Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Dress Up For Meetings?

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LESSON 8

To reflect the values that we live by. The Bible encourages Christians to dress “with modesty and soundness of mind.” (1 Timothy 2:9, 10) Dressing “with modesty” means avoiding clothing that might draw attention to us by being showy, provocative, or revealing. Also, having “soundness of mind” helps us to choose attractive clothing that is not sloppy or extreme. These principles still leave room for a great variety of personal choices. Without our saying a word, our attractive and tasteful appearance can “adorn the teaching of our Savior” and “glorify God.” (Titus 2:10; 1 Peter 2:12)

( Internet photo of a family appearing in front of a Judge )

( Internet photo of a Baptist Church Service )

The photos of a family appearing in front of a Judge and a Baptist Church service has people dressed modestly, clothes that are not revealing, provocative, nor sloppy.

Your typical Kingdom Hall meeting. Dressed to impress!

''dressing “with modesty” means avoiding clothing that might draw attention to us by being showy''

FFGhost

Probably not quite the answer you were looking for but...

One principal reason is that JWs confuse "conformity" with "unity".

JWs have a breathtaking, remarkable degree of conformity. They think this makes them "united", but that's not really the case. They are externally and superficially similar but that's not "unity".

Conformity in dress code is just another example of this.

road to nowhere

So much for not drawing attention. Before covid go to Walmart and see women wearing dresses and little boys in ties.

I suspect all the no videos on zoom are us rebels

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Conformity in dress code is just another example of this.

The article states : ''These principles still leave room for a great variety of personal choices.''

What a Joke! There are no personal choices when it comes to a dress code.

km 5/02 p. 6
Modesty in Dress and Grooming

1 “All the men, even young boys, wear ties. All the women and girls, both adolescents and little ones, wear either a dress or a skirt. There is not a pair of jeans or an opened collar to be seen. Everyone here is radiant.” So said a news report. What sort of crowd was it describing? A political rally? A sporting event? A rock concert? Far from it! It was describing a group of brothers and sisters at a large district convention last summer.

5 At times, one who is new, inexperienced, or spiritually weak might accept whatever the world promotes in dress and grooming without first considering how it reflects on Jehovah and his organization. All of us might undertake some self-scrutiny to see if we have been influenced by the world’s thinking. We could approach a respected, spiritually mature brother or sister and ask for an honest observation about our style of clothing and grooming and then seriously weigh the suggestions given.

carla

Whitewashed tombs comes to my mind.

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Whitewashed tombs comes to my mind.

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.

Exactly! The beautiful suits, ties, dresses and grooming appear beautiful. But once you step inside of the organization and Kingdom Halls, you will see the real ugliness:

drama, backstabbing, rumors, divorces, cheating, physical fights inside the Kingdom Hall, spankings of small children (where no one says a word), members who change congregations due to conflicts with Elders, heated words on the podium from one Elder to another Elder, spousal abuse, disfellowshipping, brothers who are shady contractors , Elders who favor family when it comes down to appointments for Ministerial Servants and new Elders, loans that are never paid to fellow members (where Elders have to step in), Elder wives knowing everything that is happening in the congregation, members who take and sell drugs, and alcoholics.

FedUpJW

Why do Jehovah's Witnesses dress up for meetings?

Because God doesn't wear blue jeans and boots?

FedUpJW

We should approach an alleged respected, spiritually mature brother or sister and beg them for their personal opinion about our style of clothing and grooming and then slavishly obey the instructions given.

THERE, fixed WT's words.

truth_b_known

The reason is because the Watchtower is a business. It started as a publishing company that had it's members as door-to-door salespeople. The Watchtower used sales standards and strategies when coming up with what was "proper" dress.

Door-to-door sales was huge in the United States generations ago. Clean shaven men wearing suits and ties would travel the nation going to neighborhood after neighborhood to peddle their company's goods. You name the product, there was probable a door-to-door salesperson living out of a suitcase that sold it to you.

This is the same reason the Watchtower prohibits male members from having beards. It was once conceived in sales that average American would not trust a salesperson with a beard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV248vXg1MY

Rocketman123

Truth B Known

Yep

Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Dress Up For Meetings?

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