Featured Swimwear

If I want to go swimming I'll do it in the privacy of my own back yard where it won't matter what sort swimming attire I wear. To go to the beach I wear a dress, even when I paddle in the waves.

Our granddaughters are taught that they're to wear either a long t-shirt or shorts over a modest bathing suit. I would not force them to wear something like you've suggested FAL...in Florida that is far too much spandex and polyester...you'd suffocate very quickly.

Modest doesn't always mean covered from neck to knees. Modesty is mainly an attitude. A modest woman knows that men's eyes wander and wants to keep their eyes on the face not the body. I'm sorry but that bathing suit would MAKE men stare at the oddity.

 

And this is a perfect example of the insanity of fundamentalism.

 

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Wearing swim wear while swimming is a sin. :thumbs:

The wearing of "coveralls" to church is a sin. :BangHead:

Going to church and not be clean shaven is a sin. :tear:

...I wonder how indigent people on some isolated South Pacific Island can possibly get saved? Why, they don't have padded pews; no carpet; no electricity; no choir loft; not even a baptistery..., they have to be baptized in the ocean for crying out loud. Their kids probably don't even have shoes to wear.

...I really do need to stop contributing on this forum. You all forgive me now, 'ya hear? :saint:

 

Actually, I know people who do wear this swimwear because they are very prone to sunburn. It provides them better protection, so they say.

 

And, don't forget, men must only wear white shirts because colored shirts are effeminate!!!

 

Decades ago, I spent many summer days on the beach (Daytona) in Florida. It was minutes from the family home; now I am old I regret the amount of sun taken in back then. I could spend days with no fear of sunburn - I was that tanned.

Back then, two piece were modest compared to what many single piece are in today's market.

More to the point of modesty; the most ridiculous view is one in which the amount of "skin" shown is what determines modesty. Bo Derrick had an a rather modest one piece when she came out of the water.

Folks, it isn't the amount of the suit (not speaking of money here) it is the drama of the curves the suit enhances!

Modesty should never be determined upon merely covering up skin. Rather, it is moving the focus from the curves of the trunk to the curves of the face. Most suits, even with a shirt covering, enhance curves the wet shirt clings. Why do you think men enjoy that kind of contest? I am not trying to be offensive, just the proof.

Teach the young woman that her greatest attributes are the eyes and voice.

It is rare that a young man's attention is not quickly drawn further by the voice and eyes of a pure woman. Those two attributes will establish more intrigue and mystery about a woman in a man's heart than any amount of skin and curves.

 

The choice of swimwear you suggest is proof that not only do others base modesty on the culture and location, but in fact you do also. Modesty is cultural, if you disagree try to wear those swimsuits in the middle east and see how modest they are. Or take them back in time to the 1800s and see. Modesty is a relative term. Many do not like to admit it, few accept it, but it is what it is.

The purpose of modest dress is to not entice someone of the opposite sex. If what we consider modest today accomplishes that fact, then all is well. You can't place hard rules on relevent terminology. By the way my hair is short. Unless of course you have a shaved head, in that case my hair is long.

 

Not if your alone or with your spouse in a private locale....

 

I recall hearing stories of how some preachers back in the 1940s -1950s would rant and rave about the "sin" of men wearing colored shirts.

I guess these preachers didn't have enough time to spend on preaching what is really "the whole counsel of God."

 

You don't remember fluffy sleeves and ruffles?

Sin, in the camp.

Reminds me of the "Music Man" - Sin in River City - P L !

 

You Go Dude!!!

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I also grew up on the beach in Florida, and after you see literally thousands of women in bikinis it is not that big a deal. In fact, there are many women who should not wear bikinis that do.