Somebody said, that there is no mention, because, they were all wearing long robes....in Africa? In Egypt? Would not Paul be evangelizing cultures that were wearing all kinds of stuff.....why not some verses, saying, get out of that loin cloth Ethiopian, Get out of that Battle Skirt Roman Soldier, that's a sin!" I'm just going by movies, but did the Scotts wear long leggings under the Kilts....they didn't in Braveheart!
Boy this sure does seem one of the reasons why missionaries got bad raps, cruising around Africa, telling the boys and girls, how it's "shameful" to wear the cloths they do.......
I just think, like sex, the medieval culture, Roman if you will, has put a hyped up connotation to nakedness...I mean, we all know, the Victoria Secret commercials or images like that are not healthy for the mind, for women, or for men...but to put a calf, or an ankle, or a guy swimming without a shirt, or a girl in normal shorts into that category...I'm sorry, I think, some have jumped a bit in their thinking......now, if it's biblical fine, but in this thread, unless I'm reading it wrong, the only scriptures are very debatable........
I think we read too much into every man is lusting over every single body part, can we not give the New Creation in Christ some credit....I think it's a bit like the "Better not drink, you might become a drunkard argument." And like I said earlier, a tie in to sex, and how it became a "Better just do it for kids, cuz don't want to feed those sinful desires." Just a warping of biblical principles into something they are not.
I'm just throwing it out there as I see it....not having studied it much.....just my
I am biased, because I have a swimming pool, and surf (which I do wear a shirt for due to comfort) and I have three girls, and a boy, and I grew up running around half naked in the AZ desert, with a pool at every house. And I know many men, from cold climates and/or rigid households, that have wayyyyy more issue with the female form than I do...so I just don't see that the exposure to some "flesh" is going to wreck your walk and scar you....or that it is a sin.....so there's my empirical study on it!
