From a news feed online yesterday: "BERKELEY — A Berkeley (California) resident, 34, has been arrested and charged with a felony for allegedly walking into a local episcopal church, drinking the altar wine and helping himself to some choir robes on his way out the door."
Luke 20:46: [46] Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
"These priests wear what II Kings calls 'vestments.' Islam teaches that their clerics, the Imams, don't wear distinguishing garments. In fact, during the Hajj everybody wears the same white robe because it's said to eliminate class distinction.
"Why is the predominant type of clothing the robe? People say, 'Oh, because it's a cooler type of clothing.' But, by the way, you can see that some of the Saudi princes don't always wear a robe.
"The predominant garment in Muslim countries is the robe and that robe hasn't changed for 1,400 years. Why for 1,400 years?
"Islam, in tradition believes, that whatever Mohammed did you're supposed to do. Mohammed, 1,400 years ago, he wore robes because that was the style of dress back there.
"There's a religious belief connected to wearing the robes. In Islamic tradition the robe is a 'supplement to the soul.' In other words, the robe distinguishes the human as being God's top creature.
"When you have a culture that says, 'I wear this particular garment for religious reasons,' now you have to question. Why is there this particular clothing?"
(new article for sure tomorrow)
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