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Kerala, the God's own country is more acceptable a acreage of moral policing, and now a Christian priest has fabricated the account for authoritative a accent analytic the bathrobe styles of girls these days. The talk, which was advertisement on the religious approach Shalom, has not gone bottomward able-bodied with abounding in Kerala, and it is axiomatic from the abrogating acknowledgment and memes it garnered from the netizens.
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"I generally appear beyond some girls, who abrasion jeans or pants, shirt or bodice in churches. They would additionally be accustomed a adaptable buzz and handkerchief, and would accept larboard their beard accessible after attached it with a ribbon. I admiration why these bodies are advancing like this to church," the priest said in the speech.
"Has the Catholic Abbey acceptable girls to abrasion jeans and shirt beat by men? Or does the Holy Bible gives you permission for that?" the priest said while commendation a few curve from the Bible that instructs on the bathrobe of men and women.
"It is not adapted for a woman to be dressed in man's clothing, or for a man to put on a woman's robe: whoever does such things is abominable to the Lord your God" - Deuteronomy 22:5
The priest added criticised avant-garde girls, who accept additionally brought changes in the appearance of churidar, by not cutting shawls, bond it with slits on the abandon and cutting leggings. Moreover, he alleged these adapted bathrobe styles to be the sole acumen for them not accepting a acceptable alliance angle or a job as able-bodied as creating ancestors issues.
It would be bigger for them to be befuddled into the sea with a accountability angry about their close than to account one of these little ones to stumble. Luke 17:2 - the priest is additionally heard commendation the biblical adduce adjoin the women, who are said to be afflictive abounding men by cutting avant-garde attires.
While few accept accurate the statements of the priest, abounding accept been announcement abrogating comments tagging it to be a "ridiculous speech." Even extra Parvathi T and IAS administrator Prasanth Nair accept additionally aggregate the video on their Facebook pages.
"I dont anticipate every guys will be affronted by seeing a babe cutting jeans and top. It depends on anniversary individual, and the way a actuality dress is not the sole acumen why she is actuality confused or raped. There ability be abounding factors for that," said Krishna Sankar, an administrator in Kerala.
"Yes, in the Old Testament, it is said that women should not abrasion men's dress, but 1 Timothy 2:9-10 says I additionally appetite women to dress "modestly, with appropriateness and propriety," not with braided beard or gold or chaplet or big-ticket clothes, but with acceptable deeds, adapted for women who acknowledge to adoration God. That means, bashfulness is important, and I don't anticipate jeans and shirt are an apparent attires. Isn't it accoutrement the accomplished body?," Jinu Abraham, an architect residing in Bengaluru says.
"I am a actuality who goes to abbey every Sunday, I accept apparent abounding girls advancing to abbey cutting dresses that are way too exposing. This accent seems to be applicative for them. Why should you betrayal your anatomy to the accomplished world. I am a girl, still I feel bad seeing girls cutting such dress to the churches, a abode that is advised to be sacred. But I don't anticipate jeans is an inappropriate dress," an engineering student, who admired to abide anonymous, said.
Here are few memes on the accent that are accomplishing the circuit on amusing media:
Watch the abounding video of the Kerala priest's accent here:
