Is it okay to hug your Pastor?

[Bro. Robbins]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

My question was WHY?

And if the answer is about lust my TIC point was that this makes a strong assumption that everyone in church is hetrosexual and could never 'stumble' over a same sex hug... in which case... not being able to guarantee that we should probably refrain from all hugging... or all touching... Or we could just get right with God and be able to hug anyone... only feeling sexy when we hug our spouse. That's my approach.

the answer is because culturally it's considered inappropriate contact.... and you wouldn't even see same gender hug one another in my culture unless they are family or extremely, extremely, extremly close friends. That invasion of personal space, and gesture of familiarity is one for only those within the closest of circles.... at least that's the rule of thumb for the culture I am from, and pretty much so for the culture I live in now. Has nothing to do with lust or sex, it's just personal space and familiarity, and appropriateness of expression.