It is "Feast" time in COGland and the Living Church of God is laying down the law again on proper dress at the feast for church services and for the beach. LCG members apparently are still too stupid after close to 20 years of hearing this crap that they need to be reminded of every year.
Does LCG have real men who are leaders of their families? I guess that's why they have to have yearly retreats for men on how to be masculine and leaders.
What About at the Beach?
Appropriate beach attire for women and men at the Feast of Tabernacles is swimwear that is modest and in good taste. We should be guided by the two great commandments—to love God and love neighbor (Matthew 22:37–39; Mark 12:29–31)—so as not to offend God or neighbor in our dress at the Feast. Accordingly, following our Living Youth Programs policy, beachwear at the Feast for ladies should be a modest one-piece or a modest tankini (covering the mid-section), and for the men, no Speedo-type suits (unless pool facility rules require them, as is the case in some countries). Fathers and husbands have a responsibility to be leaders in their families to teach and guide regarding what is appropriate and what is not (Ezekiel 22:26).
Gerald Weston and no minister can tell me to tell my wife what to wear. If she wants to wear a nice-looking bikini at the shoreside at the Feast I am more than willing to let her do it. I am so tired of these old men telling us what we need to be doing. Stay out of our bedrooms and away from the recreational sites if you can't control your wanton desires!
ReplyDeleteWhen Weston was here in Canada he made life hell for the teenagers. Most despised the guy.
ReplyDeleteWhat if the teenagers were the ones dishing out hell to the adults
DeleteI guess Herbert or Gerald Waterhouse would have looked sharp on the beach in St Petersburg back in the 1970's on the beach either in their SPEEDO or their ONE PIECE bathing suit. Also, don't forget brethren to send in your TITHE OF A TITHE TO HEADQUARTERS.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about the belly button that is so offensive?
ReplyDeleteCan my wife go TOPLESS as long as it's a one piece??
ReplyDeleteOh, so you're a fun-loving Sabbatarian Christian lesbian mom now, Connie?
DeletePals forever turning on each other ?
DeleteWhat pals?
Delete—so as not to offend God or neighbor
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I thought God could see you in the shower and during, well you know..
Once again, the splinter ministers and presiding evangelists need to learn boundaries and the art of minding one's own business on many many topics not really of their concern. Not treating the membership like children might help as well.
So the "tankini" is NOT a drink?
ReplyDeleteEasier to leave this shit box church than always getting a rule list that has nothing to do with salvation.
ReplyDeleteHey now, go easy on them. They are graciously allowing for uncovered shoulders at the beach! Nowhere else is appropriate for uncovered shoulders in LCG land.
ReplyDeleteImagine if the place of safety actually ends up being somewhere in Jordan, or another Arab country. These cretins will get their wish, as all their women will be wearing burkas and hijabs, at long last!
ReplyDelete"no Speedo-type suits (unless pool facility rules require them, as is the case in some countries)."
ReplyDeleteSo they admit that clothing is a cultural thing and will let their rules slide if the local culture doesn't approve.
I understand what they are trying to do, but actually they are perpetuating the idea that the human body is shameful and needs to be covered at all times.
Sin is the problem, not the body. Get your minds out of the gutter.
Anything is better than the deceitful matriarcy under which "men" in the West currently suffer. Perhaps we should all switch to Islam.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn’t the teens causing problems but a childless man who thought he knew more than everyone else about raising kids. After all, he did graduate from Ambassador and had a degree in Everything except how to be a decent human being to the members in his area.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could hack into LCG website and post instructions that "be sure your wife or girlfriend only wears a thong bikini and a see-through bra" if you go swimming during the Feast!
ReplyDeleteConsidering Gerald Weston's loveless business arrangement marriage, and considering Doug Winnail's breaking Bible rules about marriage while severely inflicting things on others in LCG, I think these two old foolish men really have nothing to tell us about much of anything. One can be discrete and conservative about thhings and be decent for it, but not the way Doug and Jerry go about it with us in LCG. I don't have to order my wife what not to wear because we are both of one mind, but when we're behind closed doors well then we tell each other all kinds of delicious things. Makes jealous unmanly guys like Weston and Winnail blanch.
ReplyDeleteComplete legalism. There is nothing shameful about our bodies, it's just a shame there's perverts in the COG. BUT God created Adam and Eve without clothes. That's why WE at the Refurbished Church of God don't wear clothes. Yes, that's right, forget the suits and ties, we wear bare chests and thighs. Cover those knees? I'd rather have a bum tickle in the breeze. Yes we haven't just restored the wwcg, we have REFURBISHED it. It's better than ever. The Sabbath was meant for relaxing naked by the pool. Join us at Refurbishedcog.com
ReplyDeleteThe cute but rebellious LCG bikini lady in that pic looks like she loves Chik Fil A & B.K. & McD & Popeye's
DeleteOh hey Ned! Fancy seeing you here. Boy howdy I tell ya the atonement is so much easier when you get to be naked for that double service. When you start to get bored during the service, you can just look around and imagine how dumb everybody would look with their clothes on!
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