AFF apostolic or not?

[LadyCoonskinner]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Oh brother. How sophomoric.

You are too funny. I told my husband, I was going to post that, and "see what they do with this" Was not disappointed. I know shorts are a "shortened" version of pants.

What is boils down to guys, is what seemeth good to the Holy Ghost that you possess. If you aren't convicted by it, then by all means, have at it. But if you are convicted and you attend a church that preaches against, you had better not do it. That simple.

I'm not the judge and don't profess to be and don't want to be. I enjoy "debating", but I don't enjoy being slammed and made to feel like an idiot for the things that I believe and so much of the time, this is what happens. I don't like lables either, just be a Christian and do what the bible and your pastor says and you'll be fine.

Love you guys, but I'm going to go play at a friends house. Seeing that I'm so "sophomoric."

[Cindy]

Well I don't know about y'all, but anybody with a user name that has skinner in it, especially a lady. I would not want to get angry at me.

[Praxeas]

Some more to get you in a snit
History of Shorts

From the beginning of history men wore skirts (long like robes and short like Scottish kilts) and then in the late 14th to early 16th centuries breeches were popular. Breeches were knee length tight pants worn with hose.

Knickerbockers were loose breeches gathered or pleated into a buckled band at the knee. They were the fashion for boys around 1863 and worn with a short collarless jacket. Men started wearing knickerbockers or plus fours (because they came 4 inches below the knee) for golf and sportswear in the 1890’s. Older boys wore a vest (waistcoat) and after 1890's a Norfolk jacket with their knickerbockers. Knickers, actually refer to ladies underpants, but is a common short word for knickerbockers.

Knee pants were short light pants extending to the knees and worn by boys 8 to 16 years old from the late 19th century until after WWI. The word "shorts" for short pants came into being in 1920’s when younger boys ages 2 to 8 begin to wear a wider leg style.

During the 1920’s men wore one-piece swimsuits, which covered their chest. By 1932 the European craze of for swimming without shirts at private beaches gained momentum. New elastic fabrics started to be used in swimwear in the 1950’s, which promised a better fit and held its shape even after the fabric was wet.

In the 1930’s shorts were popular with adults for camping.

Senorita de Alvares played tennis in a below the knee divided skirt in 1931. This set the stage for Alice Marble to wear shorts in 1933 for a professional tennis match and helped the acceptance of shorts in sporting events. But the first sight of tennis shorts in public was on a man, Bunny Austin, who wore shorts at the 1932 U.S. Men’s Championships at Forest Hills, New York.

Bermuda shorts were created at the beginning of the 20th century by British military forces, not in Bermuda, in London! The British military wanted their personnel appropriately, but lightly attired for duty in tropical parts of the Empire!

Before the "standard issue", troops were already cutting off their trousers at the knees to get some heat relief. There were British Regiments in Bermuda where civilians started copying the military shorts.

Men had accepted Bermuda shorts for leisurewear by 1950, and often see paired with sport coats in men’s fashion magazines, even neckties and, of course, long socks.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by LadyCoonskinner

Not they're not, they are shorts. Pants are called pants.

Actually - if you want to get into the technical terms - "pants" in the middle ages were called culottes and were knee-length "breeches."

Later, during the revolutionary period in France, the peasants and commoners were called "sans-cullottes" - which means "without knee-breechers." The knee-length "shorts" were a privilege in that society that only the high-born and the wealthy could wear. The peasants had begun to wear long trousers instead of the tunics and hose that they wore previously.

Sadly, today there are still some with the "let them eat cake" mindset. Knee-breeches are for only a privilged few.

Earlier in history, the first "pants" were introduced by barbarians and for this reason many Christian men refused to wear pants and instead wore the skirts that they had always worn. Curiously, no one today seems to advocate that we adopt this "Apostolic" custom and I don't know why.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by LadyCoonskinner

You are too funny. I told my husband, I was going to post that, and "see what they do with this" Was not disappointed. I know shorts are a "shortened" version of pants.

What is boils down to guys, is what seemeth good to the Holy Ghost that you possess. If you aren't convicted by it, then by all means, have at it. But if you are convicted and you attend a church that preaches against, you had better not do it. That simple.

I'm not the judge and don't profess to be and don't want to be. I enjoy "debating", but I don't enjoy being slammed and made to feel like an idiot for the things that I believe and so much of the time, this is what happens. I don't like lables either, just be a Christian and do what the bible and your pastor says and you'll be fine.

Love you guys, but I'm going to go play at a friends house. Seeing that I'm so "sophomoric."

Well Im glad you were just having fun sister. Im sorry for my later posts lol. Sheeeeesh

I don't have a problem with "shorts" that are below the knee. I would not wear them to church meetings either.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by pelathais

Actually - if you want to get into the technical terms - "pants" in the middle ages were called culottes and were knee-length "breeches."

During the revolutionary period in France, the peasants and commoners were called "sans-cullottes" - which means "without knee-breechers." The knee-length "shorts" were a privilege in that society that only the high-born and the wealthy could wear.

Sadly, today there are still some with the "let them eat cake" mindset.

Earlier in history, the first "pants" were introduced by barbarians and for this reason many Christian men refused to wear pants and instead wore the skirts that they had always worn. Curiously, no one today seems to advocate that we adopt this "Apostolic" custom and I don't know why.

She was just jerking our chains apparently

[LadyCoonskinner]

Originally Posted by pelathais

Actually - if you want to get into the technical terms - "pants" in the middle ages were called culottes and were knee-length "breeches."

During the revolutionary period in France, the peasants and commoners were called "sans-cullottes" - which means "without knee-breechers." The knee-length "shorts" were a privilege in that society that only the high-born and the wealthy could wear.

Sadly, today there are still some with the "let them eat cake" mindset.

Earlier in history, the first "pants" were introduced by barbarians and for this reason many Christian men refused to wear pants and instead wore the skirts that they had always worn. Curiously, no one today seems to advocate that we adopt this "Apostolic" custom and I don't know why.

Actually, I can think of several reasons all of which are too gross to type!!!

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Well Im glad you were just having fun sister. Im sorry for my later posts lol. Sheeeeesh

I don't have a problem with "shorts" that are below the knee. I would not wear them to church meetings either.

She gotcha, Bro. You fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Good thing she gave it some slack.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Rico

She gotcha, Bro. You fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Good thing she gave it some slack.

yeah I was still on the launch pad

[StMark]

Ya'll always want to throw back to what they did in
the middle ages or ancient biblical times but I don't
see any of you prancing around in a kilt(skirt) or
long Jesus like Robe so PLEASE!! Knock it off ! you
know that we are referring to our western culture of
today. For Pentecostals, men wearing shorts represents
a worldly carnal spirit