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Post by guest5 on Aug 25, 2007 6:30:40 GMT -5
to wingsofneagle (angel) - Sorry, but all cars do not have power antennae. I would wager that 85% are still the solid, stay in place type unless you have XM radio.
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Post by IllinoisGal on Aug 25, 2007 6:39:48 GMT -5
Because God didnt care if they wore black white or brown stockings as it isnt a salvational issue. In fact, he doesnt care if you wear any.
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Post by wingsofaneagle on Aug 25, 2007 10:38:14 GMT -5
to wingsofneagle (angel) - Sorry, but all cars do not have power antennae. I would wager that 85% are still the solid, stay in place type unless you have XM radio. Really? Wow. Ok! I thought they did! Mine goes up and down and the last few cars Ive had do the same. I seriously thought most cars now were all power this and power that. On new cars do you still have to roll up the window by hand too? They still make the basic models right where everything is manual? My bad. Sorry.
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Post by wingsofaneagle on Aug 25, 2007 10:55:38 GMT -5
[/quote]I know what you mean about it not being fair. When I was a teen I was not allowed to wear pants and was told if Jesus came while I was at a sock hop what would he think, a way for my mom to keep me from going to school day time sock hops in 7th grade, so I would hang out in the library along with the local elders son because we were from professing families we did not attend the 7th grade dances, in case Jesus came when we were there we would persih. LOL. One time I went to the sock hop and the whole time I prayed Jesus would not come because I was in the wrong place! Imagine 1982 or so - a young 12 year old girl in braids and a dress worreid about Jesus coming while Billy Idol blared in the background. I was standing in my socks on the gym floor listening to Billy Idol, knowing I was in the bad way because I was at a sock hop and the workers did not approve nor did my mother. I was a bad girl. Heaven forbid. Luckily Jesus did not come back that day when I was at the sock hop. FAst forward about 7 years later when I had my first Beer with a professing kid during his school party. I felt so guilty I almost threw up. Wow, one beer, think if Jesus came then. [/quote] Speaking of Jesus returning. I remember a brother worker at home speaking in meeeting against going to the movies, or "picture house" as he called it. He said that if Jesus were to return or if the roof caved in and we were killed while you are sitting in that picture house, then you for sure be going to a lost eternity. Scared the livin' bejibbers outta me! So when i was 12 as my rebellious streak was starting to emerge my cousin and I decided to go to our first movie (The Coal Miners Daughter... ill never forget it), and I was a wreck the entire time i was there. Talk about ruining a good movie! I never stopped looking around to make sure there was nothing "unusual" going on and can't tell you how many times i looked at the ceiling to make sure it wasn't about to cave in!!!!!! Needless to say, we made it out alive and we still joke about it. I wanted so bad to go back and tell him that Sissy Spacek was sensational and the ceiling remained intact. Poor ole Walter. He's still instilling the fear of God into everyone with his fire and brimstone tirades. He's been known as the minister of death because he seems obsessed with it and still is!
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Post by recentarriver on Aug 25, 2007 10:58:15 GMT -5
I think the "rules" have changed because of evolving lifestyles.
My Mom attended High School. She went to the armed forces. She had a career outside of the home. She quit wearing black stockings after she married. At the time she did these things they were considered very wrong in the "Truth" fellowship.
In my generation several things have "evolved":
Shoe styles - from closed in dark colored clodhoppers to open toe/back, any color or style.
Hose - I was involved in the debate of seamed or unseamed hose being 2x2 politically correct. (depended on where you lived). Now bare legs are beginning to be the norm. (I chose to toss those pantyhose in the 80's)
Hem length - the struggle to keep the hem length at least knee length in the 60's. (if you intended to get a job at convention you had to pass the "kneeling test". If it didn't touch the ground you didn't pass. My technique...I wore a skirt for the test that I unzipped enough to pull down and ace the test.
I feel parents and workers sighed in relief when the midi length (between knee & ankle) came into style. When the ankle length arrived the problem became policing the split in the skirt. There were a few workers who openly condemned denim skirts too.
Sleeve length - what was acceptable depended on where you lived. I moved from a "sleeveless" state to a 3/4 length state) in the 70's.
Make up - was openly frowned upon and some were even at the receiving end of a "coaching". Now this issue seems to be "ignored".
Hair styles - Big changes here and I won't go into this because it is on other previous threads.
Pant/jeans - mentioned elsewhere too. Seems to be a gradual transition to approval depending on the circumstances. (I used to help do farm work which involved handling hay wearing a skirt or dress! )
Radio's, Cd's, TV's - once forbidden and even physically reinforced ( BTW several of my peers had their car's antenna broken off a few yrs ago). Now seem to be ignored or just overlooked in many instances.
All these rules that seemed to be so important for my salvation and governed most of my life...WOW, I sure spent and wasted a lot of time concentrating and worrying about the things that don't even matter to God.
Being a female, it was an added chaffing for me that the male gender could pretty much blend in & look "normal". Why were females supposed to be the misfits that would inspire "an outsider" to want to be the same??? It was my experience that most wouldn't recognize a "childlike spirit",etc anyway because they were repulsed by the packaging. Always was illogical and unbiblical IMO even tho I ascribed to it many years. RA
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