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jasenj1 wrote:........
Of course, those of us here on this forum would say, "Duh! We should all be able to be nude." But the other side has a point, too. There are societal norms; cultural definitions of what is acceptable and unacceptable. To completely discard those for the sake of "freedom" would be selfish & unChristlike.
Bare_Truth wrote:Society needs to move beyond Junior High and High School. Think back to those years, back then there were the "cool kids", the "in crowds" Nobody elected them, They just manipulated others and looked down on anybody else. That clique set the societal norms in high school. They were the ones who bought the clothes and shoes and hairdos that were the "thing to have". They were the ones who exploited others, and a very high percentage of them were bullies and especially "social bullies" And these became the ones who established the definitions of what is acceptable and unacceptable, and often based on what they were able to obtain that others were not. A lot of us did not like them I certainly did not and never wanted them running our lives and I still don't what them running our lives.
Bare_Truth wrote:So it is with clothing. If you can first mandate that everyone must wear clothes and you can then afford fancier, more expensive, "in fashion" clothing, and you do so in order to show off, then you are still one of those "In Crowd" social brats who never grew up and became a real person. Nothing more that a social pharisee ("a sanctimonious, self-righteous, or hypocritical person"- from Dictionary dot com). Of course we here are pretty well aware of that as we broadly know of the leveling effect of going to a resort where everyone is naked and the "social leveling" effect that has on people
That's why I thank God for this Village and other sites where we can speak and study the Truth. Of course, so much of it is preaching to the choir...Maverick wrote:...I have no problem with questioning the status quo and I do that myself, all the time. What people really need is sound biblical teaching about nudity, breastfeeding, lust, etc. and not the "commonly-held" beliefs and teachings.
Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
In Ecclesiastes 3, the teacher wrote: 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
................ 3 ......... a time to break down, and a time to build up;
In proverbs 26 and verse 4 we are advised to avoid a confrontation but in verse 5 we are advised that it may be necessary to confront: wrote: 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
jochanaan wrote:That's why I thank God for this Village and other sites where we can speak and study the Truth. Of course, so much of it is preaching to the choir...Maverick wrote:...I have no problem with questioning the status quo and I do that myself, all the time. What people really need is sound biblical teaching about nudity, breastfeeding, lust, etc. and not the "commonly-held" beliefs and teachings.
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