimilated into Babylonian culture without evidence) and build straw man arguments while ignoring the facts,

More personal insults from the conservative. Just like the other conservative. I see a trend.

Nevertheless, I'm still standing. I know the truth.

Here's a question that will answer one of our most divisive disagreements on this matter.

Why were the three Hebrews issued Babylonian names and addressed by their Babylonian names while captive in Babylon???

Please answer this question for me. I want to see how you dance around the fact that the Babylonians tried to rob them of their Hebrew identity, and that would include forcing them to wear Babylonian attire, which included the pants that you're reading about.

Godly men wore pants.

You've staked your entire argument on three pairs of Babylonian pants. LOL

Godly women did not.

No one in ancient Israel wore pants (the Levites wore only breeches, when serving before the altar). The average Israelite wore tunics. And there is no biblical evidence that the Levites wore these breeches when not serving before the altar.

The topic is not about tunics, robes, girdles etc. It is simply about pants. Keep up with the topic - pants (bifurcated garments and their Biblical evidences).

Okay, no one in ancient Israel wore "bifurcated" PANTS until they were taken captive into Babylon. Until then, men and women wore tunics, similar in cut and style with minor differences as it related to length, fabric, and color.