What would you wear?

Question

Religious attire (or clothes that show you are from a certain religion) or Westernised clothes?

I'd go for the religious attire!

peace ya'll

I know the muslims where their special clothing, but if you had a choice?
=)

Lucky Fokker-they do, don't they!=)

Admiralbob77-I didn't mean it the way you said:)

Heron, I honour you! Thank you for answering my other question! I deleted it because I thought that it should maybe be personal talking like the others had said! Thank you!

Answer 1

I would wear a sari. ;-) My avatar is wearing a hijab today in support of Muslims' rights to wear one.

When I was practicing Judaism, I started to dress modestly, as required by Jewish law. I became very aware of what a difference one's attire can make in their attitude! I think it is interesting and people should be willing to wear what they feel is right, and not feel pressured to fit in by looking like everyone else or wearing Western attire.

To answer your other question:
I studied the Bible very carefully (it's my nature to be analytical) and came up with many questions. I had faith that a rabbi could answer them to my satisfaction and I put off asking them for a while, because quite frankly, I was afraid deep down that maybe he could not answer. Before taking the step of moving to Pittsburgh to convert, I decided I really needed to deal with these tougher questions I had. So I started to talk to the rabbis and some of my more learned Jewish friends about the questions I had. I soon became very frustrated and realized that they didn't have satisfactory answers.

My main questions were things like the following:
Did Moses really write the Torah? If so, then why is there so much evidence for multiple authorship which was much later than Moses?
Did God really give the Oral Law along with the Written Law at Mt. Sinai?
Is the Bible really literal? Did God really give the Torah at Mt. Sinai, etc.
I had done ample study of biblical scholarship and was having a hard time believing in the Bible literally.

I finally accepted that I did not believe in Judaism the way I had before. I started to read about other religions.

Hinduism particularly struck me. I fell in love with its scriptures. I felt they had great insight into the nature of humans and God. I loved the devotion of Hindus, and the devotional practices of the faith. I felt so at home in the Hindu Temple, like I had finally found my home.

In Hinduism, there is one God, who is depicted in many ways, so as to give a greater glimpse into the multi-faceted nature of God. So God can be depicted as male or female, because "he" has masculine but also some feminine qualities. The picture of God is not complete if you leave out one or the other, I think.
God is often depicted with many arms. This is to show that God is greater than humans and has more power, and can do multiple things at once.
In the depictions, God is always holding various things in his arms. Each of the items tells you something about the nature of God and his relationship to humans. It's interesting and enlightening when you learn the symbolism.

Answer 2

I agree with Admiral Bob on this.
As a Christian, I know that God is concerned with the condition of our heart.
In 1 Samuel 16:7b "...God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart"

& We are called to dress in a way that won't make others stumble, -with modestly.

1 Timothy 2:9a "Likewise I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly...

Also in James we are admonished not to show favoritism to those who can afford to dress well...

James 2:1-4 "My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. Or if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also come in a poor man in dirty clothes, and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing fine cloths, and say, "You sit here in a good place," and you say to the poor man, "You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool," have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives.?"

So for me I have no such thing as religious attire, my relationship with Jesus Christ is 24/7, wherever I am, whatever I am wearing, it is how I am living out my faith that is important to me.

Peace to you too!

Answer 3

It depends on what I'm doing...If I'm exercising, I'm wearing sweats, If I'm going to a religious service, I am wearing the appropriate religious attire and dress clothess. In my daily life I wear casual clothing that is modest and clean to reflect my beliefs.

Answer 4

there are several religions in any Country which have special attire for their followers, but personally plan on dressing the way that is comfortable to my life style.

Answer 5

Since I am a Westerner I wear Western clothing although I am Buddhist. I am not a Buddhist nun so this is appropriate.

Answer 6

Islam does not limit how we should dress. Any dress that covers us is modest. I don't have to put on abaya (robe) all the time to fit into my religion. Islamic way of dressing is to dress as a modest person where you do not expose yourselves!

Answer 7

Being that God never really said what to where-not talking people who work in the temple or Paul telling women not to dress like prostitutes- I think you can where what you like.

Answer 8

Well, my religious attire is reserved for ritual because it's "special", for lack of a better word. If I wore ritual attire everyday, it would be meaningless when worn in ritual.

Blessed be!
)O(

Answer 9

I kind of go where Jesus did with this, personally. What goes into a man cannot defile him - what comes from him does. "By their fruits shall you know them," Jesus said, and he also said of public piety, "Truly, they already have their reward."

A sound life and well-led life is more important than a life designed to appear correct to others. What is your internal life like out of sight of others? That's what we have to work on - not how we make ourselves look to others.

But that's just how it is for me. :-)

Answer 10

I only wear clothing appropriate for my faith during rituals. Otherwise you cannot tell my faith by my regular clothing.

Blessed Be )O(