Comments on: A Modest Witness – She Said http://www.as-for-my-house.com/2009/09/a-modest-witness-she-said/ Joshua 24:15 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:41:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lindsey http://www.as-for-my-house.com/2009/09/a-modest-witness-she-said/comment-page-1/#comment-4440 Lindsey Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:43:35 +0000 http://www.as-for-my-house.com/?p=281#comment-4440 I just accidentally came across your website and just read your posting. Thank you! Thank you for taking a stand for modesty when in many cases it is shunned by the world. I to believe in dressing modestly and making sure people know you are a Christian by not only the way you dress but also act. It is truly refreshing to hear another person put into words how I feel. I just accidentally came across your website and just read your posting. Thank you! Thank you for taking a stand for modesty when in many cases it is shunned by the world. I to believe in dressing modestly and making sure people know you are a Christian by not only the way you dress but also act. It is truly refreshing to hear another person put into words how I feel.

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.as-for-my-house.com/2009/09/a-modest-witness-she-said/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Tiffany Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:21:40 +0000 http://www.as-for-my-house.com/?p=281#comment-444 Katie – I’m not sure why that’s a “catch”, though. As I said in the post, my concern isn’t that I be able to tell a Baptist from a Pentacostal, or even a Christian from a Jew… Only observing that Christians, by and large, aren’t taking a stand against the cultural slide into immodesty. And there’s as much point to it the other way: If someone knows you’re a Christian, do they see you keeping your body private as a temple for God and your husband? Katie –

I’m not sure why that’s a “catch”, though.

As I said in the post, my concern isn’t that I be able to tell a Baptist from a Pentacostal, or even a Christian from a Jew…

Only observing that Christians, by and large, aren’t taking a stand against the cultural slide into immodesty.

And there’s as much point to it the other way: If someone knows you’re a Christian, do they see you keeping your body private as a temple for God and your husband?

]]> By: Katie http://www.as-for-my-house.com/2009/09/a-modest-witness-she-said/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Katie Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:52:48 +0000 http://www.as-for-my-house.com/?p=281#comment-442 I think you have a cogent point, but there's a bit of a catch to it. Plain congregations and the orthodox Jewish groups you mention mandate specific attire, and the hijabi scarf is tied in such a way as to be recognizable. Outside of these groups, even in Christian congregations/denominations that promote modest dressing, the specifics are left up to each family. Therefore it's not necessarily clear. Certainly if we see a family with modest clothes on, we can likely guess that they're Christians, but it's not as cut-and-dried. Modest dress may mean a wide variety of styles (watch an episode of the Duggars' program in which they're with the Bates family for an example of the varied styles. Both families dress modestly, but in quite different ways. Other families may choose less-lengthy skirts, etc.) I think you have a cogent point, but there’s a bit of a catch to it. Plain congregations and the orthodox Jewish groups you mention mandate specific attire, and the hijabi scarf is tied in such a way as to be recognizable. Outside of these groups, even in Christian congregations/denominations that promote modest dressing, the specifics are left up to each family. Therefore it’s not necessarily clear. Certainly if we see a family with modest clothes on, we can likely guess that they’re Christians, but it’s not as cut-and-dried. Modest dress may mean a wide variety of styles (watch an episode of the Duggars’ program in which they’re with the Bates family for an example of the varied styles. Both families dress modestly, but in quite different ways. Other families may choose less-lengthy skirts, etc.)

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.as-for-my-house.com/2009/09/a-modest-witness-she-said/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Jennifer Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:00:25 +0000 http://www.as-for-my-house.com/?p=281#comment-427 Really good point, Tiffany. I am not sure that most of us bear witness through our way of dressing very often. Thanks, it's thought provoking. .-= Jennifer´s last blog ... <a href="http://aplayoflight.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-new-vintage-shop.html" rel="nofollow">My new vintage shop!</a> =-. Really good point, Tiffany. I am not sure that most of us bear witness through our way of dressing very often. Thanks, it’s thought provoking.
.-= Jennifer´s last blog … My new vintage shop! =-.

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.as-for-my-house.com/2009/09/a-modest-witness-she-said/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Tiffany Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:07:16 +0000 http://www.as-for-my-house.com/?p=281#comment-156 Thanks for bringing that up, Meg. I'm just starting to learn about sheitels as I study more on headcovering. It's quite an interesting concept... Thanks for bringing that up, Meg.

I’m just starting to learn about sheitels as I study more on headcovering. It’s quite an interesting concept…

]]> By: Meg http://www.as-for-my-house.com/2009/09/a-modest-witness-she-said/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Meg Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:58:15 +0000 http://www.as-for-my-house.com/?p=281#comment-155 Actually, the Jewish women you saw with long skirts, yarmulke wearing husbands and modestly dressed kids probably were covering their hair--only they were wearing wigs. Many Orthodox Jewish women do, and to the untrained eye, they can be difficult to distinguish from real hair. (If you spend enough time around wig-wearing women, you will learn to pick out the tell-tale differences, though.) Here's an example of the wigs Orthodox women wear. They can be quite realistic looking. www.savvysheitels.com Actually, the Jewish women you saw with long skirts, yarmulke wearing husbands and modestly dressed kids probably were covering their hair–only they were wearing wigs. Many Orthodox Jewish women do, and to the untrained eye, they can be difficult to distinguish from real hair. (If you spend enough time around wig-wearing women, you will learn to pick out the tell-tale differences, though.)

Here’s an example of the wigs Orthodox women wear. They can be quite realistic looking.

http://www.savvysheitels.com

]]> By: Rachel Davis http://www.as-for-my-house.com/2009/09/a-modest-witness-she-said/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Rachel Davis Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:04:50 +0000 http://www.as-for-my-house.com/?p=281#comment-134 Very well put Tiffany! I totally agree! Todays "acceptable norm" should be the unacceptable...look at the example we (as a generation) are setting for our children! Keep up the good work! I'm following you! :-) Very well put Tiffany! I totally agree! Todays “acceptable norm” should be the unacceptable…look at the example we (as a generation) are setting for our children!

Keep up the good work! I’m following you! :-)

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