Cover Your iPad? (Modesty Example)

[GoldenEagle]

What do you think of this story? It has been circulating around in the last couple weeks.

God bless,
GE

 

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A girl bought an iPad, when her father saw it, He asked her "What was the 1st thing you did when you bought it?

"I put an anti-scratch sticker on the screen and bought a cover for the iPad" she replied.

"Did someone force you to do so?" "No" "Don't you think it's an insult to the manufacturer?" "No dad! In fact they even recommend using
a cover for the iPad" "Did you cover it because it was cheap & ugly?"

"Actually, I covered it because I didn't want it to get damage and decrease in value."

"When you put the cover on, didn't it reduce the iPad's beauty?"

"I think it looks better and it is worth it for the protection it gives my iPad."

The father looked lovingly at his daughter and said, "Yet if I had asked you to cover your body which is much more precious than the iPad, would you have readily agreed???"

She was mute.....

Indecent dressing and exposure of your body reduces your value and respect.

‪#‎Cover_Your_Ipad‬

 

[missmuffet]

3 hours ago, GoldenEagle said:

What do you think of this story? It has been circulating around in the last couple weeks.

God bless,
GE

 

 

I think it is a great lesson in morality and values and self respect.

[Willa]

Very good analogy.  

[GoldenEagle]

22 hours ago, bopeep1909 said:

I think it is a great lesson in morality and values and self respect.

 

20 hours ago, Willa said:

Very good analogy.  

I don't know Bo or Willa. This example is rather troubling in my opinion. 

 

Comparing women to objects is literally the definition of objectification. I mean seriously this is some type of association fallacy or other red herring fallacy. 

 

You put a cover on your iPad to protect it from falls and spills, not to keep someone else from lusting after it and taking it without permission.

 

The last couple sentences really are the problem in my opinion. How a person dresses should not diminish or increase their value or respect. Does God see anyone different or love them less based on how they dress?

 

What a terrible impression that it's alright to treat people with less respect based on how they are dressed... Surely you don't believe that?

[Deborah_]

I've seen it circulated on Facebook by a Muslim friend. 

Obviously, it's an argument in favour of women wearing the hijab (headscarf).

 

I would have thought the the same argument should apply to men! 

[missmuffet]

2 hours ago, GoldenEagle said:

 

I don't know Bo or Willa. This example is rather troubling in my opinion. 

 

Comparing women to objects is literally the definition of objectification. I mean seriously this is some type of association fallacy or other red herring fallacy. 

 

You put a cover on your iPad to protect it from falls and spills, not to keep someone else from lusting after it and taking it without permission.

 

The last couple sentences really are the problem in my opinion. How a person dresses should not diminish or increase their value or respect. Does God see anyone different or love them less based on how they dress?

 

What a terrible impression that it's alright to treat people with less respect based on how they are dressed... Surely you don't believe that?

The Bible says that women are supposed to dress modestly  

1 Timothy 2: 9-10  ⁹ in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, ¹⁰ but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

[GoldenEagle]

On 2/27/2016 at 0:39 PM, bopeep1909 said:

The Bible says that women are supposed to dress modestly  

1 Timothy 2: 9-10  ⁹ in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, ¹⁰ but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

Interestingly enough Bo the passage doesn't define the word modest apparel though right?

 

I would never want to give the impression that it's OK to treat people with less respect or value them less based on how they are dressed. What do you think?

God bless,

GE

 

Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Romans 12:10
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 

1 Peter 2:17 
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

[GoldenEagle]

5 hours ago, Deborah_ said:

I've seen it circulated on Facebook by a Muslim friend. 

Obviously, it's an argument in favour of women wearing the hijab (headscarf).

 

I would have thought the the same argument should apply to men! 

Wow that's a bit disturbing. Notice it's always girls...

[missmuffet]

1 hour ago, GoldenEagle said:

Interestingly enough Bo the passage doesn't define the word modest apparel though right?

 

I would never want to give the impression that it's OK to treat people with less respect or value them less based on how they are dressed. What do you think?

God bless,

GE

 

Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Romans 12:10
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 

1 Peter 2:17 
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

Respect is earned and so is character and integrity. I guess it is a choice. Most of the world is not going to care but look at our world 

[hmbld]

3 minutes ago, bopeep1909 said:

Respect is earned and so is character and integrity. I guess it is a choice. Most of the world is not going to care but look at our world 

"Respect is earned" is certainly a neat saying, yet after I used it a couple times, I sat and thought about it, and I think that phrase all by itself, is basically a lie, one which we like as it puts the responsibility on the other party, instead of ourselves.