> Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:52:16 +0530 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Luiza de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet]Appropriate Dress Code for > Worship? > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Very well written reply Cecil Pinto. > > Ofcourse, in a place of worship people should be > decently & modestly > dressed, but that doesn't mean that a dress code be > enforced. an alternate viewpoint: when you visit a temple, gurudwara, church etc. you follow *their* rules. you join the army or go to school, you follow their rules. similarly on Goanet, you follow Goanet's rules :) these are rights by tradition. you might object, but thats about it. > "India Today" --- whichever it is --- but what I saw > & read there was > totally disgusting - supposedly worshipping in the > nude!! Is that an > acceptable form of worship or paganism is more > appropriate to call it. your cultural upbringing is showing. In a semitic setup, showing skin and sex are taboo. christians have inherited semitic traditions. a quick observation of the clothing of nuns, monks and priests will tell you a lot. catholic women wore a black veil to church. the marriage dress has a veil too. all point to covering the skin. worshipping in the nude is neither immoral nor amoral. simply put: the morals involved are not of semitic origin. what do you mean by *acceptable* or disgusting ? what do you have in mind when you say pagan(ism) ? some unchristian animal ? agnelo __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
