But the Priest wears a Dress!

Is this fair - when they (mostly) spout bible verses at us who WANT to wear a dress.

This is an Alys-500 for anyone to amend, borrow, extend

Why?
Why do ‘They’ cherry-pick just some Biblical laws to obey or ignore.
Why do ‘They’ mistreat and abuse those who choose some different Biblical laws?
How can it be that there’s a choice in which laws to obey?

But ‘they’ do make choices. They SAY they obey the 10 commandments – seen any images recently; told any lies; ‘borrowed’ anything from work; worked on a Sunday. And what about .., Eaten a forbidden prawn? Forgotten the tassels on your clothes? Been to church even though you wear glasses or have had a vasectomy? Ladies, do you wear trousers? It’s too easy to be caught out.

Here’s the Ten – trimmed a little

1 You shall have no other gods before Me….
2 You shall make no image, or any likeness of anything on earth, in sky or water; …..
you shall not bow down to them nor serve them;
3 You shall not take the name of God in vain ie don’t swear or blaspheme;
4 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath in it you shall do no work:
5 Honor your father and your mother,
6 You shall not murder; 7 … commit adultery; 8 … steal; 9 … bear false witness [lie]; 10 … covet … anything that is your neighbor's.”

Time after time, society sets up rules which contradict some of these god-given laws. So, who is in the right?

Let’s look at one law which concerns transgressors(pun) and readers here :.

Bible-law #410 - a man shall not wear women’s clothing
Man-Law #3786.I-a-ii All priests in the Christian church shall wear a floor-length embroidered costume and definitely not call it any girly-word like dress, robe, gown or frock. And their colours shall be green, purple, yellow, white, red not the black, brown, grey, drab demanded of normal men.

Looking up in a few Catholic, Orthodox and CoE sites … to quote ‘the vestments are a uniform of sacred authority meant to obliterate the priest’s personality. The vestments should be regal in dignity, simplicity and style to dignify the office of the priest. The priest should dress like a king’.

For me, this does not actually resolve the issue. Should a question be ‘why is it regal to wear what appears to be a dress? Why do bishops and some priests wear clothing, material and embroidery more befitting a Queen?’

Very confusing. The Bible is explicit about ‘men shall not dress as women’ – and yet priests do so deliberately with approval. No godly realization that clothing varies from place to place, class to class or period to period.

I’m no priest. I don’t pretend to have a direct line to god who explains everything; no deep knowledge of selecting and interpreting lines in the bible to deliver the message I ‘know’ is right.

For us, it would be wonderful to be in public in a dress – and get that acceptance. Be a symbol of authority! Wow.