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Causing the Heathen to Stumble
January 28, 2009
12:37 pm
MInTheGap
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I was reading this comment on Sarah Mae's post and it got me thinking.  If a person is dressing modestly so as not to cause a brother to stumble, but it's "heathen" that are looking at a woman and stumbling, should we be concerned about it?

Said slightly differently, if we knew we were going to a place where there were going to be no Christian brothers/sisters, could we dress as we wanted?

Or, how concerned should we be about having just any man/woman on the street stmble at our appearance?

February 2, 2009
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While the Bible specifically speaks of our "brother", I think it really applies to us whenever and whereever we are.  As we've discussed on ITM before, modesty is first and foremost a heart issue which means it shouldn't change based on who we are around (Christian or non-Christian); it's hypocritical.   When we are around Christian men, I think the burden is shared–for us, to do our best at dressing and acting modestly, and for our brothers to direct their eyes and thoughts in a holy direction. When we are around non-Christians, we have the same obligation.  However…the men may or may not behave morally. At that point, there is only so much we can do to keep their mind pure but dressing/acting modestly still protects us…much like standing under an umbrella in the rain. 

Does that answer the question, or not really? Cool

February 2, 2009
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I believe we should set an example to non-Christians. How would others think of us if they saw a woman who claimed to be a Christian wearing a shirt with massive amounts of cleavage? Would they think of her as a Christian, or a hypocrite? You don't need to be a Christian for long to know that non-Christians lump everyone who remotely wears the tag of CHristian together into one bucket – so those Christian women who do dress immodestly with effect those Christian women who do dress modestly.

Wow…that came out jumbled. 

So say we all.
February 6, 2009
9:55 am
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I agree with Foy. We do set an example to non-Christians and they do watch us. I often wonder what they think when they see Christians dressed exactly like the world. I have been thinking alot about this the past few days and we are told to be in the world but not of it. I have started to aproach modesty with the mindset that I aproach life with. I want others to see Jesus Christ shining through me whether they have known me for six years or whether they have just met me. I have realized that if I am dressed immodestly and causing brothers in the LOrd to stumble then that is not bringing honor and glory to Jesus. If I am causing others to stumble before I even have the chance to talk to them…something needs to change. 

I hope that made some sort of sense Wink 

April 27, 2009
11:56 am
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Foy said:

 How would others think of us if they saw a woman who claimed to be a Christian wearing a shirt with massive amounts of cleavage? Would they think of her as a Christian, or a hypocrite?


Do they see differents, the “insiders” only know the “rules”….And more and more “wearing massive amounts of cleavage”, I don't think that Heathen think about that, it's more our lifestyle and if we live what we say. But I think we should set new standarts to protect us,women and men's mind again, so we can be comfortable with each other again without a focus on how we look, our bodys…but who we are.

For myself I don't want to get them stumbled, if you can get them still stumbling with cleavage anyway  and  they see it as “normal”, rather they would feel distracted if they see nothingSmile….It's my body(or of the Lord, or my husbands). i don't offer ehat i don't want to sellWink

Sorry, I'm not english, so please excuse my grammatic & and any mistakes. Thanks. If something is totally out of sense or wrong I would appreciate any "correction":-)
April 27, 2009
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The hard part is that the human, male mind can get calloused.  If it sees enough cleavage, then yes, cleavage will cease to be a stumbling block– but at the same time you'll have traded no longer being able to be stumbled by it with it no longer being something private to be enjoyed by the married couple.

The more that we save, the more we haven't seen or participated in– the more we have to share and the greater the bond.

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