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Old 05-25-2007, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by tdowns007 View Post
Nakedness is not what is shameful...in the proper context. Public displays of nakedness and immodesty are

Yeah, that sounds better...I'm not saying, because I lived it, it's right, but, that, the argument, that somehow, having kids swimming with other kids, in bathing suits, is going to ruin them.....

My issues.....If scripture, clearly teaches it....I'm there.

But....
Scripture has been debatable...if not silent...for full coverage...yes, modesty, and non-sexual attire is an obvious biblical president.

Other Arguments for ankle to neck coverage.

A. "Makes men lust."
Answer: Well, so could reading the Song of Solomon, obviously not wrong to read it.

B. It'll breed bad things. Or somehow really mess you and your kids up, to be around it.
Answer: My upbringing, and many others, and their lives as we speak, where they dress modestly, strive to not cause others to stumble, but still swim together, and wear work-out clothes, and go to the beach with the public....and they are not falling apart, they are Godly men and women, and children, that can somehow make it in a world with this stuff going on, and dress modestly, but not head to toe....and they are doing fine and growing in the Lord, along with seeing arms and legs of the opposite sex without stumbling. Not to mention, the African, Asian, HI, etc. cultures, that, are now filled with Christians, who dress..."shamefully".

And in fact, we could look at the opposite, how many kids raised in extra biblical rules and regulations households, have problems in their adult walk as Christians? (Hypothetically, that it's extra-biblical)
In reference to the bolded section of your comments. How do you know they are holding it together? What about their thought life that you don't see. What about their inner struggles with lust etc. that you don't see. It will be worse for them or they will be blinded by the culture from seeing the extent of their sin in that area. Thus they may never grow in grace in that area is what we are all striving for, right?
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9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.