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04-13-2008, 09:09 AM
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Not hating, just looking out for our daughters.  | sure you are, sure you are  so like gun control you will institute body building control
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04-13-2008, 09:12 AM
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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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04-13-2008, 04:31 PM
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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... | same here. As long as the body builder doesn't go around singing, "Too sexy for my shirt", its all good.  |
04-14-2008, 02:14 PM
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| | | Some men choose this as a career, as they are more gifted symmetrically and proportionally to excel in the sport. And so, they use their gifts to provide for their own. Pictures on the internet could be of use to further promote one's career in such a sport. If it is done only out of desire for attention and affirmation of ourselves, then it is to be lumped together with the other hundred things we do everyday in seeking the same, in placing the glory of man over the glory of God, and will diminish as we are sanctified more over time.
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04-14-2008, 06:06 PM
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| | | I am all for staying in shape and fulfilling the responsibility of being good stewards of our bodies. As a 32 yr old father of eight I spend about 1 1/2 - 2 hours in distance cardio and weights, four to six days every week ,and find this necessary for stress relief and physical preparation for the chaplaincy.
However, and I frequently remind myself of this when my vanity begins to get the better of me, the great apostle to the Gentiles told his dear apprentice Timothy that "bodily training is of small benefit, but godliness is of benefit in every way..."
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