Afterthought
Puritan Board Senior
(1) Who decides what constitutes modest apparel?
(2) How does the individual or group of individuals determine what is modest apparel? Is it a cultural decision (so what is considered immodest in one culture might be modest in another; even perhaps going to the extreme of no clothing)? Must we look through Scripture and see what is considered modest or immodest and make determinations from there (as is done, e.g., at here)? Is apparel considered merely a matter of the heart?
(3) Is modest apparel relative within a culture? By this, I am referring to one's clothing in front of others, e.g., most (?) consider a bikini or speedo to not be an unacceptable form of clothing at the beach but might be okay with a two-piece or one-piece bathing suit or just swim trunks.
(4) If modesty is a matter of the heart, or purely cultural, or relative to the situation, then why do so many condemn certain forms of clothing at the beach? Or at schools? Or even at our church services?
(5) Whoever or however modest clothing is decided, if it is determined on some ground besides a universal, principled one, then how does one determine when the standards have changed or whether the standards require being changed (some people argue that the body should not be so sexualized--in fact, should be less sexualized so that a "looser" standard of clothing would be acceptable)?
(2) How does the individual or group of individuals determine what is modest apparel? Is it a cultural decision (so what is considered immodest in one culture might be modest in another; even perhaps going to the extreme of no clothing)? Must we look through Scripture and see what is considered modest or immodest and make determinations from there (as is done, e.g., at here)? Is apparel considered merely a matter of the heart?
(3) Is modest apparel relative within a culture? By this, I am referring to one's clothing in front of others, e.g., most (?) consider a bikini or speedo to not be an unacceptable form of clothing at the beach but might be okay with a two-piece or one-piece bathing suit or just swim trunks.
(4) If modesty is a matter of the heart, or purely cultural, or relative to the situation, then why do so many condemn certain forms of clothing at the beach? Or at schools? Or even at our church services?
(5) Whoever or however modest clothing is decided, if it is determined on some ground besides a universal, principled one, then how does one determine when the standards have changed or whether the standards require being changed (some people argue that the body should not be so sexualized--in fact, should be less sexualized so that a "looser" standard of clothing would be acceptable)?