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I think I'll agree with you on this point. Nudity does not belong in a holy setting where our focus should be on God. Now we're not told if when David danced he was completely naked, though it hints at that. We don't know if it was wrong per se. I agree that it depends on the situation in which the nudity is presented. I've seen Schindler's List and I'm not enticed by the nudes in the concentration camp scene.
I believe that partial nudity in art is harmless most of the time. But, again, it depends on the depravity of the audience in this fallen world. I've seen women gawk at a man's hip flexors because of what they hinted was below them. So it's not that men are depraved and women are innocent in this regard.
I know that God in Isaiah 20 commanded Isaiah to walk around nude. I don't believe God would order one to do something sinful. But the purpose was not, "Look how tasteful Isaiah is." The purpose was, "so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared—to Egypt’s shame." I just have to wonder why Christians support full nudity in art when the human figure can be represented beautifully with partial nudity and the situation becomes much less murky.
I believe that partial nudity in art is harmless most of the time. But, again, it depends on the depravity of the audience in this fallen world. I've seen women gawk at a man's hip flexors because of what they hinted was below them. So it's not that men are depraved and women are innocent in this regard.
I know that God in Isaiah 20 commanded Isaiah to walk around nude. I don't believe God would order one to do something sinful. But the purpose was not, "Look how tasteful Isaiah is." The purpose was, "so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared—to Egypt’s shame." I just have to wonder why Christians support full nudity in art when the human figure can be represented beautifully with partial nudity and the situation becomes much less murky.