Why do they have clothes on?

Simon

Just a thought...
In most of the publications that have pictures of people in the new order / new system / paradise earth - why do they have clothes on? Not only that, but they usually wear their national costumes !
I guess the practical reason is that if everyone was naked then the WatchTower would be classed as soft-porn and could only be sold from top shelves...
Anyone have any thoughts on this?

thinker

Hmmm, Simon how you do make me think. I thought we were going to be naked too. I don't know why everyone is dressed.
TW

waiting

Hey Simon,

You do like to start things, don't you?

In my limited understanding - and this is speculation just like the clothes on people in Paradise - the reason why there are an abundance of clothes (I've never seen a swimming suit, have you?) on the survivors and/or resurrected is because they haven't reached perfection yet. Being not perfect in mind - we might just have a slightly askew vision of the person we are talking to or working next to. Well, Red might anyway.

When perfection is reached after the Thousand Year Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ, then it has been speculated that the clothes will disappear because we'll all have bodies of 23-25 year old perfect people. And.....we'll be beyond giggling at each other, and our bodies will perfectly behave themselves. Where all these clothes go is speculation too. I assume the clothes will go to the same place as wicker chairs - the two go together.

As for the national costumes of persons - which we don't even do now, btw (in real life). I think the reason is to show all nationalities - going back to that scriptural prophecy that men of all nations will cling to the fringe of God's people's clothes to go in knowledge with them up to the mountain of Jehovah. (Where is that scripture, anybody?)

waiting

OrangeVale Bob

I have never had any in-depth discussions regarding this. I just assumed that this allowed the same illustrations to be used globally. If everyone dressed like a New Yorker people in California couldn't relate (what, no Teva sandals?), much less someone in Micronesia. The diversity of dress makes it seem generic. It also sends the message that all cultural groups are welcome.
The illustrations also,IMHO, portray the period of time shortly after the cleansing of the earth. Coming from a construction background I know we can do a lot better than those stick houses that are portrayed. Dwellings will have to last much longer. Stone is nice.

Some type of clothing is required because of people like me. It's going to take a long time before my mind is cleansed enough to not be a little TOO pleased by nudity. Self control only goes so far.
I'm pretty certain my magazine placements would have been much higher if the Society had been a little more creative, though.

OrangeVale Bob

Waiting,
It appears we were posting at the same time and it would seem I'm not the only person on this planet that thinks the way I do. Kinda scarey. I may have to find a new song to sing in the shower. "The Loner" may no longer be appropriate.

RedhorseWoman

Illustrating the publications with naked people would be just way too much for the Bethel brothers to handle. I mean....those guys get pretty wild.

Obviously, when everything is destroyed, sewing machines, washing machines, and steam irons will make it through just fine. I guess that there will also be a LOT of clothes available for a long time, what with all the dead people around. Can't waste those Gucci loafers, now, can we?

Roamingfeline

ROFLMBO!!!! Now RHW, why did you have to make me go spew my coffee all over the keyboard this early in the morning? lolol

RCat

larc

Roamingfeline,

If Armageddon starts in Australia and you see it coming, would you e mail me? There's a mansion up the hill that I have my eye on, and I want to be first in line to move in.

Roamingfeline

Sing along with me larc: " I want a mansion... just over the hilltop.. in that bright land where we'll never grow old... and someday yonder, we will never more wander.. but walk on streets that.. are purest gold! Oh, Gag, pardon me while I go get sick...

RCat

Edited by - Roamingfeline on 27 December 2000 21:24:26

RedhorseWoman

larc, why don't you just take an old magazine, write your name on it, and place it somewhere inconspicuous on the property? Stake your claim.

I didn't realize that a lot of JW's would post claims on good houses. I always thought that everything would be destroyed, so I never considered claiming property. However, an ex-elder visited a short while ago, and told me that they used to do it all the time in his congregation.

Then I remembered the old Watchtower magazine I found when we were getting the siding replaced on our house. It was stuck in the most inaccessible place you could find on our front porch. I was somewhat confounded at first because I wondered why someone would leave a magazine where I, the householder, would almost surely never find it. After my conversation about the subject, however, it all made sense....my home had been claimed.

Why do they have clothes on?

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