When Fashion Controls the Church....

[CC1]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

While no church is perfect ,I am pro-church and pro-pastor as everybody needs a pastor.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by CC1

You can wear a thousand dollar dress and rolex watch to General Conference but don't dare show up with a ten dollar piece of costume jewelry on!!!!!!!!

or an illegal "Rolex"....

[ILG]

Originally Posted by CC1

Compensation is also a factor. As in; "If I can't wear makeup I will wear the coolest, best looking, shoes I can afford, sometimes ones I can't afford!"

If a person does not keep their heart on the altar and work on developing the fruit of the spirit in their lives this compensation can result in a spirit of "superiority". I have seen Pentecostal women dressed up to the nines in malls walking around with a haughty air looking down their noses at the "common" women around them that are dressed casually. I have also seen Pentecostal women dressed to the nines with big smiles on their faces and as welcoming and friendly as anybody on earth.

It is this sort of thing that really messed with my head for many years. Here my family and culture I was raised in were condemned for pants-wearing and hair-trimming etc. but dressing to the nines and haveing a haughty air....no one would say "This is wrong".

It's not fair to put a young kid/woman through that. I got the Holy Ghost at 19.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by CC1

You can wear a thousand dollar dress and rolex watch to General Conference but don't dare show up with a ten dollar piece of costume jewelry on!!!!!!!!

Right. Culture. Nothing more. There is nothing biblical about that. It's called hypocrisy.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by CC1

This is an area that deserves an anthropological study. Closed Cultures with alternative lifestyles like old time Pentecost end up having their own hierarchy and social strata.

Any group of people will, within the paramters they are given for living, develop these things. It is human nature!

Compensation is also a factor. As in; "If I can't wear makeup I will wear the coolest, best looking, shoes I can afford, sometimes ones I can't afford!"

If a person does not keep their heart on the altar and work on developing the fruit of the spirit in their lives this compensation can result in a spirit of "superiority". I have seen Pentecostal women dressed up to the nines in malls walking around with a haughty air looking down their noses at the "common" women around them that are dressed casually. I have also seen Pentecostal women dressed to the nines with big smiles on their faces and as welcoming and friendly as anybody on earth.

I do not deny this happens however PRIDE in an inherent evil in us that must be crucified.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by CC1

You can wear a thousand dollar dress and rolex watch to General Conference but don't dare show up with a ten dollar piece of costume jewelry on!!!!!!!!

I would not wear a rolex watch if it was given to me.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

I would not wear a rolex watch if it was given to me.

I guess that means you wouldn't wear it on your own television show either.

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

I would not wear a rolex watch if it was given to me.

Neither would I.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by ILG

I guess that means you wouldn't wear it on your own television show either.

True!

[nathan_slatter]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

I would not wear a rolex watch if it was given to me.

Neither would I. I would sell it and use the money for real necessities like fishing equipment.