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Do you wear sleeves above the elbow? Do you let your kids wear sleeves above the elbow?

Yes
34 (75.6%)
No
11 (24.4%)

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Author Topic: Sleeves Above the Elbow  (Read 25803 times)

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Re: Sleeves Above the Elbow
« Reply #200 on: April 03, 2026, 05:12:10 PM »
Ok so are the Mary-like standards sinful or not?  If no, then why the debate?  If yes, please explain.  

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Re: Sleeves Above the Elbow
« Reply #201 on: April 03, 2026, 05:33:14 PM »
He said I should get off this forum completely because it sounds insane. 
Get off this thread because it IS insane! 

Like Crazy Eddie’s prices, any older New Yorkers out there? 
And if you’re really old, it’s crazy like Bizarro World! 


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Re: Sleeves Above the Elbow
« Reply #202 on: April 03, 2026, 06:27:19 PM »
Feet are disgusting.
God disagrees. If your feet are disgusting, here is the remedy, Romans 10:15. 

My feet are very attractive, clean, and healthy for my age. I have gone barefoot a lot, have always worn sensible shoes. In winter, I wear toe socks to prevent my toes from rubbing on each other.  I have no corns, calluses, warts, bunions, hammertoes, etc. Other parts pain me, but not my feet. My preferred shoes aren’t elegant or fashionable. I wear one style of Clark’s desert boot, the original Kalso Swedish Earth Shoe from the 1970’s, one style of Birkenstocks, 
from the 1990’s, Habana, t-strap with back, cork negative heel sole, and, Crocs, original or closed top version of original. They aren’t good for support, but just everyday, extremely comfortable. There’s lots of toe wiggle room. I can stretch my feet without removing them. They’re the only clog type shoe I can walk in without them falling off my feet. I often get men’s shoes in smaller sizes because they’re wide without being too long. If they have a built-in arch, the men’s are in the right place. Women’s shoes, the arch is too far forward and it hurts. If I get a woman’s shoe with arch, I have to pull out the inner soles a replace it with something flat. Most of my shoes are no longer made, so I’m glad I bought up an extra pair way back when. Some can still be found online, eBay, Etsy, those sorts of sites. Most of them are used if they’re in common sizes. New can be found if you happen to have petite or very large feet!  A few years ago, I came upon a treasure trove of Earth Shoes, brand new, in the burlap bag, in all sizes. A department store long shuttered with everything inside, was opened to the public for one day, after which the merchandise went to antique dealers and museums. The day for the public, the original prices were charged! I bought three pairs. I’m hoping they wear as well as the ones I bought in high school. They are still wearable but my feet are larger than when I was about 15 or 16. I hope they last the rest of my life. 

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Re: Sleeves Above the Elbow
« Reply #203 on: April 03, 2026, 06:49:17 PM »
Ok so are the Mary-like standards sinful or not?  If no, then why the debate?  If yes, please explain. 
They are not "Mary like" 

More like Whore like

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Re: Sleeves Above the Elbow
« Reply #204 on: April 03, 2026, 07:25:42 PM »

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1. "Marylike" means modesty without compromise -- "like Mary," Christ's pure and spotless Mother.

2. Marylike dresses have sleeves extending to the wrists; and skirts reaching the ankles.
3. Marylike dresses require full and loose coverage for the bodice, chest, shoulders, and back; the cut-out about the neck must not exceed "two fingers breadth under the pit of the throat" and a similar breadth around the back of the neck.
4. Marylike dresses also do not admit as modest coverage transparent fabrics -- laces, nets, organdy, nylons, etc. -- unless sufficient backing is added. Fabrics such as laces, nets, organdy may be moderately used as trimmings only.
5. Marylike dresses avoid the improper use of flesh-colored fabrics.
6. Marylike dresses conceal rather than reveal the figure of the wearer; they do not emphasize, unduly, parts of the body.
7. Marylike dresses provide full coverage, even after jacket, cape or stole are removed.

8. Marylike fashions are designed to conceal as much of the body as possible, rather than reveal. This would automatically eliminate such fashions as slacks, jeans, shorts, culottes, tight sweaters, sheer blouses, and sleeveless dresses; etc. The Marylike standards are a guide to instill a "sense of modesty." A girl or woman who follows these, and looks up to Mary as her ideal and model, will have no problem with modesty in dress. She will not be an occasion of sin or source of embarrassment or shame to others.

The standard set by the Cardinal Vicar of Pope Pius XI (quoted above) is meant to delineate between "decent" and indecent; it would be sinful to wear clothes which "cannot be called decent." We expect that members of the Fatima Crusade, who are resolved to make reparation for the sins of the world -- especially of immodest and impurity, will do far more than the minimum. They will truly strive to imitate the Blessed Virgin Mary in the virtue of modesty. Keep this guide with you when buying clothes. Make sure that you purchase or make only garments which meet the Marylike Standards.

Ok, so just to be clear...the above Mary-like standards, issued by Pope Pius XI are "whore-ish".  Just want to make sure I have your argument correct.