Implants, good or bad?
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We all do things to improve our appearance. Most of us want to look at least presentable to the world. No one wakes up and looks in the mirror and says "I sure hope everyone thinks I'm unattractive today."
I think it makes sense to care about your appearance. You put on clean clothes that match and fit. Some people try to work out at least a little. We comb our hair and take care of basic hygeine like, teeth, body odor and skin care. I for one am glad we have standards of taking care of ourselves, otherwise we would all be walking around with tethered clothes and matted hair.
I think that as long as it is not consuming its okay to take some time in your appearance. By consuming I mean, takes up alot of time, energy, and finances. Plastic surgery embodies all of those and includes risks. I think those motives are different. "I am so motivated to look different I will risk my life for it" as opposed too "I wonder what I would look like as a red head? I guess Ill stop by the local drug store and pick up some $6 dye."
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I had a nose job...and I'm thinking about gettin another onee. Yeah I know it sounds obsessivee, but the first onee was when I was 15 years old ( in mexico is legal ) soo it didn't turned like supposed to,be cause the bone grew again and now is kindaa twisted :S , but just a little I think ( looks better than before, though) so I want another onee. I think I would feeel more confident and it's weird, cause I'm not like obsessed neither ; I mean I'm not thinking about it alll day and I don't think I'm ugly, is just something that well...I'd like to improve if I get the chance.
And about body implants, I would never get onee( I'm not sure why) , but I think sometimes is necessary for illnes or something like that.
And about body implants, I would never get onee( I'm not sure why) , but I think sometimes is necessary for illnes or something like that.
Its sad how this question,gets so many answers and attention,whereas prayer requests or people who are hurting and in need,get very few or no answers at all..
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I'm a firm believer that God made everyone how they are meant to be whether that be hair color, eye color, teeth, skin color, body type... everything. However, we are also supposed to be good stewards of what we are. Yeah, I wear make up, dyed my hair once, I go tanning occasionally, and I work out. Does that make me a shallow monster? I don't think so. I want to do the best with what God has given me. I admit that there's an element of self consciousness that makes me what to look better and dress to impress, but that's not the core by any means.
And, here's something else. Us women are very pressured to look good for the men of this world. We have to have thick eyelashes, plump lips, even skin tone, nice hair, nice teeth, and a certain amount of skin showing to even be noticed, even by the Christian guys. This is wrong, and both sexes are to blame.
As for breast implants alone, I don't think it's wise unless for reconstructive stuff. It's a severe body modification. It welcomes the wrong kind of attention that a Christian woman should not crave, although sometimes it's hard to not crave it. It's a personal choice and personal conviction, but I'd think long and hard about what I was really trying to accomplish if I was ever thinking about doing that. It's for sex appeal, and we are not to cause our brother to stumble. And if I know anything about men, breast implants would cause most men to stumble in most situations.
And, here's something else. Us women are very pressured to look good for the men of this world. We have to have thick eyelashes, plump lips, even skin tone, nice hair, nice teeth, and a certain amount of skin showing to even be noticed, even by the Christian guys. This is wrong, and both sexes are to blame.
As for breast implants alone, I don't think it's wise unless for reconstructive stuff. It's a severe body modification. It welcomes the wrong kind of attention that a Christian woman should not crave, although sometimes it's hard to not crave it. It's a personal choice and personal conviction, but I'd think long and hard about what I was really trying to accomplish if I was ever thinking about doing that. It's for sex appeal, and we are not to cause our brother to stumble. And if I know anything about men, breast implants would cause most men to stumble in most situations.
Implants are not the worst thing to have, neither are gauges, tattoos or any other form of self shaping, what of the music that everyone listens to?? that is also a form of shaping ones person that takes place on the inside.. I know that Gods will is a different thing from mans will, so heres a question I have been struggling with -- Is Gods will all that happens everywhere at all times, working with the will of man so that he may have absolute free will out of his Love and Respect for us??, or is Gods will outside us, our lives, as a focal point is on the horizon, an ideal to uphold, fall short of and then to get up and try again for... or is it deeper than that and constitutes both the goal of life and the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives??? --- and if so, are not the means by which a person choose to shape their hearts, bodys or minds valid to God?? If God is the source of Love and does nothing but Love, is the real sin changing our bodies or minds out of discontent for them, or is the expression a valid culmination of the idividuals expirence, and beautiful in its own right??
Thanks to anyone who feilds my incessant babblings and questionings, and thanks to CC to have a valid form to express ideas that go far above me!!
Thanks to anyone who feilds my incessant babblings and questionings, and thanks to CC to have a valid form to express ideas that go far above me!!
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This is a topic that i have a bit to say about.
Modification, whether it is make up, hair cuts, shaving, tanning, working out, not eating, surgery, tattoos, piercings, Botox. It is all changing your looks extremely. ALL OF IT. You can justify it however you feel the need to but it doesn't change the fact that: YOU ARE CHANGING YOU!
By the bible we are IMPERFECT. So some can see it as in we are the stewards of our own bodies and can do what we see fit to complete and maintain them. Is anyone here bold enough to claim perfection? Is anyone here brash enough to assume God's will for someone else? I would hope not.
I have no right to tell you what is and is not okay. NO RIGHT. What is it? I should not judge you for the splinter in your eye lest i remove the plank from mine?
The reality is that you don't know what is best for the next person and for anyone to judge anyone else for their choices in this matter is just ignorant and annoying.
Modification, whether it is make up, hair cuts, shaving, tanning, working out, not eating, surgery, tattoos, piercings, Botox. It is all changing your looks extremely. ALL OF IT. You can justify it however you feel the need to but it doesn't change the fact that: YOU ARE CHANGING YOU!
By the bible we are IMPERFECT. So some can see it as in we are the stewards of our own bodies and can do what we see fit to complete and maintain them. Is anyone here bold enough to claim perfection? Is anyone here brash enough to assume God's will for someone else? I would hope not.
I have no right to tell you what is and is not okay. NO RIGHT. What is it? I should not judge you for the splinter in your eye lest i remove the plank from mine?
The reality is that you don't know what is best for the next person and for anyone to judge anyone else for their choices in this matter is just ignorant and annoying.
