[on whether or not women should wear pants]
My beleif is that it would be wrong for me to wear pants. I used to wear them, but the Lord convicted me about this and that is why I say that for me to wear pants would be wrong. I heard this idea presented and I went and began to study it for myself. The Bible tells us to be modest as women. I watched women pants-wearers closely for about two weeks. It didn't seem to matter what kind of pants they wore, tight, loose etc. ALL of them seemed to creep in places they shouldn't. So that is not modest.
God convicted me (and this was at the same time He convicted me about wearing mini-skirts and tight tops that showed my belly off etc) about this. He was working on all these things in me at the same time, and to me a pair of pants was almost as bad as a mini-skirt, and still immodest.
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Oh noes, tight pants. That's how they're made for women. You don't like it, wear something else. Don't complain about it to God, because God doesn't care at all.
Why do they hate their bodies so? i honestly can't understand this.
I seem to remember a church song about this from my childhood (I'm ex-christian). You can't get to heaven in a mini skirt, 'cause God doesn't like girls who flirt. Clearly, the batshit sentiment is still alive and kicking.
If it's "immodest" for women to wear pants because of "creep," well, then, it also must be immodest for men to wear them as well.
Actually, pants are the most modest thing you can ever imagine, much more than skirts, according to your standards. So, are you trying to make holier a simple social stereotype?
I just don't see how skirts can be regarded as more modest than pants. On a windy day, that skirt will blow right between your legs leaving an outline of your figure for all around to see. Of course, the fundy response to this is probably to lock their wimmins indoors when the weather's bad.
Only in the Old Testament is there a specific admonition for women to wear what becomes women and men to wear what becomes men. Tranvetistism, presumably, is punished. The Bible just calls it "an abomination." But then again, most Christians seem to like to only cherry-pick Old Testament verses anyway, loving to hate gays but ignoring the commandments against shrimp .submissive but says nothing specifically about pants. Timothy says that women should dress "in modest apparel ," but does not say whether pants can be considered "modest" or not.
Jesus himself had no words about apparel. Only his apostles did, and they were writing about what they *thought* Jesus would want. Your argument, if you ignore the Old Testament law as most Christians do, fails.
Burning Stake, should fundies be against Gay Shrimp? Old Testament, so we don't need to worry about it."
Saying things like that while claiming the Bible is inerrant is what makes me vent by coming to sites like this.
But yes, I also know that not all religious people are like this. Just the fundamentalist ones.
And gay shrimp, I wonder if they taste. . .FABULOUS! (If this joke offends people, I'll take it down. I really hope to not get banned from this site!)
Well, men didn't wear pants in Jesus' time either. So obviously trousers are of the devil.
So in the world we have:
Jesus tap-dancing Christ , kid. Right, your vagina is a dirty place of evil where nothing should touch, and nothing should obstruct your jealous, insecure husband's access.
Wow--watching women's butts. Great hobby!
Remember, for an older girl or adult woman, being sexually attractive to males isn't just about getting laid or finding a mate. It's also about power -- getting a man to change your flat tire for you, share his resources with you, protect you from being attacked by leopards, etc..
I for one, agree. Skirts are easier to lift up, when you want to fuck...
You know, if this is what fundies think is too sexy... pants. Then I have to wonder why they allow men to wear them. Maybe the religion has some female influence after all...
As a girl who grew up in the fundie "no pants brigade" I have to inform everyone that when a fundie woman gets "convicted" about wearing pants, it does NOT usually mean she wears the stylish skirts and dresses that modern women often wear. It means that she mostly wears unactractive, bulky, flowing, ankle length dresses, skirts, and jumpers, no matter what the season. There are a rare handful of exceptions--usually "culottes" (Although, there are even some fundie churches that frown upon these as too liberal!).
Fundie culottes are HIDEOUS split skirts that are so baggy that they blow up like two parachutes in the wind. Many times, fundies require that "culotte slips" are worn underneath this odd piece of clothing. Culottes are usually worn only in athletic activites such as tennis or swimming. (Yes, in the water! Swimming suits are "immodest.")
Another exception is "skirlots," but these are a bit newer. I didn't wear these very often when I was growing up. They are basically skirts with long shorts sewn underneath. These are very thick and hot in the summer.
Fundie women get this BS from 1st Timothy 2:9 (at least this is what I was always taught). It is just ridiculous.
"...that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;"
The verse explicitly states that it is immodest to have braided hair, jewlery, and expensive clothes. It's silly! Most fundie women I know decide to wear skirts and dresses only, but then they braid their hair and wear jewlery. The verse says nothing absolutely nothing about pants!
Fundies just don't have functioning brains.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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