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    what is the role of piety? the root to society?
    and does a dress code really cut it?
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    Thank you no.
    Horsehair shirts, a tonseled pate and sandals are not my idea of a fashion statement.

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    piety
    noun, plural pieties.
    1. reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
    a prayer full of piety.
    2. the quality or state of being pious:
    saintly piety.
    3. dutiful respect or regard for parents, homeland, etc.:
    filial piety.
    4. a pious act, remark, belief, or the like:
    the pieties and sacrifices of an austere life.
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/piety?s=t

    I would think that the role of piety is rather variable. If piety is essentially the reverence for a God, then role or function of piety would be showing respect for that God.

    Dress codes and dietary rules are ways of showing that certain people belong a certain group.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MANICHAEAN View Post
    Thank you no.
    Horsehair shirts, a tonseled pate and sandals are not my idea of a fashion statement.
    what is your idea of a fashion statement?
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterL View Post
    piety
    noun, plural pieties.
    1. reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
    a prayer full of piety.
    2. the quality or state of being pious:
    saintly piety.
    3. dutiful respect or regard for parents, homeland, etc.:
    filial piety.
    4. a pious act, remark, belief, or the like:
    the pieties and sacrifices of an austere life.
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/piety?s=t

    I would think that the role of piety is rather variable. If piety is essentially the reverence for a God, then role or function of piety would be showing respect for that God.

    Dress codes and dietary rules are ways of showing that certain people belong a certain group.
    interesting
    piety towards a god
    some dress codes are piety towards one being to another usually the opposite sex
    take the priest
    his dress code envisages to show he has a different allegiance to the world that he is beyond others
    the burka
    the woman is pious towards her opposite sex and not god in this instance
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    interesting
    piety towards a god
    some dress codes are piety towards one being to another usually the opposite sex
    take the priest
    his dress code envisages to show he has a different allegiance to the world that he is beyond others
    the burka
    the woman is pious towards her opposite sex and not god in this instance
    Priestly garb show allegiance to his superiors, that he is on the team, and not that he is pious toward some god.
    As for your comment regarding burkas, I wouldn't use the word "pious" except sarcastically, so we agree.

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    Initially I didn't understand what dress codes had to do with piety, but then I didn't know what piety meant. I'm beginning to understand.

    I don't see women in burkas where I live, but I don't like someone hiding behind their costume whether that is a ski mask or a burka. If it is really cold, I could see the ski mask. It should be taken off once one enters a building, especially a bank.

    Perhaps piety is respect for a culture's rules of behavior whatever they are. Sometimes Jewish men wear a skull-cap or kippa since Maimonides required that the head be covered during prayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippah I wonder if dressing up to go to temple or church would be part of piety.

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    From my perspective a dress code of a faith in the temporal sense denotes unity; in the spiritual sense a taking on of covenants: (wikipedia) "a promise to God whereby He also promises blessings in return". Piety is showing respect and love; a reverence and deference to the Divine.

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