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[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Sasha

Adam and Eve were naked before God. It wasn't a sin....until they knew they were naked. What made nakedness sinful?

Compare that to jungle people who wear little or no clothing. Do they know they are naked? If they don't consider themselves naked, is it still sinful for them? And how do we teach them to dress, according to Western culture? Do you really want to tell those women that baring their breasts is a sin? Understand that they are not the ones doing so because it's sinful. And they also believe they are modest in what they are wearing, even if it's necklaces and other ornamentation that denotes who they are in their tribe and such.

God didn't make nakedness sinful. Man did.

Of course God didn't introduce sin into the world; man did. That doesn't have anything to do with whether we should NOW be clothed.

I see nothing wrong with teaching heathen cultures that they should cover their bodies. What possible damage does that cause? I don't think you approach it with "You're committing sin by exposing your breasts; cover them so you won't go to hell." I think you approach it with kindness and in the sense of educating ignorance. It is ignorance for a woman to expose her breasts and other parts of her body and be unaware of her affect on men around her. Ignorance can be repaired by educating with kindness, patience and understanding. Foolishness is being fully aware of that effect and thinking it's fine to expose oneself anyway (immodesty).

Here's a question: Do you think it's immodest for an American woman to go to another part of the world where it's considered titillating for a woman to reveal her neck, for instance, and to wear her hair up? (Being fully aware of the culture.)

Immodesty isn't passive or accidental; it's intentional. I don't believe children are immodest when they streak through the house; they are innocent. IMO, immodesty is purposely presenting oneself with the intention of provoking sexual interest (obviously that doesn't apply to one's spouse). It also involves behavior, conversation and attitudes like flamboyance and brassiness.