Seniors, got to love them
Dec 7, 2016 09:20:10 #
I agree 100% with all of the above. The younger generations think that they alone invented/discovered peace, compassion, and re-cycling, when they are the most
wasteful generations EVER.
wasteful generations EVER.
Dec 7, 2016 09:44:53 #
Dec 7, 2016 09:49:22 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
I believe that it says in the bible you should wear your finest to worship. Now if cutoffs are your finest your covered, if not you are showing disrespect.
Book, Chapter and verse please?
Dec 7, 2016 09:56:11 #
Thanks usnpilot for a very good post. I an a 69 year old senior and veteran but I sometimes wonder if we just let this happen with the younger generations. I feel like we failed to teach them better letting too many things interfere with teaching. However my grown children are turning out pretty good but still seem to miss a few things in life that I would like for them to have.
Dec 7, 2016 10:43:19 #
WayneW wrote:
Too true! And I'll add this: So many younger people today, who claim to have some semblance of religion, go to their places of worship wearing cutoff shorts, t-shirts and flip flops, or worse. What sort of god do they worship and (dis)respect? OK, I'm jumping down from the soapbox! Your turn-
A man in a suit and tie and a woman decked out in her finest for church only covers the the body. Church and interaction between god is about the heart underneath. Old saying 'don't judge a book by its cover'. Christ accepted humanity especially the poor as they are; and went among the dirty, sick, the raggedly dressed. The hordes that surrounded him seemed to not be the rich or well dressed. This is the god they worship and respect.
I'm not trying to dress you down (sorry for the pun) but to help you have a better insight or perspective.
Dec 7, 2016 11:20:34 #
Ka2azman wrote:
A man in a suit and tie and a woman decked out in ... (show quote)
Good outlook, thanks.
Dec 7, 2016 11:34:17 #
My pastor wrote a good book called, "The Blue Jeans Gospel." His philosophy is that living The Gospel is hard enough, we shouldn't make it any harder on folks to come to Jesus.
Dec 7, 2016 11:38:35 #
pilgrim1951 wrote:
My pastor wrote a good book called, "The Blue Jeans Gospel." His philosophy is that living The Gospel is hard enough, we shouldn't make it any harder on folks to come to Jesus.
sm24Dec 7, 2016 12:32:23 #
Dec 7, 2016 13:16:46 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
I believe that it says in the bible you should wear your finest to worship. Now if cutoffs are your finest your covered, if not you are showing disrespect.
First of all, it does not say that in the bible. So many people attribute their own personal biases to "somewhere in the bible, it says." David, danced naked when the arc of the covenant was recovered. Jeremiah went three years naked and shoeless. St. Frances also dressed in minimal clothing. (Don't believe the pictures that prudish more modern people paint. Remember that Jesus was not blond and blue eyes despite the Salman's Head of Christ
BTW. The early church baptized new members with everyone taking their clothes off, so as to present themselves naked before the lord. (It's true)
Dec 7, 2016 13:56:56 #
usnpilot wrote:
Senior citizens are constantly being criticized fo... (show quote)
The problem is most seniors today are boomers who protested Nam, spit on returning soldiers, had free love with no responsibility, had scraggly long maggot infested hair and wore raggedy clothes disrespected the US flag. They took over college campuses, fought for abortion at any time up to birth. Thought Che was wonderful and Marx was a genius and taught all these wonderful things to their children and grandchildren.
Dec 7, 2016 14:52:14 #
dragonfist wrote:
I was taught that you wore the best you had not out of vanity but to show respect to God. Would you go to your best friends funeral wearing raggedy cut off jeans and a tee shirt that had a hole in it?
Interesting. My aunt was hauled in the back of a pickup truck to the cemetery for burial. We were dressed casually, no offense but that was the way she lived spending her time volunteering to help God's children in some real hell holes in SA. They had plenty of money but used it to help others but didn't associate with sanctimonious religions but did it on their own with no fanfare. I am sure God did not condemn them for lack of going to church.
Dec 7, 2016 15:39:54 #
dragonfist wrote:
I was taught that you wore the best you had not out of vanity but to show respect to God. Would you go to your best friends funeral wearing raggedy cut off jeans and a tee shirt that had a hole in it?
How can one show respect to the dead. The dead are gone and not wanting for this life. All the pompous show is for the living. All the flowers are really to help hide the smell of the decomposing body. All the dressing up in black or darken colors, how in the beginning the whispering, eventually breaking into normal to loud voices, and sometimes the feast afterwards/alcohol is for the living. Then again you have all types of funeral services. Cremation, then the celebration of life afterwards when the person isn't even there. Jewish type, Indian type, Eskimo style is all show for the living.
When was the last time you went to your grandparents grave and cleaned up to show respect, let alone your great-grandparents.
With all due respect, your opinion is important to you; but when it is your turn go in front of God he will not say I appreciated looking through your eyes of how others behaved. You are responsible for only yourself.
God doesn't judge one for their earthly possessions. Old saying 'you can't take it with you'. Didn't Jesus say 'give onto Caesar what is Caesar's and give onto God what is God's' while going through his tribulation for mankind? Clothing belongs to Caesar, the heart belongs to God.
My father said back in the 60's that all men with long hair are sissy. I turned to him and said 'Show me a picture of G. Washington with short hair, show me a picture of Einstein without his long curly Afro style hair, but show me a picture of any kind of Jesus with short hair. You are calling all these people because of their looks sissies, even your God. He never said anything about long hair after that.
With all due respect, you view is that of a person who didn't think it through. Your trying to give Caesar property to God, which he doesn't want or need. You have a right to your dress code but not of others.
Dec 7, 2016 15:43:30 #
Dec 7, 2016 15:57:55 #
WayneW wrote:
Too true! And I'll add this: So many younger people today, who claim to have some semblance of religion, go to their places of worship wearing cutoff shorts, t-shirts and flip flops, or worse. What sort of god do they worship and (dis)respect? OK, I'm jumping down from the soapbox! Your turn-
They are worshiping the God of the Universe who is far more interested in what is in their heart than what they are wearing. While I don't wear blue jeans to church, I would run fast from a church that appears to have an attitude about those who do.
1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV) But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Jerry
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