Helpful: “mw13, its called for when someone repeatedly and constantly twists gemorahs not to her liking to reinterpert it to her liking — often with the exact opposite meaning the gemorah intended. I repeat, this has been a pattern.”
No, that doesn’t call for labeling a woman “narrowminded”.
If you have an issue with oomis’s interpretations of gemaros, say so. You had some fairly intelligent arguments in your post – but what exactly do you think you accomplished (besides sounding incredibly narrow minded yourself) with your first sentence?
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ooimis1105 – “What the Gemorah intended should be what HASHEM intended.”
It is. That leads to the obvious question: What exactly did the Gemora mean? That’s where the all the Rishonim, Achronim, etc. come in: to tell us what the Gemora truly meant, and how to apply its principles halacha li’maseh.
“Sometimes there seems to be a conflict, and that is what bothers me. If Hashem does not want women’s hair to be visible even in their own homes and actually SAID SO at HAr Sinai, then that is the halacha and i would never question it.”
In case you didn’t notice, Hashem did not give us a Shulchan Orach style assur/muttar checklist. He gave us far more: Principles that can be applied (by the Rabbonim) to any case.
“I do not believe however, that Hashem said that EVER”
Hashem may not have told us directly: however, the Rabbonim have deduced from the words of Gemaros and the principles that they contain, that this is Hashem’s will. Is it a chiyuv? Of course not. Is it a good thing to do? Unquestionably.
“Don’t disparage someone because she does not believe… that everything written in the Gemarah is also meant to be followed as halacha, when in fact what it is doing is serving to teach an ideal that some people feel is right for them.”
Disparaging somebody is indeed wrong. However, as Helpful pointed out, why would the Gemora bring down a story if not to approve of it? And as Midwest2 said, which yeshivos did you learn in that you are so confident in your explanations of what the Gemora means? Did you even read the Gemora once? Probably not, no? So then what gives you the ability to explain to us what the Gemora is or is not referring to?
“the entire discussion about tznius in exercise is naarishkeit. If a woman is alone, and all exercising women in general, she should be dressed comfortable so she doesn’t get heat stroke from the exercise. Zumba (I don’t do it myself), is a vigorous dancing type exercise, perhaps African in nature. It works all the muscles of the body and is quite effective, I have heard. If you believe women should dress in long sleeves and dresses to exercise, then dress that way. The rest of us want to be comfortable in the rpivacy of our own homes.”
Yes, I fully understand that you want to be comfortable while exercising. However, what do you think should come first on your list of priorities: comfort, or fulfilling the halacha?! If the halacha says something is assur, whether it is comfortable and convenient or not makes no difference: we must do what Hashem tells us to do, whether we enjoy it or not. Being frum is not always easy.