Ive oftern wondered about that.
When missionaries go to foreign countries, do they or do they not keep in mind the cutural norms in those countries?
Like in India for example, it is the norm for the women to wear pants. In many cases the the women's pants are somewhat decorative & look distinctly different from mens pants. Still, they're pants nonetheless, but in that culture no-one there seriously would say that its a "man's garment".
So if an Apostolic missionary converts a whole village in India to Christ, does he then tell the women they cant wear pants like this because it's a man's garment?
Missionaries I know personally who are working in "East Indian" culture don't make an issue of this.
The ones who do make an issue of it are ignorant North American pastors who visit these foreign fields and start griping about the lack of holiness. I.E. "Got to get the pants off those women!" .... making life miserable for the missionaries on site.
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Missionaries I know personally who are working in "East Indian" culture don't make an issue of this.
The ones who do make an issue of it are ignorant North American pastors who visit these foreign fields and start griping about the lack of holiness. I.E. "Got to get the pants off those women!" .... making life miserable for the missionaries on site.
Perhaps we should all go around nude. That would certainly allow for distinction amongst the sexes.
ewwwww NO. There are some people (men and women) who should stay covered........... gravity ya know.........
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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ewwwww NO. There are some people (men and women) who should stay covered........... gravity ya know.........
LOL!
It just illustrates the ridiculous nature of the point--if everything is about gender distinction, and modesty isn't part of that equation, well--that can be arranged.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Missionaries I know personally who are working in "East Indian" culture don't make an issue of this.
The ones who do make an issue of it are ignorant North American pastors who visit these foreign fields and start griping about the lack of holiness. I.E. "Got to get the pants off those women!" .... making life miserable for the missionaries on site.
I'm going to seriously start to pray against any man-made hindrances that hinder the free flow of the gospel. God only knows how many souls we've unnecessarily alienated with this stuff over the years.
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Daniel 12:3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever.
It just illustrates the ridiculous nature of the point--if everything is about gender distinction, and modesty isn't part of that equation, well--that can be arranged.
I know right. My oldest daughter dated a young man that had beautiful thick, long hair......... He was the envy of a lot of girls I think.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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