This point seems to be ignored. God NEVER in the Bible required men and women to wear drastically different garments. They BOTH WORE DRESSES. Male and female. Only the decorations were different, which holds true in our society today, also. That's why we have the men's department, and the ladies' department in stores. The clothes are different, even though the shapes may be similar (as were robes).
I think you know the answer to this, TJ.
In our culture, of course it's not okay. But in the Bible days, yes, it would have been perfectly okay for a man to come to church wearing a dress.
As much as people want to say that culture can't dictate our dress, well in many ways it does. It has to. If a man wanted to start wearing a robe today, he could. He'd certainly be more biblically correct. But I don't see our men rushing out to buy one. They don't want to look odd. They know it's not culturally acceptable. Culture has always shaped what people wear, and what is acceptable and unacceptable.
That's where the 'no pants on women doctrine' started. Culturally, men switched from robes to pants. (I've read that it was considered scandalous at first, and then everyone got used to it) It stayed that way for a while. Then, women began to wear pants. At first, that was frowned upon, and was considered scandalous. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, a Christian woman would have done well to not wear pants. It would have been a very bad witness. But over time, as with men, it became acceptable in society. Now, at this point in time, no trace of scandal remains. So a Christian woman is not being a bad witness if she wears them.
Since the Bible does not forbid pants on men or women, it's clearly a cultural issue. Culture once forbade it, now it doesn't. But what at one time was just done because of good witness, somehow got turned into a "law" in Pentecostal churches. So now it's a heaven or hell issue.
I still say that if we're going truly by the Bible, everyone should be wearing robes with different kinds of fringes on them. That's the only clear direction the Bible gives us. Is it possible that it's wrong for
men to wear pants?
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