They don't wear bathing suits at Hippy Hollow! :killinme

Exactly! Just because they make a bikini in that size doesn't mean THEY should wear it!!!!

is Hippy Hollow a nudist colony?

Yes. :killinme

Ran across this on ebay recently... :heeheehee

Muslimah swimsuit

http://i22.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/a9/69/f314_1.JPG

hey Mrs....
in your opinion, which has more witness in your spirit that the counsel God may be a work:

1. this kind of attire to swim in public places
2. the prohibition of swimming in public places
3. *your addition of another*

That looks like something from the movie Tron.

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sounds like you got your self a good man there po, dt:killinme:killinme:killinme

wow, how holy, nottttttttttttttttt, dt:noidea:killinme

gross, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww,dt:killinme

wait i am supposed to be working, i am having way to much fun, gotta go,dt:sshhh

Men in Speedo bikinis ought to be against the law. LOL! :heeheehee

When I look at the definition for the word 'modest'...it's derived from the Latin word modestus 'moderate'. It lists this as one of it's definitions: observing the proprieties of dress and behavior.

How do you determine what are proper proprieties? You HAVE to look at your culture, your society, to determine what is moderate/proper among it's populations.

Would we be considered 'moderate' if we were to wear this type of swimwear publically? We would according to those 1920's you mentioned earlier, but not 2007.

The biblical admonitions to be modest should be applied to the individual reader. To its own generation. To its own culture. To its own society. And I think the Lord is pleased when we wear things that don't draw attention to ourselves...in ANY manner.

This type of swimwear indicates another culture, another society, so I don't consider this as being moderate.

Oh, and be thankful you don't live in Europe...that thong WOULD be considered modest there!!! :lol

To go around in public - beach or elsewhere - half nude is not modest. That's the bottom line.

Couldn't they have at least gotten the hem line straight?

Yes, but moderate, in our society, is a one piece bathing suit or a bikini without the thong.

Can we go by that?

I thought this thread was about the return of Berkeley as a poster.

Anybody else want to burst out singing: It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bhurkini.....???

lol


I saw these in Time magazine the other day and immediately thought of AFF when I did.

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Time Magazine is for communists. Just thought I'd let you know.

:killinme

:slaphappy:slaphappy:slaphappy

:toofunny

I MISS BERKELEY

I disagree. In 2007 culturally "appropriate" swimwear is immodest. I've worn more modest swimwear in public and didn't think I was drawing attention to myself at all. (I noticed no strange looks, laughter, or pointing. :)) Due to the risks of sun exposure, more people are trying to cover up anyway.

I get em for free from Continental Airlines because I had flyer miles that were going to expire so I got to pick a bunch of magazines to get in exchange for the miles.....they didn't have very good selections... I hardly ever read anything in the Times anyawys....when I get em I give them to my friend.

Well, I feel better about you now. :D

Glad to set your mind at east. :p

I would have liked you anyway, but I would have been looking over my shoulder.
:killinme

SHOULD we? You tell me. How are we to determine moderation, or what moderate is?

(Personally, I would think moderate would be a one piece. Not a bikini.)

I just did a little looking into the history of the bathing suit. Here are some typical swimsuits from the 1920's:

http://i4.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/ab/e9/3da7_1.JPG

Doesn't look that far off from what some would consider a 'moderate' suit nowadays:

http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/ac/48/9a44_1.JPG

http://i24.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/ab/15/51d4_1.JPG

Is that you on the right with PO?

For me, showing my legs, above the knee, isn't moderate. But, I'm going on the "moderate" as a world view. I'm thinking that the suits you have posted may be a world view, but them some think it just means - no thong.

I suppose we are trying to find a balance between world view and a Christian view.

Buwahahaha!!! Looks like it doesn't it!!!! :slaphappy

Yeah, I'm the tall one! Never mind. I just noticed her teeth!

:killinme

I don't have buck teeth and I don't talk slow either!

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Says you but not a large part of society.

It has always amazed me that the women at the beach who wear bikini swim wear for all to see would be embarrassed if those same folks saw them in their bra and panties. Relativism at its finest!:killinme

Very true! I've worn worse and thought I was all right. :killinme

Look, you know what? And you know me well enough by now to know this is true Phil.

I'm not a legalist. I wasn't brought up that way. I was brought up UPC but did all the normal things including swimming at beaches and pools (anywhere there was water I was in it if it was swimmable - pretty much anyhow. I LOVE/D the water!) I wore two piece bathing suits at the beach and at the pool. In fact, had my picture in the local newspaper one time in my bathing suit. LOL.

But honestly, whose standards do we judge "modesty" by? Is it modest for a woman to be in a public place with her legs exposed to the crotch or beyond? Her back totally or partially exposed and cleavage revealed?

Whatever convictions I have in regard to this is not a result of rules or because it was drilled into me earlier on. It's about what the truth is in regard to real modesty and what is and isn't Godly and appropriate.

More I could say. Maybe later.

As long as you know that I never said you do! :D

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When you look at the word 'Moderate', it means:

1 a: avoiding extremes of behavior or expression: observing reasonable limits. b: calm, temperate

2 a: tending toward the mean or average amount or dimension

To be moderate would mean that you would find that balance between the two extremes that you are comfortable with. :roseglasses