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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#21
Why did God create beaches ? Are women to bath in dresses ?
Haha that is a good point I'm sure there is some kind of compromise though.
 
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oldernotwiser

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#24
finally a really insightful and biblically based comment. women must be stopped from causing men to stumble. BURKAS are the only answer !!!!
 
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ELECT

Guest
#25
finally a really insightful and biblically based comment. women must be stopped from causing men to stumble. BURKAS are the only answer !!!!
Do men who are bare back cause women to stumble ?
 
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ELECT

Guest
#26
That's another issue, we are speaking of whether it is modest for a woman to wear a bikini.
What about the women who bikini yet the man does not stumble ?
 
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The_highwayman

Guest
#27
finally a really insightful and biblically based comment. women must be stopped from causing men to stumble. BURKAS are the only answer !!!!
Women do not make men stumble, men stumble that have not renewed their minds or have been Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalt itself against the knowledge of God, or have brought every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

The religion that states women make men lust is a cop for weak men, who refuse to put their lust under the blood.
 
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psychomom

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#28
i believe oldernotwiser's comment was made with tongue fully in cheek. :)
 
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heritagefromthelord

Guest
#29
Why did God create beaches ? Are women to bath in dresses ?
Actually I do wear a swimdress thank you very much, although that is a personal conviction.
 

skipp

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Mar 6, 2014
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#30
I would never wear a bikini, not just because of the modesty issue but also because I am very self consious and shy when it comes to my appearance. I wouldn't even wear a bikini back when I wasn't a Christian.

This is an issue that we need to be cautious about. We don't want to go too far one way (burkas!!!) but we also don't want to cause our fellow brothers in Christ to stumble. A nice looking one-piece is a good in-between. Or at least if you're going to wear a bikini don't wear one that's so small it's barely visible! However looking at it from another POV there are also some areas where it is very hot and people as a whole tend to wear less because of the heat and because of their culture. So there could be some cultural differences there also.
 
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phil112

Guest
#31
What about the women who bikini yet the man does not stumble ?
Males that want to enjoy lasciviously ogling a woman's body, secretly or overtly, will make excuses for allowing women to dress immodestly and lewdly 'til the end of time.
 
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The_highwayman

Guest
#32
i believe oldernotwiser's comment was made with tongue fully in cheek. :)
Agreed 100%, but I jumped on it because there are many[not the poster] that preach women are the reason men lust, and I just wanted to state the truth. :)

It is the same foolishnees that preaches Jezebel is about immorality.
 
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phil112

Guest
#33
Women do not make men stumble, men stumble that have not renewed their minds or have been Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalt itself against the knowledge of God, or have brought every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

The religion that states women make men lust is a cop for weak men, who refuse to put their lust under the blood.
Stated like a true tyro would talk. You clearly do not understand that people are different and that we all have different feelings and depths of those feelings.
Tell me, what do you suppose Paul is talking about here?
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
 
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ELECT

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#34
Actually I do wear a swimdress thank you very much, although that is a personal conviction.
What would you say about men who are bare back muscles pomping or jersey on muscle pomping which one cause a sisiter to stumble ?
 
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ELECT

Guest
#35
Males that want to enjoy lasciviously ogling a woman's body, secretly or overtly, will make excuses for allowing women to dress immodestly and lewdly 'til the end of time.
Dont men do the same wheather bikini or not ?
 
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psychomom

Guest
#36
Agreed 100%, but I jumped on it because there are many[not the poster] that preach women are the reason men lust, and I just wanted to state the truth. :)

It is the same foolishnees that preaches Jezebel is about immorality.
it certainly is refreshing to know there are men willing and able to be responsible for themselves. :)

but i do feel women can be sensitive that not all men can do this...
we raised 5 daughters to be mindful of modesty, and to have a care for another's spiritual well being.
there are a group of us old ladies at church who gently remind the new young women there
to think of that when dressing for church...
:rolleyes:
 
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The_highwayman

Guest
#37
Stated like a true tyro would talk. You clearly do not understand that people are different and that we all have different feelings and depths of those feelings.
Tell me, what do you suppose Paul is talking about here?
You are stating you are powerless over things and that is so against the Bible it is not even funny. I know full well people are different and I also know that most self professing Christians are lazy when it comes to walking in the victory Jesus won for them. Including lust and perverse spirits

According to your view I should have never overcome being a drunk, but with God's help I overcame booze. I was an alcoholic and it had control over me and.

I know for a fact and have seen people overcome things, including lust. If you cannot control the lust you avhe take it up with God, but don't take the easy road and say you are powerless over it because a women wore a see through top.
 
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#38
I am wondering what you think about this I know many Christian women wear them.
I doesn't see nothing wrong with women wearing bikinis, as long as if they are wearing them to build up their esteem.


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prove-all

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May 16, 2014
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#39
Why did God create beaches ? Are women to bath in dresses ?
no women should not have to bath in dresses in the ocean,

it is not a bathtub, and everyone should take a shower after being in one.

clothing opitional as privacy allows lol
 
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The_highwayman

Guest
#40
it certainly is refreshing to know there are men willing and able to be responsible for themselves. :)

but i do feel women can be sensitive that not all men can do this...
we raised 5 daughters to be mindful of modesty, and to have a care for another's spiritual well being.
there are a group of us old ladies at church who gently remind the new young women there
to think of that when dressing for church...
:rolleyes:
Thanks you sister,for raising your daughters to be this way, we raised our 's in the same admonition.

To be clear I believe women should dress modestly and I do not condone bikini's or other immodest clothing for women. I also thank women who do what you said. I also do not believe women should dress immodestly even if Men have renewed their minds.

But I also believe men have the responsibility to renew their minds on this topic and I think that is the better path.

WHY?

I have seen countless women fo he world come to church dressing, in the only clothes they have, and some brother, including deacons or Sunday school teachers, elders etc, jump all over them for wearing things that cause them to stumble and they never come back...That not Bible, MAN up men and take the responsibility and make yourself accountable if you have issues.

I will also state what a married man and woman decide for themselves only is also not lust or SIN. We had a young couple come to me and my wife for counseling.

WHY?

When they went in for counseling at their former church, to ask if they were in SIN because the wife because wore certain kinds of lingerie and bikini's when around only her husband. She was condemned as a Jezebel spirit even to her husband and the pastor attempted to "deliver" her from the spirit of lust about her.

We told them that they were fine. What she did solely around her husband and only him was not SIN.