Your experience when you dropped "dress standards"

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

Please do not be offended but I did read the thread and yes I saw a journey but it was a backward journey and not a forward journey. Since Iam not new here I know nearly none of the posters who have been 'delivered' believe the new birth message any longer and some do not attend an Apostolic church period. To me your "liberty" is "bondage."
I am saddened by your testimonials rather than feeling good for you. I have seen the same attitudes in homes that broke up what once was love became a burden and home exist no more.
I will say this I am happy living the way I do and do NOT feel deprived or in bondage in the least. If I am a prisoner it is a prisoner of love.
"I love my Master."

Bro. Epley, my post just pointed out that some things we do out of respect for the pastor or assembly we attend, and not because we share the conviction. I still believe nearly exactly the way I did 10 years ago, with the exception that now I can express my beliefs a lot better. But I do know how to evolve from one place to the next based on who I am around. Some people would call that hypocrisy. I just call it being respectful.

While we attended our church, I kept the rules, and never complained about them. But once we left, I no longer kept them, because they were just out of respect for where we were and who we were under. The things I do out of respect for GOD haven't changed.

My point is--if someone is doing something because of what their pastor says or their church teaches, then it would be reasonable to think that when they are no longer under that pastor or attending that church, they will no longer adhere to those rules.