dressing modestly in public leaves more to the imaginastion and to me is far more interesting than seeing all the skin that should only be shared with a loved one
In today's culture in America...
But it's not that restrictive in other parts of the world. What is seductive dress in America is practically a burka in other places.
Really...get over it and look at her face sometimes eh? American dress is not the standard for the whole world. Nor should it be.
I recently met a lady who immigrated to America from Brazil.
She wanted to go to a swim party with the youth group from their church....so her grandfather picked and bought her a conservative swimsuit. But then when she got to the party the chaperones told her that it was extremely revealing....too revealing and to not wear it again at a church swim party. This happened like 25 years ago...the girl was trying...she just failed.
I seen an old picture of my young grandmother in a very conservative one piece bathing suit. She was so chagrined that I found it. The other ladies in the background wore swim dresses at the time. (They went to the knee)
That picture was scandalous stuff back in the day. Today people wear less to the grocery store or dinner in a restaurant.
I really wouldn't get hung up on what women wear or don't wear around people....so long as they aren't pushing societal norms I see no reason to bring out the big eyebrows to beat them with or get out the branding iron to emblazon them with a scarlet letter.
Nor should a woman be dressed in a burka. That will stand out too.
And Paul is clearly stating to not stand out with the way that women can dress. Just to look appropriate and average. What's so hard about that?
Paul also wrote that "
there is therefore NO,( neight, nigne, none, null, division by zero) condemnation for those in Christ Jesus"....it's a
massive understatement by Paul with no exceptions whatsoever.
Women aren't the source of all lust in the world. That's usually the sole purview of men. Where not ALL women in church are so innocent in their manner of dress....let's give them the benefit of the doubt and not paint them all with a broad brush.