Bob,
One's person "reverance" is another person's "being overly fancy." One person's "decently and in order" is another person's "stuffy and formal."
Last year I had a highland Dani evangelist bring a white shirt and tie and dress shoes to preach in a hut tied together with vines. I think the message that it communicated was that the local people could never serve god appropriately because they didn't possess the threads to do so. (p.s. - I made sure I wore shorts and no shoes, like the other 99% of the people.)
One's person "reverance" is another person's "being overly fancy." One person's "decently and in order" is another person's "stuffy and formal."
Last year I had a highland Dani evangelist bring a white shirt and tie and dress shoes to preach in a hut tied together with vines. I think the message that it communicated was that the local people could never serve god appropriately because they didn't possess the threads to do so. (p.s. - I made sure I wore shorts and no shoes, like the other 99% of the people.)