Worthy News: Schoolgirls are forced to take off chastity rings - Londo

[Guest shiloh357]

Yeah, it is kind of like trying to stay on a diet, but everybody at your office is constantly bringing in homemade brownies, cookies, etc.

[tah]

This shows that it is not about "religion" per se. It is about "Christianity." The purity ring is a reminder of a girl's promise to remain pure and chaste before the Lord and their future spouse. They need those for guys as well. If you think about it, it is also a pledge to remain faithful to one's spouse even BEFORE marriage. This is the best weapon against AIDS. I am praying that they keep they are allowed to keep their rings on.

Amen...

if they don't they have some explaining to do about the headgear and the bangle...

[amor]

This shows that it is not about "religion" per se. It is about "Christianity." The purity ring is a reminder of a girl's promise to remain pure and chaste before the Lord and their future spouse. They need those for guys as well. If you think about it, it is also a pledge to remain faithful to one's spouse even BEFORE marriage. This is the best weapon against AIDS. I am praying that they keep they are allowed to keep their rings on.

Amen...

if they don't they have some explaining to do about the headgear and the bangle...

No there's a difference, the headgear and the bangle are mandated in the scriptures and traditions of those religions, there is no similar Christian obligation for virgins to wear silver rings. Most including myself would object to this or any similar "obligation" upon Christians. As a Quaker suspect such outward signs. I also feel that there is something a little show offy and holier than thou about such gestures. Being a virgin with a ring, doesn't make you somehow a better Christian than the non-virgin Christian sitting next to you. Isn't flaunting ones goodness in this way similar to much of the behaviour of the pharisees that Jesus condemns.

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Perhaps, using the above quotes in this context is unfair on the poor girls who have chosen to wear these rings, but I use it more to stress the dangers of us making to much of outward physical displays of our faith.

As to the banning of these rings and jewlery in general, it is quite a common policy in British schools, usually justified with some spurious reference to safety. I personally believe that students should be free to wear what they want.

I'm not a big crucifix fan either, as I consider its veneration as an object in its own right idolatrous

[amor]

If the schools had a policy of no jewelry for safety reasons, I would see this as ok, but it doesn't appear that is the case. As such, the issue is one of descrimination, and the students should be allowed to wear these rings.

As to discrimination there was a recent case of a Muslim girl who was not allowed to wear the Islamic clothing of her choice rather than the Islamic version of the school's uniform. She lost, if these kids went to court they would probably also lose

[LadyGunivere]

If the schools had a policy of no jewelry for safety reasons, I would see this as ok, but it doesn't appear that is the case. As such, the issue is one of descrimination, and the students should be allowed to wear these rings. I am not going to judge their hearts in why they wear them. I personally think they are a good thing. Whenever they are tempted to commit fornication, they have that ring to remind them of their commitment to abstain from sex till marriage. It is like having a WWJD band on one's arm, or a Jesus bumper sticker on a car. It is harder to do something wrong with those reminders looking you in the face.

Apparantly if you had a car you've eventually stop ingoring the sticker or the band on your arm........Just a different view

[LadyGunivere]

Now your simply saying that you know beyond a shadow of doubt 100% sure that you wouldn't become a statistic..... We all fall victim to sin everyday....and by far no one is perfect except for our Lord Jesus.