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Originally Posted by The Mrs (Post 199462)

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

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.

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Originally Posted by rgcraig (Post 199472)

Is that you on the right with PO?

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

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Originally Posted by rgcraig (Post 199472)

Is that you on the right with PO?

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

:killinme

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Originally Posted by The Mrs (Post 199478)

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

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

:killinme

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Originally Posted by Felicity (Post 199381)

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

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

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Originally Posted by philjones (Post 199481)

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

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Originally Posted by philjones (Post 199481)

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.

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Originally Posted by Pressing-On (Post 199480)

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

:killinme

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

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Originally Posted by Pressing-On (Post 199482)

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

:toofunny

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Originally Posted by Pragmatist (Post 199451)

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.

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