Are bikinis immodest?

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Are bikinis immodest

  • yes

    Votes: 56 72.7%
  • no

    Votes: 21 27.3%

  • Total voters
    77
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justin777

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I am wondering what you think about this I know many Christian women wear them.
 

breno785au

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I would say they are because I think of it this way. Christian or not, I wouldn't want to walk into a roomful of women in their bikini's lest I sin with my eyes and heart. Therefore, brothers and sisters should be considerate of others before themselves.
 

G4JC

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I'm gonna say yes, I live near a beach area and it's bad enough that they have to show so much - but most of them like to wear their little sister's bikini to show even more. Immodest much? :(

They still make one-piece swim suits, ashame they don't wear those as much as they used to... Christians should try and dress modestly.
 

G4JC

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Oh yeah, and did you know that the first woman to wear a bikini was a stripper? They couldn't find anyone else at the time willing to wear one when it first came out. :eek:

When Louis Rèard introduced the bikini in France in 1946, no models were willing to wear such revealing swimwear, so Rèard had to hire a stripper to model it.
-- Source: The first bikini model was a stripper cause models refused to wear it
 
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see the youtube movie for a RARE EXAMPLE of TRUE GODLY LIVES. christians who indulge the flesh suffer for it.
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this doesn't mean that Amish are automatically , nor all, Godly. but they sure put to shame by comparison, even the UNgodly Amish(if there is such, or perhaps should say; the worst Amish put to shame), most all the other churches.
 

JonahLynx

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Bikinis are objects - they have no bearing on morality. Modesty is totally dependent on the situation. For example, if a husband and wife spend an afternoon by their pool in swimsuits, there is no issue; whereas a woman posing for a sensual advertisement is being immodest. It has nothing to do with the clothing itself, but rather how the clothing is used. Any style of dress can be used immodestly.
 
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psychomom

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#7
i find i'm astonished that ladies who would be horrified about being seen in their, er,
undergarments are okay with skimpy swimsuits...

it's not my thing, and wasn't even when i was young.
my mom bought me a bikini when i was 14, and when i showed my dad he said,
where's the rest of it???
:rolleyes:
 
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heritagefromthelord

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This is a really great video about the history of Bikinis. I personally do not wear them because I find them immodest. [video=youtube;z5RfCAMRlfs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5RfCAMRlfs[/video]
 
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1still_waters

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I wish I could find the podcast by Wretched Radio and Todd Friel on this topic.
He gave some great perspective.

He described how way back in the day, if a woman wanted to go swimming, she would get inside of some portable shanty type thing with wheels, inside she was clothed neck to heel. They would back her up to the lake, and she would exit so as no one could see her.

That was contrasted with how things changed over time.

So somewhere between backing her up to the lake in a shanty, and what we have now, is probably a good medium.
But what seems absurd to us now, was proper then, and what may have seemed improper say 40 years ago, may seem totally modest, proper, maybe even prudish now.
 

G4JC

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Angela53510

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I have scars all over my middle from various emergency surgeries, appendix and gall bladder out and hernia repair. So I have never considered wearing a bikini.

For others, I am not going to judge, although being a temptation for men is not good. I guess it depends upon the man, doesn't it?
 

breno785au

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I have scars all over my middle from various emergency surgeries, appendix and gall bladder out and hernia repair. So I have never considered wearing a bikini.

For others, I am not going to judge, although being a temptation for men is not good. I guess it depends upon the man, doesn't it?
I wouldn't dare subject anyone to seeing myself in a bikini..mainly because i'm a man :p lol
 
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justin777

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ahahahaha breno you made me smile :)
 
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I have scars all over my middle from various emergency surgeries, appendix and gall bladder out and hernia repair. So I have never considered wearing a bikini.

For others, I am not going to judge, although being a temptation for men is not good. I guess it depends upon the man, doesn't it?
no. what did Yahshua say about stumbling blocks? (note that He did not judge the one who stumbled, but the one who caused the stumbling. Have yet to see many churches teaching the truth.)
 
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ELECT

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I would say they are because I think of it this way. Christian or not, I wouldn't want to walk into a roomful of women in their bikini's lest I sin with my eyes and heart. Therefore, brothers and sisters should be considerate of others before themselves.
What about those that dress modestly yet men lust ?
 
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ELECT

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I wouldn't dare subject anyone to seeing myself in a bikini..mainly because i'm a man :p lol
What is approprate dress for men ? do they cause women to stumble bare back and with a jersey on ?
 
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Ugly

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no. what did Yahshua say about stumbling blocks? (note that He did not judge the one who stumbled, but the one who caused the stumbling. Have yet to see many churches teaching the truth.)
It's also taught when one is person sees something as wrong and you see it as acceptable then don't do that in front of the person who thinks it's wrong. Do not be responsible for making another stumble. Both play a responsibility. Not just one.
 
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ELECT

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This is a really great video about the history of Bikinis. I personally do not wear them because I find them immodest. [video=youtube;z5RfCAMRlfs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5RfCAMRlfs[/video]
Why did God create beaches ? Are women to bath in dresses ?
 
Dec 26, 2014
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It's also taught when one is person sees something as wrong and you see it as acceptable then don't do that in front of the person who thinks it's wrong. Do not be responsible for making another stumble. Both play a responsibility. Not just one.
you didn't show where the one who stumbles is judged by Yahshua.

otherwise, with your post, you simply agree with what i posted, that the one who causes another to stumble is judged by Yahshua (and His Word). (and it would be better to have a millstone tied around his(or her) neck and then be thrown into the deep sea , (or even better never to have been born ?) ..... is written somewhere)