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Originally Posted by Davidius  Do you think it's okay for a Christian to be involved in body building competitions where one has to wear a tiny bathing suit, get all oiled up, and pose for everyone?
I ask because I know someone who does this and has the pictures all over his Facebook account. Let's just say I wouldn't want my fiance looking at them, and he gets all kinds of comments from girls. I sent him a message asking if he doesn't think that it could be a stumbling block, and told him that I for one wouldn't want my wife seeing another guy like that, but he never replied to me. Should I send another message? Am I wrong here? | I see nothing Biblically wrong with bodybuilding, or even posing in skimpy "posing trunks" within the context of a competition. The goal is to compare physiques, not to cause lust.
If a woman has a problem with lust when she looks at those pictures or at those men, then she shouldn't look at them. However, I will tell you the majority of women I know think bodybuilders look disgusting. My wife thinks the bulging bodybuilder types are unattractive, so I have no problem with her seeing those guys in their tiny trunks. If Brad Pitt were posing, I might have to cover her eyes... 
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Mason
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA)
New York, NY
"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool." - Isaiah 1:18
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