(April 20, 2016 at 12:05 am)scoobysnack Wrote: I've always wondered about the bee keeper suits they wear. Although the veils are less of a hindrance. I'm not a Muslim, and really don't understand Islam, so whatevs. If it's someone's preference I don't mind, but I truly wonder how much duress they are under from their husband, or the men in general to cover themselves. I can honestly see the idea of dressing modestly not to excite the opposite sex, and to prefer to keep their bodily temples pure, but I wonder if that's what it's really about.You're making a serious mistake if you think women started wearing burkas with the introduction of Islam. Middle Eastern women were wearing burkas as soon as they got cloth.
There are a couple of stories in the Bible about them. In Genesis, Chapter 38, hookers wore burkas.
The book of Susanna casts light on why women had to cover themselves so that lecherous old men wouldn't rape them. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...ersion=CEB
And don't forget, as soon as the pervert creep David saw Bathsheba taking a bath he knocked her up and then had her husband killed. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...ersion=CEB
Christian women are supposed to be covered up in church. http://www.thebricktestament.com/epistle...11_04.html
