So Sexy Isn't Offensive? - Page 3

RandyWayne · #21 06-15-2012, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Bro. Robbins

There is a HUGE difference between attractiveness and sexy. Attractive is not inappropriate.... sexy is inappropriate anywhere in public and offensive.

While I think it is possible to split some hair when talking definitions, I don't believe their is a huge difference between the two..... Not even a "medium" difference.

Bro. Robbins · #22 06-15-2012, 11:06 AM

But folks... you can't deny that our society has become way to inmodest and casual.

Over this past weekend, my youngest neice graduated from University of Chicago with high honors. Yes it was hot in Chicago on Saturday, and yes the ceremonies were outside.... but there are ways to be appropriate for the weather and not look like prostitues... male and female alike.

At a prestigious school... and very nice event, there were girls there in tops that look like the old halter top with skirts so short you could almost see their hallelujah hoo-ha.

Guys there in shorts...at a graduation.... and tank tops.

I don't expect the world to look like the church, but our society has gotten way too casual..... it really bothers me.

Bro. Robbins · #23 06-15-2012, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquila

Are we gasping at this woman's behavior in condemnation of her attire... or are we thinking about what all of this means with regards to her soul? I would see it as a cry for help. She's trying to get attention... but it's Christ's attention that she is truly hungry for.

I disagree...she's hungry for attention all right... but she aint no more hungry for Christ than I am for a steaming bowl of brussel sprouts.

rgcraig · #24 06-15-2012, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Bro. Robbins

I disagree...she's hungry for attention all right... but she aint no more hungry for Christ than I am for a steaming bowl of brussel sprouts.

You are right, but he is too.

Aquila · #25 06-15-2012, 11:11 AM

We talk like society has gotten really bad. Ancient Greece was far worse. lol

A female friend of mine went to Aruba with a girlfriend several years ago. They discovered that the beach was topless and so they decided that... when in Rome...

I think there is a time and a place for everything. But being "sexy" or "provocative" isn't appropriate for the work place for certain.

RandyWayne · #26 06-15-2012, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Bro. Robbins

There is a HUGE difference between attractiveness and sexy. Attractive is not inappropriate.... sexy is inappropriate anywhere in public and offensive.

Again, I beg to differ. Part of the problem is semantics. Your equating "sexy" with immodesty -and we would probably even disagree on the definition of immodesty in most cases.

But here is am example of what I am trying to describe. I believe this girl IS attractive, modest AND sexy. Do you disagree? What should she do to change her appearance if she is too sexy for you?

MissBrattified · #27 06-15-2012, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquila

It's evident that some women who dress like this are looking for attention. Why? They feel alone inside. Some of these women are "looking for love" hoping to find some form of attention that will satisfy. She's a prime candidate to introduce to Jesus.

We must be wise. Sometimes we have to take a stand... sometimes we have to stand down and see what might be going on in the spirit with the people we know and work with.

What might Jesus have done? That's open to debate. But my point is... don't forget Christ and your calling in these situations.

Best post on this thread.

Personally, unless you are the employER and in a position to hold an employee accountable, I would let it go and not say a single word.

rgcraig · #28 06-15-2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Again, I beg to differ. Part of the problem is semantics. Your equating "sexy" with immodesty -and we would probably even disagree on the definition of immodesty in most cases.

But here is am example of what I am trying to describe. I believe this girl IS attractive, modest AND sexy. Do you disagree? What should she do to change her appearance if she is too sexy for you?

One Night w/the King?

RandyWayne · #29 06-15-2012, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquila

We talk like society has gotten really bad. Ancient Greece was far worse. lol

A female friend of mine went to Aruba with a girlfriend several years ago. They discovered that the beach was topless and so they decided that... when in Rome...

I think there is a time and a place for everything. But being "sexy" or "provocative" isn't appropriate for the work place for certain.

Ya, we quickly get into too many different trains of thought and tangents on some of these subjects. Or as Ray Stevens might say, we start talking in parallel lines with will never intersect. LOL

And speaking of nude beaches, while they weren't nude beaches per say, but when we went to Jamaica there were a few (European) women who laid on the beach topless. That would normally be very distracting to me, except they were all in their 60's (or at least looked like they were). An extreme case where it went from distracting to laughable -or even blinding. LOL

Aquila · #30 06-15-2012, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Bro. Robbins

I disagree...she's hungry for attention all right... but she aint no more hungry for Christ than I am for a steaming bowl of brussel sprouts.

I don't know... Jesus saw a Samaritan woman at a well once. She had been married five times and was currently shacking up with a guy she wasn't married to. Jesus spoke to her. Jesus revealed a spiritual thirst in her. She had spent her life looking to quench her thirst for love in men... and she couldn't find it. He revealed that her answer was "living water". Then he revealed his identity to her and she immediately went to her home town and witnessed to everyone about him. Those she spoke to came to the well to see Jesus... and many believed.

Yep... the evangelist to that small town was a woman who had been married five times and was currently shacked up with a guy. I don't know what happened to her. I pray they eventually married and found happiness in Christ.

God doesn't see things like we see them. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying be open enough to see people as Jesus might see them. Sometimes we overreact in a righteously indignant tirade and alienate a lot of people from Christ because they see us as "beating up on" a lady over what she chose to wear. While they might agree that it was inappropriate... they're more concerned with how she was treated as a person. So... let's remember to behave like Jesus in moments like these. That's all I'm saying.