JDavis Posted August 31, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Share Posted August 31, 2013 what one wears and how much is covered is purely a cultural thing, and it changes over time as people change. There is no biblical dress code. There was a time when anything than this on a man was scandalous... If you had been born and raised on the island of Samoa your view of what was right and wrong to wear will be very different than if you were born and raised in Scotland. I disagree.The bible says that we are supposed to dress modest. yes it does, and what is "modest" changes from place to place and from age to age. What you and I consider modest most likely would not have been considered so 100 years ago. What is considered modest on the island of Samoa will be very different than in Scotland. Does that make one of them wrong? are we wrong because we look at "modest" differently than they did 100 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest man Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 The style of clothing may change over time, but the definition of "modest" remains the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDavis Posted August 31, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Share Posted August 31, 2013 The definition of modest always had been and always will be based upon the culture in question. The definition changes from place to place and age to age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted August 31, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.80 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted August 31, 2013 The definition of modest always had been and always will be based upon the culture in question. The definition changes from place to place and age to age. Yes,if a person is living in the jungle and has not seen civilization then they might have a reason to not wear much.I think you will see that in National Geographic Magazine.But others do not have an excuse to let it all hang out.The Bible does not say if you live in a certain culture you can wear what you want and be as immodest as you want.It also does not give an excuse for a young woman to dress inappropriately but a grandma it is not excepted.Age does not matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDavis Posted August 31, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Share Posted August 31, 2013 The definition of modest always had been and always will be based upon the culture in question. The definition changes from place to place and age to age. Yes,if a person is living in the jungle and has not seen civilization then they might have a reason to not wear much.I think you will see that in National Geographic Magazine.But others do not have an excuse to let it all hang out.The Bible does not say if you live in a certain culture you can wear what you want and be as immodest as you want.It also does not give an excuse for a young woman to dress inappropriately but a grandma it is not excepted.Age does not matter. it is a bit deeper than that, but even in your view it is still "civilization" that is setting the definition. and when I said age to age I guess I should have said "era to era" as what you and I consider to be modest is likely very different than what we would have considered modest 100 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted August 31, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.80 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted August 31, 2013 The definition of modest always had been and always will be based upon the culture in question. The definition changes from place to place and age to age. Yes,if a person is living in the jungle and has not seen civilization then they might have a reason to not wear much.I think you will see that in National Geographic Magazine.But others do not have an excuse to let it all hang out.The Bible does not say if you live in a certain culture you can wear what you want and be as immodest as you want.It also does not give an excuse for a young woman to dress inappropriately but a grandma it is not excepted.Age does not matter. it is a bit deeper than that, but even in your view it is still "civilization" that is setting the definition. and when I said age to age I guess I should have said "era to era" as what you and I consider to be modest is likely very different than what we would have considered modest 100 years ago. No,modest is modest no matter where or when you have lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDavis Posted September 1, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Share Posted September 1, 2013 No,modest is modest no matter where or when you have lived. This is so undeniably false. what you view as modest is based on where and when you live, nothing else. I have seen what is modest change in the half century I have been alive. had you been born a couple hundred years ago anything less than this would have not been modest. Today this is considered modest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIP Posted September 1, 2013 Group: Senior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 545 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 116 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/16/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted September 1, 2013 The style of clothing may change over time, but the definition of "modest" remains the same. In our hearts we all know what modesty means ...it's written on our hearts Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDavis Posted September 1, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Share Posted September 1, 2013 The style of clothing may change over time, but the definition of "modest" remains the same. In our hearts we all know what modesty means ...it's written on our hearts Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) and had you been born 200 years ago your heart would have known something different than it know now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIP Posted September 1, 2013 Group: Senior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 545 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 116 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/16/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted September 1, 2013 The style of clothing may change over time, but the definition of "modest" remains the same. In our hearts we all know what modesty means ...it's written on our hearts Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) and had you been born 200 years ago your heart would have known something different than it know now. what is in your mind? what picture do you see when you think of how The Lord clothed Adam and Eve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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