This website's author argues that clothing is always used to identify you, to send a message (and they give some examples). They admit the Scripture spends more time on the heart. But the way we dress communicates things about us.
We avoid cultural relativism, though we must recognize our culture has thresholds of modesty. Anyone work in an office environment with a lot of people? Check your HR handbook for what is not "appropriate." That's not just so you can look like an office employee, but many of them are there to prevent sexual harassment, and so the work environment is comfortable for everyone.
http://isthismodest.com/2009/02/09/w...about-modesty/
This website has similar findings, but goes further and elaborates on what immodesty DOES, instead of what it is. In fact, it says immodesty relates to lust, when it refers to the attire of a harlot. When we realize how much Jesus does not like lust, and how much power we can help one another, it's a game-changer.
http://www.bible-infonet.org/bin/fea...ng/modesty.htm
American Standard Version of this scripture
1 Tim 2:9-10:
“Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.”
Nakedness, as identified even by Adam and Eve after they sinned (and God gave them clothes to cover-up!) is an obvious thing principles of modesty are avoiding. So is nakedness just genitals or does it include other intimate parts of the body? Should clothes present one's body in a sexual and seductive way? Heart check if so.
Good topic here AQP. You got me thinking.
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