I have no intention of maintaining any appearance of evil. Yes, I do many odd and random things purely. But some could easily be misconstrued as particularly sin-oriented.
Case in point.
A related story:
A guy I once knew told me about a time where his family made root beer and bottled it in recycled beer bottles. Their whole family had a good time drinking it and many were still children at the time. Somebody from their church saw them drinking from the beer bottles as they drove by and it arose a whole sea of controversy and church correction. As he told me this story, he explained the lesson he learned: It is terribly important not to have an appearance of evil.
He brought me to the scripture 1 Thessalonians 5:22
"Abstain from all appearance of evil."
This raises the question:
Is miscommunicating in a way that looks like sin acceptable if one clears up a shady appearance?